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Year 3 Curriculum

Introduction to Curriculum Handbook - Primary

Year 3 Overview

Year Three - Term One

The student should be able to:

Objective

Literacy

Speaking and Listening

To describe a familiar place using appropriate vocabulary
To orally rehearse dialogue for use in a play
To express likes and dislikes of a poem

Reading

To compare a range of story settings and to select words and phrases that describe scenes
To read poems with expression
To give views about a story, using words and phrases from the text to support viewpoints

Writing
Word Level Work

To practise new spellings regularly by “look, say, cover, write, check” strategy
To use a dictionary correctly to find unknown words
To known how verbs change when adding –ing
To read and spell correctly most of the high frequency words from KS1
To select synonyms for high frequency words e.g big, little, good
To spell common words related to dialogue
To correctly form one of the basic joins

Sentence Level Work

To end a sentence with a full stop and start with a capital letter
To understand the function of verbs in sentences
To use the past tense consistently in writing
To punctuate speech correctly
To be aware of other uses of capitalisation, e.g. names, headings, special emphasis, new lines in poetry

Text Level Work

To generate ideas related to a topic by brainstorming
To write a short description of a familiar place or setting
To write a simple play script
To write a passage which includes dialogue
To invent shape poems

Mathematics

Counting, partitioning and calculating

Read, write and order whole numbers to a least 1000 and position them on a number line; count on from and back to zero in single digit steps or multiples of 10
To partition three-digit numbers into multiples of 100, 10 and 1 in different ways
Securing number facts, understanding shapes
To derive and recall all addition and subtraction facts for each number to 20, sums and differ-ences of multiples of 10 and number pairs that total 100
To relate 2D shapes and 3D solids to drawings of them; describe, visualize, classify, draw and make the shapes
Handling data and measures
To know the relationship between kilometres and metres, metres and centimetres; choose and use appropriate units to estimate, measure and record measurements
To read, to the nearest division and half division, scales that are numbered or partially num-bered; use the information to measure and draw to a suitable degrees of accuracy

Calculating, measuring and understanding shape

Add or subtract mentally combinations of one-digit and two digit numbers
To read the time on a 12-hour clock and to the nearest 5 minutes on an analogue clock.

Science

Teeth and Eating

To know that all animals need to feed to grow and to be active
To know that all different animals have different diets
To name the human teeth: molars, canines and incisors
To make suggestions about how to look after teeth

History

Ancient Egyptians

Locate Egypt in time and place
Make inferences and deductions from historic artifacts
Explain the importance of the Nile to life in Ancient Egypt
Make deductions from pictures about life in Ancient Egypt
Explain what Egyptians believed about life after death
Make models related to our study of Ancient Egypt

Design & Technology

Cold Drinks

To evaluate, select and prepare a range of cold drink ingredients for a purpose
To design their own cold drink using diagrams, labels and correct techniques
To appraise their own cold drink making suggestions for improvements using a set criteria

Information Technology

Exploring Simulations

To understand that computer simulations can represent real or imaginary situations
To understand that computer simulations allow users to try things that would be difficult or im-possible to do in practice.
To evaluate simulations

Art

Portraying Relationships

To look at double portraits and discuss the arrangement of the figures
To practise drawing human figures
To practise painting skills, including mixing colours and toning
To compare ideas, methods and approaches in their own and others work

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Health

To know school rules about health and safety, basic emergency aid procedures and where to get help.
To know what makes a healthy lifestyle

Spanish

Advanced - Narración

Estética del lenguaje: Lee comprensivamente textos literarios
Producción textual: Produce textos a partir de imágenes o situaciones dadas.
Producción Textual: Describe animales y objetos en forma oral y escrita
Ética de la comunicación: Reconoce la importancia de la conversación como proceso de comunicación.
Otros sistemas simbólicos: Comprende que el lenguaje de los gestos y la música son siste-mas de comunicación no verbal.

