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Me and my school! Year 3 Autumn term
Visits, visitors and How you can support
websites! your child’s learning!
Visits and visitors form an important At Trewirgie Maths and English are ever-present
part of our children’s learning. By focus subjects in our curriculum. These subjects are
essential aspects of your child’s learning and are
immersing children in high quality first each taught for an hour every day. In addition to
hand experiences they should not only this, children will use and apply their developing
enjoy their learning but also produce maths and English skills across a range of other
subjects in their termly topics. This leaflet will give
high quality work.
you an idea of the knowledge and skills to be taught
This term we will be going on the following in these topics this term.
visits or have visits from the following people: We believe it is important that along side the work
ü Cornish Records library that the children learn in school they have the
ü Cornish studies library opportunity to work independently too.
ü Jason-Hoole Jackson – photographer
Noughts and crosses!
ü Ex pupils from Trewirgie Junior School
Each term every child will have a ‘noughts and
crosses’ grid linked to their topic. On this there are 9
Interesting websites that will help us in our additional learning tasks that children can do both
learning at home and at school. We hope you get involved in
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/in this learning too!
dex_flash.shtml
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/schoo
ls/4_11/uptoyou/
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/
4. http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/
5. http://www.mathletics.co.uk
Science Science
Knowledge and Key Skills
understanding 1. I use all of my senses
to observe so that I can try to
answer questions.
Humans and other animals 2. I act on suggestions about how to
ü Recognise and compare the main find things out.
external parts of the bodies of 3. I find information from books or
humans and other animals other printed (or screen) sources.
ü That humans and other animals 4. I describe my observations using
need food and water to stay alive scientific vocabulary.
ü That taking exercise and eating 5. I record my observations on
the right types and amounts of screen and paper using text,
food help humans to keep healthy tables, drawings and labelled
ü About the role of drugs as diagrams.
medicines 6. I compare observations using
scientific vocabulary.
Design Technology
Art
D raw in g Task: Design and make a Cornish cream
ü I can explore marks, te xt ure s and tonal range of H and
tea!
4B pencils, lightest →to darkest.
ü I can explore qualities of line with a variety of media.
ü I can describe the qualities of te xt ure , tone and shape Developing, planning and communicating ideas
and movement created in mark-making experiments.
1. I think of ideas and plan what to do next,
ü I can explore the use of shading to create shadows and
for m. based on what I know about materials and
ü I can build up te xt ure s and patt erns with layers of components.
marks.
2. I can explain the order I need to do things in.
ü I can explore a range of media for their contrasting
expressive effects e.g. heavy dense marks → delicate light 3. I use models, pictures and words to describe
marks my designs.
ü I can make mixed media drawings using effects
appropriately Evaluating processes and products
ü I can colour mix with layers of coloured pencil shading. 4. I recognise what I have done well in my
ü I can use black & white pastels to explore tone making a
sequence of greys dark → light. work. I suggest things I could do in the
ü I can use watercolours & pointed soft brushes to c olou r future.
detailed drawings and control amount of water used for
blending colours or making clear edged areas. Food technology
ü I have developed control with dry and oil pastels making
5. I prepare food safely and hygienically and
clear smudged marks appropriately and blending colours.
can describe what this means.
M od e llin g - Cl ay 6. I describe the properties of the food
ü I can use slabs of clay to build tiles, models and for ms ingredients: taste, smell, texture, and
joining with slip.
ü I can cut shapes from slab, fixing to models with slip to add
consistency.
decoration. 7. I weigh or measure my ingredients
ü I can paint my artefact to resemble faience accurately.
ü I can use modelling tools to help shape, fix and te xt ure.
ü I can use a damp sponge to shape and smooth surfaces.
8. I describe my food product using its
ü I can use pressed in marks to add features, details and properties
surface patt erns and te xt ure. 9. I learn how to best store my product for long-
life and hygiene.
Geography History
Enquiry Skills
1. I can ask geographical questions:
Where is this location? What do you
The history or Trewirgie Junior School
think about it?
2. I can use a range of primary and Key skills
secondary sources in my enquiry??? 1. I can place events that I have found
3. I can communicate my findings in a out about on a timeline
range of ways 2. I can describe what people’s lives
were like in the past
Map Skills 3. I can compare my life with people’s
4. I can mark my route on an existing life in the past
map. 4. I can use a range of sources to find
5. I know why a key is needed. out about the past
6. I can locate places on larger scale
5. I can observe small details in
maps e.g. map of Europe.
artefacts and pictures and can
7. I begin to identify features on
select and record relevant
aerial/oblique photographs.
information about them
Fieldwork Skills 6. I can present my findings about the
8. I can draw a sketch of a simple feature past in a range of ways
from observation or photo.Purposeful learning
Did you know?
ü The school was built in 1886.
ü Trewirgie were National tag rugby champions in
2007 and has been back to the National finals
twice since then.
ü The Murdoch Day parade sets off from our school
each year (Saturday 15th June this year).
ü The deputy Prime minister, Nick Clegg visited us
in 2010.
ü Over 1000 people come to our Carol Service each
year.
ü Our school used to have lessons upstairs in the
library.
ü We used to have an outdoor swimming pool!
ü We are the current county football champions.
ü To celebrate the school’s centenary there were 3
sell out nights at the Regal Cinema!
Formal pupils success!
ü Catherine Johnson was the screenwriter of Mama
Mia, By the end of this topic we should be
ü Mark Lenwarne is a British Triathlete
ü Daniel Hill is an international pianist
very knowledgeable about ourselves and
ü Davis White is now a DJ for Radio Cornwall our school. All our learning and skills
ü Aaron Penberty played for the Cornish Pirates will work towards creating a
and now plays for Jersey.
performance for parents. We look
ü Adam Penhall is now a leads system analysis for
the Mclaren Racing Team forward to you coming along to our
ü Naomi Lay was a star on The Apprentice! performance and hopefully learning a
little about a local myth / legend too!You can also read
