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 have now reached the last week of the school term. The children have worked really hard and deserve a well earned break.
This week our learning will be as follows.
- In mathematics we will learn to tell the time to the nearest five minutes.
- In English we will act out a section of Into the Forest in small groups before recording our drama in playscript form.
- In history we will learn about the Iron Age.
- In RE we will learn about the symbolism connected with the Wise Men’s visit to the baby Jesus.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ee44f0″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We will be taking part in some activities to celebrate Christmas. On Tuesday we will have Christmas Dinner and take part in a virtual pantomime. On Thursday we will have our Christmas party. This year the children should not bring in any food. They should wear school uniform because on Friday there is a whole school mufti day for everyone to take part in.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#f2df31″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Thank you to all parents who have participated in Parents Evenings using School Cloud. Unfortunately there were technical difficulties on a small number of sessions. Most of the sessions went smoothly and we hope that most parents found School Cloud easy to use and that the sessions were helpful.[/dropshadowbox]
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will learn how to find non-unit fractions of amounts before moving on to work on time.
- In English we will write our own version of Into the Forest in role.
- In science we will learn how the angle of a light source affects a shadow.
- In history we will compare the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age.
- In RE we will make Christingles.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ded04c” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We are looking forward to preparing for Christmas in shool. Christmas will be a little different this year but we are trying to include activities the children will enjoy, while staying safe. Children may bring in Christmas Cards for their friends this week and post them in a box. They will then be quarantined over the weekend and sent home on Monday 14th. On Friday we have our Christmas jumper day Children may wear a Christmas jumper in place of their school jumper in return for a donation of £1.[/dropshadowbox]