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Year 3 What makes the earth angry?
Geography How are the volcanoes and earthquakes created?
History Researching about different famous volcanic eruptions
from the past (Pompeii) and earthquakes (Haiti).
WOW: Letter in a bottle from the victims of Haiti asking
for help from the children.
LC1
1. What causes a volcano to erupt and which are the
most famous volcanoes in the world?
LC2
2. Can they describe how volcanoes have an impact on
people’s lives?
LC3
4. Can they explain why a locality has certain human
features?
LC4
5. Can they explain why a place is like it is?
LC5
6. Can they explain how the lives of people living in the
Mediterranean would be different from their own?
LC6
LC6 Reflection: Children to create a Fronter
Room/Website using the information they have
learned.
LC7
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WOW: Pupils to have opportunities to
consider questions they would want to ask
the people of Haiti.
Literacy Link:
LC1 -Presents opportunities for children to find
out information about Pompeii.
LC2 - Children will have the opportunity to
write a diary entry.
LC5 – Presents opportunities for children to write
a non-chronological report.
Numeracy Link: Opportunities in LC1 for children
to carry out surveys and to present information
in data and statistical forms
Creative Art Link: Children will design and
create their own volcanoes using salt dough
whilst also experimenting with colour mixing.
Escape
From
Pompeii –
Christina
Ballit
8 Days:
Story of
Haiti –
Edwidge
Danticat
Running
Wild –
Michael
Morpurgo
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Year 3 : What makes the earth angry?
Year 3 : History, Geography and Science
Geography
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History
Can they describe how volcanoes have an impact on people’s life?
Can they confidently describe human features in a locality?
Can they explain why a locality has certain human features?
Can they explain why a place is like it is?
Can they explain how the lives of people living in the Mediterranean would be different from their
own?
Can they describe how volcanoes are created?
Can they describe how earthquakes are created?
Can they confidently describe physical features in a locality?
Can they locate the Mediterranean and explain why it is a popular holiday destination?
Can they recognise the 8 points of the compass (N,NW, W, S, SW, SE, E, NE)?
Can they name a number of countries in the Northern Hemisphere?
Can they locate and name some of the world’s most famous volcanoes?
Can they explain why a locality has certain physical features?
Can they explain how people’s lives vary due to weather?
Can they use maps and atlases appropriately by using contents and indexes?
Year 3 (Challenging)
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Can they use their
mathematical knowledge to
work out how long ago events
would have happened?
Can they suggest why certain
people acted as they did in
history?
Can they use various sources of
evidence to answer questions?
Can they use various sources to
piece together information
about a period in history?
Can they research a specific
event from the past ?
Can they use their ‘information
finding’ skills in writing to help
them write about historical
information?
Science
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Can they compare and group
together different rocks based on
their simple physical properties?
Can they describe and explain how
different rocks can be useful to us?
Can they describe and explain the
differences between sedimentary
and igneous rocks, considering the
way they are formed?
Can they describe how fossils are
formed within sedimentary rock?
Can they classify igneous and
sedimentary rocks?
Can they begin to relate the
properties of rocks with their uses?
Can they begin to use more than one source of information to bring together a conclusion about an
historical event?
Can they use specific search engines on the Internet to help them find information more rapidly?
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Year 3: What did the Ancient Greeks ever do for us?
LC1 What causes a volcano to erupt and which are the most
famous volcanoes in the world?
LC2 Can they describe how volcanoes have an impact on
people’s lives?
The learning challenge will start with listening to a
volcanic eruption video and drawing a pictures of
what they can hear.
Children will have the opportunity to generate
questions about the events in Pompeii.
Children have the opportunity to ask questions
about volcanoes.
They will use video clips, information pages and
websites to answer questions about how and why
volcanoes erupt. They will also use the information
that they have gathered to create an information
page. They will look at the parts of the volcano and
make a model of a volcano.
The learning challenge will start with a letter in a
bottle from Pompeii.
Children will have the opportunity to write a diary
entry. They will identify WMaG diary entry.
They will also use the information that they have
gathered to hot seat one another on the experience
and record interview of an eye witness from Pompeii.
Read Escape From Pompeii – Christina Ballit- children
to act out the characters and record on Ipads.
LC4: Can they explain why a place is like it is?
Children will identify and compare natural and
human features of a region affected by
earthquakes, including: city, town, village, factory,
farm, house, office, port, harbour and shops.
Children will be given opportunities to research
about earthquakes and their locations. Children will
generate their own questions and be given time to
use ICT to find the answers.
Children will present their findings using I book on the
I pad.
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LC3 What causes an earthquake?
Children will hear a news report from an earthquake
struck region.
Children will look into why the earthquake occurred,
focusing on the movement of the earth’s plates and
the different types of rocks.
They will carry out experiments identifying different
rock types using Venn and Caroll diagrams and
creating their own fossils.
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LC5: Can they explain how the lives of people living in the
Mediterranean would be different from their own?
LC6 Reflection: Children to create a Fronter Room/Website
using the information they have learned.
Children will be introduced to the book Read Escape
From Pompeii – Christina Ballit. Children will be
introduced to the first section of the book (until the
volcano erupts), where they will write a setting
description using their senses.
Then children will imagine they are a character from
the book, via hot seating and role play. They will
then write a letter to a friend telling them about
what they have experienced.
Children will work in groups to create their own boxes
for the class Fronter Room.
There will be a focus on planning, creating and
collaborating.
Children will look back at each weeks learning
challenge in order to create their page.
The Fronter Room will be interactive with children
asking questions and using their ICT skills to insert web
links, pictures and videos.
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