First and Primary Schools

Suggested Year 3 Units

Below you will find units of work that we suggest for Year 3.

Please note:

  • It is not a rigid scheme of work, so feel free to move things around if it works better in your school. 
  • This layout does not contain all the units available for First and Primary schools.
  • All KS2 units available can be found HERE

Year 3

Autumn 1

Digital literacy and online safety - Year 3

Six lessons taken from Common Sense Education’s excellent digital citizenship curriculum, covering a wide range of topics including well-being, privacy and security, online identity, relationships, communication and the media.

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Autumn 2

Communication and collaboration

Introduce students to email and a range of online collaborative tools.

Learn how to safely and appropriately make use of these essential digital tools.

Lessons are provided to cover Google G-Suite for Education and Microsoft Office 365

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Spring 1

Starting from Scratch - NEW

Lay strong foundations for coding as you introduce your class to the visual language of Scratch, while using the PRIMM approach. Teach your students to predict, run and investigate code, before they start to modify existing code and eventually plan and make their own coded animation project. 

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Spring 2

Databases

Explore different ways to collect, interrogate and present data collaboratively using a range of programs. What is a database? Why and how are they used in real life?

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Summer 1

Digital imagery: Patterns in nature

Take a look at the beauty of repeating patterns in nature and different methods of recreating these with digital art tools and photo editing.

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Summer 2

Getting started with Kodu

Introduce students to creating games with Kodu. Program your characters and design 3D worlds to make exciting collecting and racing games.

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Need more?!  Take a look at the whole KS2 collection here

All KS2 units