Year 3
Year 3 Curriculum Overview
Autumn 1 |
Light
-Recognise that we need light to see things and that darkness is the absence of light
-Recognise that light from the sun can be dangerous and that there are ways to protect our eyes
-Notice that light is reflected from surfaces before travelling to our eyes |
Autumn 2 |
Light
-Recognise that shadows are formed when the light from a light source is blocked by an opaque object
-Find a pattern in the way that the size of shadows change |
Spring 1 |
Animals Including Humans
- Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types of nutrition, and that they cannot make their own food; they get nutrition from what they eat
-Identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection, and movement. |
Spring 2 |
Plants
-Identify and describe the functions of different parts of flowering plants: roots, stem/trunk, leaves and flowers
-Explore the requirements of plants for life and growth: air light, water, nutrients/soil, and room
-Investigate the way in which water is transported within plants
-Explore the part flowers play in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seen formation and seed dispersal |
Summer 1 |
Rocks
-Compare and group together different kinds of rocks on the basis of their appearance and simple physical properties
-Describe in simple terms how fossils are formed when things that have lived are trapped within rock
-Recognise that soils are made from rocks and organic matter
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Summer 2 |
Forces and Magnets
-Compare how things move on different surfaces
-Notice that some forces need contact between two objects, but magnetic forces can act at a distance
-Observe how magnets attract or repel each other and attract some materials
-Identify some magnetic materials
-Describe magnets as having two poles
-Predict whether two magnets will attract or repel each other, depending on which poles are facing |