Second Language - Learning vocabulary and talking

Identificar nuevas letras y sonidos del alfabeto español. Deletrear.
Presentarse utilizando los verbos ser, llamarse, tener. Saludar y despedirse.
Describir personas. Utilizar algunos posesivos.
Hablar de la familia y hacer su árbol genealógico.
Aprender los números del 1 al 100
Aprender algunas nacionalidades e idiomas
Reconocer los países de habla hispana
Hablar de existencia. Diferenciar haber/ estar.

Cultura Colombiana I

Colombian Context I

Locate and describe varying landforms and geographic features and explain their relationship with the ecosystem.
Identify and describe way regional ethnic and national cultures influence individuals´ daily lives
Identify and describe selected periods and patterns of change within and across Colombian culture.
Use economic concepts to help explain historical and current events in Colombia.

Cultura Colombiana II

Media 1

Describe and analyze the role of television as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communi-ties.
Describe and analyze the role of radio as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.
Describe and analyze the role of newspaper as it contributes to or helps the Colombian com-munities.

Sociales

Relaciones con la historia y la cultura // Relaciones espaciales y ambientales

Identificar algunas características físicas y emocionales que hacen de mí un ser único
Identificar y describir cambios y aspectos que se mantienen en mí y en los elementos de mi entorno.
Reconocer la importancia de las viviendas y sus cambios.
Identificar elementos importantes en la vida de las personas.
Usar referentes espaciales para ubicarse dentro de un entorno físico.
Describir las características físicas de mi entorno inmediato.

Physical Education

Habilidades Físicas Básicas e Iniciación al Rugby

Comprender y mejorar los sistemas básicos del movimiento corporal para el desarrollo de la coordinación, el equilibrio, la agilidad y el ritmo

Music

Violin I – Twinkle Twinkle Theme in Pizzicato

Bowings strokes on the open strings: Four eighth notes and two quarter notes.(Variation 1)
Eight eighth notes (Variation 2)

Violin II – Suzuki Songs 2 and 3

Christmas Songs
Singing and clapping 4 beat rhythmic patterns.
Working on the correct position of the body

Choir – Learning to Sing in Good Intonation

Preparing for Christmas Night
Singing and clapping 4 beat rhythmic patterns.
Working on the correct position, breathing and warming up.

Percussion – Learning the C Major Scale

Singing and clapping 4 beat rhythmic patterns
Working on the correct position of the hands.

Recorder – Learning G, A, B, C, D notes on the Recorder

Learning the basics of breathing.
Singing and clapping 4 beat rhythmic patterns.
Working on the correct position.

Guitar – Learning the Chords of A, D and E

ABRSM Music theory 1
Learning different strommings
Learning the C major scale and arpeggio

Year Three - Term Two

The student should be able to:

Objective

Literacy

Speaking and Listening

To rehearse oral performance of a poem
To describe characters, evaluating their behaviour
To orally plan the main events of a story
To use the terms: fiction, non-fiction correctly
To orally rehearse instructions before writing them

Reading

To locate information using contents page, index, headings and sub-headings
To read poems aloud using expression
To identify the main themes in traditional tales and find evidence in the text
To read and follow simple instructions

Writing
Word Level Work

To discriminate syllables in reading and spelling
To know how words change when er, est and y are added
To use root words to generate new words
To recognise and spell common suffixes and how these influence word meanings, e.g. –ly, –ful, –less
To use the apostrophe to spell shortened forms of words, e.g. don’t, can’t
To spell common prefixes - un, de, dis, re, pre
To correctly form two of the basic joins

Sentence Level Work

To use the term adjective appropriately
To use commas in lists
To use the terms “singular” and “plural” appropriately
To understand the need for grammatical agreement in speech and writing, e.g. I am; we are

Text Level Work

To write instructions
To plan main points as a structure for story writing
To write portraits of characters
To write a story plan of own myth
To write alternative sequels to traditional stories using same characters and settings

Mathematics

Counting, partitioning and calculating

To derive and recall multiplication facts from the 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 10 times-tables.
To round two-digit or three-digit numbers to the nearest 10 or 100 and give estimates for their sums and differences

Handling data and measures

To collect, organize and interpret data; using tally charts, frequency tables, pictograms and bar charts.
To use Venn diagrams or Carroll diagrams to sort data and objects using more than one criterion

