YEAR Three: Outline Curriculum Framework (historical non-fiction in literacy)

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Narrative
Write stories set in places pupils have been
Write stories that contain mythical, legendary or
histroical characters or events
Wrtie stories of adventure
Wrtie stories of mystery and suspense
Wrtie letters
Write plays
Write stories, letters, scripts and fictional
biographies inspired by reading across the
curriculum
Non-fiction
Write instructions
Write recounts
Write persuasively
Write explanations
Write non-chronological reports
Write biographies
Write in a journalistic style
Write arguments
Write formally
Poetry
Learn by heart and perform a significant peom
Write haiku
Write cinquain
Write poems that convey an image (smile, word
play, rhyme and metaphor)
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Dangerous Planet The Perfect Party Going
Underground
Green Fingers Chocolate Holidays
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Jumanji
Volcanoes
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Grimms
Fairy Tales
Cinderella









Harry and the Dinosaurs



Orange Silver Sausage, a
collection of poems without
rhymes compiled by James
Carter & Graham Denton
The Mighty Slide Allan
Ahlberg (5 narrative poems)









Charlie and the Chocolate
Factory
Other Roald Dahl









Oscar and Hoo
Meerkat Mail

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Party Venue

Hilton Hotel
Archaeology Project
Manchester Museum
Outdoor learning
classroom
Cliffe Castle:
Rocks and Fossils
Outdoor learning
classroom
Allotments
York Chocolate Factory
Science Lab
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Rocks

Light


Fossils



Plants


Animals, including
humans


Forces and magnets






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Scavengers
And Settlers






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Volcanoes, Earthquakes
and Tsunamis
The power of the Earth


Stone Age to the Iron
Age, including:
Hunter gatherers
Early farming
Bronze Age, and
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European Country
holiday destination
famous cities

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What makes the Earth
angry?

How far can you throw your
shadow?

Who first lived in Britain?

What are fossils?

How did that blossom
become an apple?

Explanation texts / films
What would happen if
we only ate chocolate?

How can Usain
Bolt move so quickly?

Why do so many people
go to the Mediterranean
for their holidays?
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IPC unit
Celebrations

IPC unit
Lets Plant It

IPC unit
Chocolate
Creating a healthy
Mediterranean meal
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Presentation
Can they create a
presentation that moves
from slide to slide and is
aimed at a specific
audience?
Can they combine text,
images and sounds and
show awareness of
audience?


Databases
Can they input data into a
prepared database?
Can they sort and search a
database to answer simple
questions?
Can they use a branching
database?

Programming
Can they experiment with
variables to control models?
Can they write more complex
programs?


Stop-motion films

Animations

Multi-media presentations
Data retrieval
Can they review images on a
camera and delete unwanted
images?
Can they use photo editing
software?

Using the internet
Can they find and save
relevant information and
images on the internet?
Do they begin to use note
making skills to decide what
text to copy?

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Shadow puppets

Can you make a stone
shelter? A stone sculpture?
A model of Stonehenge?
Cliffe Castle
Rocks
Working Landscapes
Bees
Flower Exhibition
Hello Hockney
Cartwright Hall
Robotic Hand
Puppets
Reflective skeleton dance
assembly
X rays

Magnetic travel game

Can you fly a plane to New
York?