Half term
English
Stone Age Boy and performance poetry
Year 3: use conjunctions, adverbs and prepositions to express time, place and cause; organise writing into paragraphs; prepare poems to read aloud and perform, showing understanding through intonation, tone and volume. Spelling: prefixes un-, dis-, mis-.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- National Poetry Day (Thursday 1 October): perform poems by Benjamin Zephaniah, using intonation, tone and volume
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Read Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura: infer characters' feelings and justify with evidence
- Use conjunctions (when, before, after, so, because)
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Plan a time-slip story organised into paragraphs
- Use adverbs and prepositions to show time and place
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Write, edit and perform their stories
- Proofread for spelling, including prefixes un-, dis- and mis-
Maths
Place value within 1,000; addition and subtraction
Year 3: recognise the place value of each digit in a three-digit number; find 10 or 100 more or less; compare and order numbers to 1,000; add and subtract numbers with up to three digits using formal written methods.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Represent numbers to 1,000 with base 10: hundreds, tens and ones
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Find 10 or 100 more or less than a number
- Compare and order numbers to 1,000
- Count in 50s
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Add and subtract ones, tens and hundreds mentally and spot patterns
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Add two three-digit numbers using the column method, first without and then with exchanging
- Estimate and check answers
Science
Animals including humans: nutrition, skeletons and muscles
Identify that animals, including humans, need the right types and amount of nutrition; identify that humans and some other animals have skeletons and muscles for support, protection and movement.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Identify the main food groups and why we need them
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Analyse a healthy, balanced harvest meal
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Skeletons: support, protection and movement; compare skeletons of different animals
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Muscles work in pairs
- Working scientifically: plan a fair test — is arm span related to height?
History
Stone Age to Iron Age
Changes in Britain from the Stone Age to the Iron Age: late Neolithic hunter-gatherers and early farmers; Bronze Age religion, technology and travel; Iron Age hill forts.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Place the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age on a timeline
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- From hunter-gatherers to farmers: how did life change? (Skara Brae)
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Stonehenge: what might it have been used for? Weigh up the evidence
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Bronze Age metalworking and Iron Age hill forts
Geography
The UK: counties, cities and land use
Name and locate counties and cities of the UK and their human and physical characteristics, and understand how some of these have changed over time; use the eight points of a compass; fieldwork.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Name and locate counties and cities of the UK
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Use atlases and digital maps, and the eight points of a compass
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Land use in our county and how it has changed over time (linked to Stone Age farming)
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Fieldwork: survey land use in our local area
Art and design
Prehistoric art
Use sketchbooks to record observations; improve mastery of drawing and painting with a range of materials; learn about great art from history.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Look at the cave paintings at Lascaux and talk about how they were made
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Make natural pigments from charcoal, earth and berries
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Practise drawing animals in charcoal in sketchbooks, showing movement
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Create a group 'cave wall' painting
Design and technology
Structures: Stone Age shelters
Design, make and evaluate; apply understanding of how to strengthen, stiffen and reinforce more complex structures.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Investigate frame and shell structures and how to make them stronger
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Design a shelter for a given purpose
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Make the shelter using sticks, string and fabric
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Test and evaluate its strength and stability
Computing
Sequencing in Scratch
Design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals; use sequence; use logical reasoning to explain how simple algorithms work.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Explore Scratch: sprites, backdrops and events
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Create sequences of commands and predict what will happen
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Animate a scene from Stone Age Boy
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Debug programs
- Online safety: which information online is reliable?
PE
Tag rugby and gymnastics
Play competitive games, applying basic principles of attacking and defending; develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Tag rugby: move with the ball and dodge defenders
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Tag rugby: pass backwards and keep possession
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Gymnastics: symmetrical and asymmetrical balances
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Gymnastics: create sequences with changes of level
Music
Rhythm and ostinato
Play and perform in ensemble contexts; improvise and compose; use and understand staff notation; appreciate music from great composers.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Listen to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the British composer of Hiawatha's Wedding Feast
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Create rhythmic ostinatos with untuned percussion
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Read and play crotchets and quavers in simple notation
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Perform a layered ostinato piece as a class
RE
Hinduism: what do Hindus believe?
Beliefs, worship and festivals in Hinduism, leading up to Diwali in early November.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Introduce Hinduism: Brahman and the many forms of the divine
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- Worship at home and in the mandir: puja
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Retell the story of Rama and Sita
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- How Hindus celebrate Diwali (Diwali 2026 falls in early November)
PSHE and RSHE
Being me in my world; celebrating difference
Relationships education and health education: respectful relationships, mental wellbeing, caring friendships.
Week 1
w/c 28 September (includes Thu 1 and Fri 2 October)
- Create our class charter based on children's rights
Week 2
w/c 5 October
- World Mental Health Day (10 October): ways to look after our wellbeing
Week 3
w/c 12 October
- Resolving conflict using 'I feel…' statements
Week 4
w/c 19 October
- Black History Month: celebrating difference and challenging stereotypes