Calculating, measuring and understanding shape

Draw and complete shapes with reflective symmetry; draw the reflection of a shape in a mirror line along one side
To develop and use written methods to record, support or explain addition and subtraction of two- digit and three-digit numbers

Securing number facts, relationships and calculating

To understand the division is the inverse of multiplication and vice versa
To read and write proper fractions

Science

Helping Plants to Grow

To know that plants can provide food for us
To understand that water is taken through the roots and transported through the stem
To know that plants need healthy roots, leaves and stems to grow well
To know that plants need light for healthy growth
To know that plants growth is affected by temperature

Geography

Weather Around the World

Recognise patterns in weather conditions around the world
Explain why some parts of the world are hotter and some cooler
Ask and respond to geographical questions
Understand the effect weather has on human activity

Design & Technology

Party Hats

To design and construct a basic party hat
To develop their ideas through observation and simple sketching
To appraise their own party hat making suggestions for improvements

Information Technology

Combining text and Graphics

To know that text and graphics can be combined to communicate information.
To combine graphs and text.
To amend text and save changes

Art

Investigating Pattern

To compare ideas, methods and approaches in others work
To combine visual and tactile qualities of materials
To explore and make repeating patterns using different techniques
To develop their control of tools and techniques of print making

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Citizenship

To understand why and how rules are made and enforced
To realise the consequences of anti-social and aggressive behaviours
To research, discuss and debate topical issues, problems and events

Spanish

Advanced – Poesía

Estética del lenguaje: Lee comprensivamente textos poéticos, trabalenguas y retahílas.
Producción textual: Participará en la creación de diferentes tipos de textos líricos.
Ética de la comunicación: Reconoce la importancia de la conversación como proceso de comunicación.
Estudio de la Lengua: Identifica y utiliza dentro de un contexto oral y escrito elementos correspondientes al estudio de la lengua.

Second Language - Asking and speaking

Expresar gustos y preferencias
Expresar frecuencia
Hablar de horario, días de la semana y meses.
Preguntar cantidades ¿cuánto/a…?
Hablar actividades en su tiempo libre
Hablar de las partes del cuerpo y la salud
Los números a partir del 100 hasta el 1000
Verbos irregulares.
Hablar de relaciones temporales: antes de, después de.

Sociales

Relaciones Espaciales y Ambientales

Identificar y caracterizar los miembros de mi grupo familiar.
Identificar los roles dentro de su familia.
Reconocer los factores que generan bienestar en la familia.
Identificar un paisaje natural y uno cultural.
Ubicar en gráficos elementos que pertenecen a los distintos tipos de paisaje.
Valorar la importancia de conservar el paisaje.

Cultura Colombiana I

Colombian Context 2

Describe and analyze the role of religion as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.
Social Customs and Daily Life 1
Compare similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies and cultures meet human needs and concerns.
Articulate the implications of cultural diversity, as well as cohesion, within and across the different Colombian groups.
Describe how people create places that reflect cultural values and ideals.

Cultura Colombiana II

Media 2

Show through specific examples how mass media have changed peoples´ perceptions of their social and cultural vision.
Seek reasonable and ethical solutions to problems that arise when the communication advances and social norms or values come into conflict.

Performing Arts 1

Describe and analyze the role of film as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.
Describe and analyze the role of theatre as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.

Physical Education

Integración de Experiencias y Conceptos Básicos

Favorecer el dominio del equilibrio dinámico, la coordinación dinámica general, la coordinación fina y la coordinación óculo-manual.
Fomentar la integración del grupo mediante el diálogo alumno – profesor, alumno – alumno.
Posibilitar la definición y aplicación de la dominancia lateral en la solución de tareas.
Posibilitar experiencias que conlleven a la adquisición de conductas témporo-espaciales.

Music

Violin I – Singing and clapping rhythmic patterns.

