Welcome to Waterloo Bridge Class
Class teacher – Miss Brown
Teaching assistants – Mrs Preston and Mrs Patel
We are pleased to welcome your child to Waterloo Bridge class and are grateful for your help and support.
Recommended reading books for Year 3:
Best Books for Year 3 | Ages 7-8 | BooksForTopics
Expertly selected books for 7 and 8 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
Reading
Children are asked to read at home on a daily basis and their book should be brought to school each day. It is helpful if parents can comment regularly in their child’s Reading Record, particularly when their child has finished their book. Children are responsible for changing and selecting their own books in the morning.
Homework
Children will be given homework each Friday to be handed in by the following Tuesday. Children are also asked to learn spellings and times tables at home. They are responsible for recording their homework in their homework diary.
Other
Children are asked to bring to school a water bottle. They should have a waterproof coat when it is raining or the forecast is for rain.
We are really pleased to welcome everyone back to school.
Our arrangements for the beginning and end of the day are unchanged since the Autumn term. Children in year 3 will begin school at 9:15am and finish at 3:30pm. PE will continue to be on Tuesday and Thursday and children should wear PE kit to school on those days. Reading books can be changed each Monday and Thursday.
Work for the week has been posted on Google Classroom. This is only for children who need to self isolate at home.
This term we are trying something new. English and Mathematics will be taught each day but some other subjects will be taught in blocks. This week our focus will be on history.
Our learning this week will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will develop our skills in measure.
- In English we will learn how to use fronted adverbials and to recognize homophones. We will also start a new unit of work based on the Bluest of Blues by Fiona Robinson.
- In history we will learn about the eruption of Vesuvius and destruction of Pompeii in 79AD.
- In RE we will compare the Hindu and Christian creation stories.
- In PE we will learn how to play Hockey.
