SUMMER TERM Y3 THE CELTS AND ROMANS

1. ENGLISH • Caradog – Poster and Fact sheet. Write a character portrait based on facts in historical texts • Romulus and Remus – Re-telling of legend using storyboard format • A Fairy story with a difference – use a known tale. Write notes re characters, setting and action and objects • The Paper Bag Princess – Look at the characters in this and other fairy stories. Discuss stereotypes • Park Farm – Look at the different purposes and features of non-fiction writing • A Trip Around Caerleon’s Roman Past – Compile a tourist leaflet. Use a range of organisational devices to help the reader access the information (see ICT) • Roman Poems – Use poems as models for shared writing • Roman Day • Words on Water – ACCAC assessment • MUSIC • Roman Song – ‘High Hold the Eagle’ • Songs for the summer concert • Sound track for CADW • R.E. • Explore different types of special dress • Explore the dress code for Sikhs • Explore some practical problems that religious people can have regarding wearing certain items of dress • ICT • CADW animation project using Movie Maker and stop frame animation • Researching Celts and Romans SUMMER TERM Y3THE CELTS AND ROMANS • DT • Levers – that simple levers and sliding mechanisms can be used to create movement • GEOGRAPHY • Find settlements before the Romans arrived in Caerleon and Wales • Investigate why they settled where they did • Describe the connections between localities • Find out where the Romans came from • How did they get to Wales? • Locate the Amphitheatre and Barracks in Caerleon • Appreciate the extent of the Roman settlement in Caerleon by carrying out fieldwork • MATHS • Follow Collins Maths Scheme • Place value, ordering, estimating, rounding • Money and ‘real life’ problems • Capacity • Shape and space • Fractions • Time / calendar • Handling data • HISTORY • Understand what the native people of Britain were like when the Romans arrived • Study the daily life of Iron Age Britons • Understand how Celtic society was organised and the importance of hill forts • Know when and why Romans came to Britain • Discover the key features of a Roman city or town • Understand that by looking at the remains from the past we may be able to deduce what ancient cities were like • Understand the way Romans organised their army • Understand that there were key differences between the Roman and British methods of fighting • Find out about Roman leisure activities • Research and present information on a chosen Roman site • SCIENCE • Habitats • Lifecycles • Adaptations • Trip to Wetlands • ESDGC • Caring for the environment • Settlements of the Celts and Romans and how it has affectedthe way we live today PE Games: Develop basic skills. Exploratory throwing activities. Gymnastics: Athletics: Developing techniques. Practising for Sports Day • WELSH • Studying a collection of books about animals • Develop confidence in reading • Describing the animals and their habitats • Developing basic sentence patterns in the third person • PSE • Mini enterprise / Dynamo • ART & DESIGN • Celtic Art • Mosaics / Pottery • SEAL • Relationships / Changes