Twinkle with variation 1 and 2
Bowing strokes on eighth and sixteenth notes (Variation 3)
Singing and clapping rhythmic patterns

Violin II – ABRSM songs

Christmas Songs
Singing and clapping 5 beat rhythmic patterns.
Working on the correct position of the bow

Choir – Preparing for the Christmas Concert

Preparing for the First Communion ceremony.
Singing and clapping 5 beat rhythmic patterns.
Learning about the staff and clefs

Percussion – Playing popular and Latin songs

Preparing for the Christmas Concert
Singing and clapping 5 beat rhythmic patterns.
Learning about the staff and treble clef

Recorder – Learning basic songs with 5 notes

Singing and clapping 5 beat rhythmic patterns.
Preparing for the Christmas Concert
Learning D,E and F
Learning about the staff

Guitar – Learning the basic harmonic circle I, IV, V

Preparing for the Christmas concert
ABRSM Music theory 2
Learning the Chromatic scale
Learning the D major scale and arpeggio

Year Three - Term Three

The student should be able to:

Objective

Literacy

Speaking and Listening

To listen to a story and re-tell main points in sequence
To describe relationship between character’s feelings and actions
To read and recite poetry and talk about language features of a chosen poem

Reading

To refer to significant aspects of the text and to know the language used to create different effects.
To discuss characters’ feelings, behaviour and relationships
To compare forms or types of humour

Writing
Word Level Work

To recognise and spell common prefixes and how these influence word meanings, e.g. – mis, con, ex, co, anti
To use the apostrophe to spell further contracted forms.
To investigate, spell and read words with silent letters, e.g. knee, gnat, wrinkle
To explore homonyms which have the same spelling but multiple meanings
To recognise and spell common suffixes and how these influence word meanings, e.g. –ly, –ful, –less
To recognise and spell compound words
To form three of the basic joins correctly

Sentence Level Work

To know how sentences can be joined in more complex ways
To investigate time phrases
To identify pronouns and understand their function

Text Level Work

To generate ideas relevant to a topic by brainstorming, word association.
To write openings to stories
To write a first person account
To write poetry that uses sound to create effects

Mathematics

Counting, partitioning and calculating

To derive corresponding division facts for multiplication facts; recognize multiples of 2, 5 or 10 up to 1000
To use practical and informal written methods to multiply and divide two digit numbers

Securing number facts, understanding shapes

To represent the information in a puzzle or problem using numbers, images or diagrams
To use knowledge of number operations and corresponding inverses

Calculating, measuring and understanding shape

To use a set square to draw right angles and to identify right angles in 2D shapes; compare angles with a right angle; recognize that a straight line is equivalent to two right angles.
To calculate time intervals and find start or end times for a given time interval

Securing number facts, relationships and calculating

To identify patterns and relationships involving numbers or shapes
To identify and estimate fractions of shapes; using diagrams to compare fractions and establish equivalents.

Science

Characteristics of Materials

To identify a range of common materials
To recognise properties of materials
To recognise that different materials are appropriate for making different objects because of their properties
To plan, carry out & evaluate an experiment

Rocks and Soils

To be able to group rocks according to observable characteristics
To know that there are different kinds of soils
To use results to make comparisons, and draw and explain conclusions

History

Passport to the World

To find locations in Colombia and the UK and find information about these places
To collect information using an interview survey
To identify similarities and differences between different countries.

Design & Technology

Musical Instrument

To learn how simple musical instruments work
To plan, design, make and appraise their musical instrument
To compose a short piece of music for four players

Information Technology

Introduction to Databases

To understand the need to structure information
To know that information can be taken from pictures and text.
To answer simple questions by ordering records

E-mail

To understand that messages can be sent over distances.
To read and respond to e-mails
To attach files to e-mails

Art

Can We Change Places?

To question and make thoughtful observations about why and how sculptures work
To make sculptures out of a variety of materials
To record from first hand observations and collect other visual information to help develop ideas
To develop their control of tools and techniques

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Citizenship

To research, discuss and debate topical issues, problems and events

Relationships

To value honesty
To understand how families grow and form generations

Spanish

Second Language – Describing, Comparing and Writing

Describir lugares
Hablar del clima
Hablar del futuro: ir a infinitivo
Comparativos y superlativos
Leer y comprender cuentos y fábulas.
Escribir un cuento corto.

Advanced – Noticias

Interpretación textual: Lee comprensivamente textos narrativos, poéticos e informativos. Elaborará y socializará hipótesis predictivas acerca del contenido de los titulares de algunas noticias del periódico.
Ética de la comunicación: Utilizará los medios de comunicación masiva, radio, prensa y televisión, para adquirir información e incorporarla de manera significativa a sus esquemas de conocimiento.
Estética del lenguaje: Lee comprensivamente las obras literarias asignadas.
Otros sistemas simbólicos: caracteriza y compara los anuncios publicitarios. Comprende que a través de los gráficos puede transmitirse información.

Cultura Colombiana I

Social Customs and Daily Life 2

Identify and interpret examples of different aspects of the social customs as dress, festivities, food, sports, etc.
Analyze Spaniards and mestizaje influences on people, events and elements of culture.
Examine the origins and continuing influence of key ideals of social class form of life, such as status, ancestors, education, etc.

Cultura Colombiana II

Performing Arts 2

Describe and analyze the role of music as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.
Identify and describe the basic features of the performing arts in Colombia, and identify leaders from various levels and regions.
Give examples and explain how performing artists attempt to achieve their cultural ideals at home and abroad.

Plastic Arts 1

Describe and analyze the role of plastic as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.

Sociales

Relaciones Ético-Políticas

Diferenciar un colectivo social de un grupo social.
Reconocer y describo algunas de las características de los grupos a los que pertenezco.
Identificar factores que generan cooperación y conflicto en los grupos.
Identificar las normas que rigen a los grupos a los que pertenezco.
Identificar las organizaciones de mi comunidad.
Reconocer algunas formas de participación comunitaria.

Physical Education

Conductas Sicomotoras y Proyección Espacial

Favorecer en el niño la observación crítica y la creatividad mediante la discusión e invención de nuevas formas de movimiento.
Favorecer en el niño el desarrollo de la coordinación óculo-manual y viso-pédica en asocio a referencias témporo-espaciales.
Posibilitar al niño experiencias que afiancen el desarrollo de su equilibrio e independencia segmentaría.

Music

Violin I – Playing all the twinkle variations

Bowing strokes on eighth and eighth rest (Var. 4)
Learning Old McDonald

Violin II – Suzuki songs 4 and 5

Singing and clapping 6 beat rhythmic patterns.
Rhythmic dictation
Learning about the different kinds of instruments

Choir – Preparing for the First Communion Ceremony

Singing two voice canons
Singing and clapping 6 beat rhythmic patterns

Percussion – Learning jazz songs

Singing and clapping 6 beat rhythmic patterns
Rhythmic dictation

Recorder – Playing popular and Latin songs

Singing and clapping 6 beat rhythmic patterns
Rhythmic dictation

Guitar – Learning the A major scale and arpeggio

Preparing for the Summer concert
ABRSM Music theory 3

Year Three - Term Four

The student should be able to:

Objective

Literacy

Speaking and Listening

To listen to the key features of - openings and endings of letters read out
To briefly identify the main points of a text
To describe how to locate a piece of information from an index or find a book in the library

Reading

To compare and contrast work by the same author
To read examples of letters written for a range of purposes
To scan indexes quickly and accurately

Writing
Word Level Work

To collect new words from reading and work in other subjects
To collect common expressions
To be able to form all basic joins correctly, developing handwriting speed and fluency
To use a thesaurus correctly
To use the term: definition

Sentence Level Work

To use conjunctions consistently in writing
To become aware of the use of commas in marking grammatical boundaries within sentences

Text Level Work

To write letters, notes and messages
To summarise in writing the content of a passage or text
To write more extended stories based on a plan of incidents to use paragraphs to organise the narrative

Mathematics

Securing number facts, understanding shapes

To solve one-step and two-step problems involving numbers, money or measures

Handling data and measures

To describe and explain methods choices and solutions to puzzles
To know the relationship between kilograms and grams, litres and milliliters; choose and use appropriate units to estimate, measure and record measurements

Securing number facts, relationships and calculating

To find unit fractions of numbers and quantities

Science

Magnets and Springs

To understand that there are forces between magnets
To make and test prediction about whether materials are magnetic or not
To understand that magnets have a variety of uses
To know that forces act in particular directions

Light and Shadows

To understand that shadows are formed when objects block light from the sun
To be able to explain that shadows are similar in shape to the objects forming them
To understand that shadows change in length and position throughout the day
To understand that the sun does not moves its movement is caused by the spinning of the Earth on its axis
To use their knowledge about light and shadows to predict which materials will form a shadow and to plan how to test this.

Geography or History

Ancient Greeks

Locate Greece on a map, and ancient Greece on a timeline
Describe important features of Athens and Sparta
Explain some of the beliefs of the ancient Greeks and why they held them

Design & Technology

Displays

To learn about displays and their functions
To make and hang frames
To produce attractive flat display panels
To appraise their own display, making suggestions for improvements

Information Technology

Manipulating Sound

To locate and record sounds.
To organise and re-organise sounds

Art

Personal Project

To make a proposal and initial design for a personal project
To explore qualities of known materials and select appropriate ones to develop project
To write a 3- paragraph text explaining their work.
To produce a final 3-D or 2-D piece based on their original idea

Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE)

Relationships

To understand that there are different functional family units
To be aware of different types of relationships including marriage and those between friends

Spanish

Advanced - Historietas y Teatro

Estética del lenguaje: lee comprensivamente textos narrativos, líricos y dramáticos.
Estética del lenguaje: Lee comprensivamente las obras literarias asignadas.
Producción textual: Ordenará y complementará la secuencia de viñetas que conforman una historieta. Recreará relatos y cuentos cambiando personajes y lugares para elaborar pequeños guiones teatrales.
Otros sistemas simbólicos: Comprende que el lenguaje mímico y de danza es parte de la actuación.

Second Language – Reading and Doing Presentations

Identificar diferentes tipos de texto.
Lectura y análisis de textos
Buscar información para una exposición.
Preparar una exposición.
Presentar una exposición.

Cultura Colombiana I

Social Customs and Daily Life 3

Explain the need for agreements within the different social classes for the best quality of life in all the country.
Differentiate among various forms of cultural expressions according to the cultural regions.
Examine strategies designed to strengthen the “common good”, which consider a range of options for Colombians citizen action.

Cultura Colombiana II

Plastic Arts 2

Describe and analyze the role of photography as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.
Describe and analyze the role of architecture as it contributes to or helps the Colombian communities.
Identify and describe the basic features of the plastic arts in Colombia, and identify leaders from various levels and regions.
Give examples and explain how plastic artists attempt to achieve their cultural ideals at home and abroad.

Sociales

Relaciones espaciales y ambientales

Identificar los componentes de un paisaje.
Diferenciar un paisaje contaminado de otro no contaminado.
Proponer soluciones al problema de la contaminación de sus espacios más cercanos (casa, colegio, parque).

Physical Education

Conductas Sicomotoras e Iniciación a Destrezas Elementales

Favorecer la creatividad en los alumnos, mediante la asociación de formas de expresión corporal a melodías infantiles.
Incrementar el control de la tensión, la relajación y la respiración en el niño mediante la ejecución de tares específicas.

Music

Violin I – Preparing for the summer concert

Learning the G major scale
Learning the son “Go Tell Aunt Rhody”
Learning the song “Happy birthday”

Violin II – Preparing for the summer concert

Learning the song “Allegro”
Learning the song “Perpetual Motion”
Learning C Major scale

Choir – Preparing for the Summer Concert

Rhythmic dictation
Singing in two and three voices

Percussion – Preparing for the summer concert

Rhythmic dictation
Learning about the different kinds of instruments

Recorder – Preparing for the summer concert

Rhythmic dictation
Learning about the different kinds of instruments

Guitar – Learning the circle I,VI,II,V

Preparing for the final exam
ABRSM Music theory 4