Waterloo

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.

Week Beginning 16th November

November 13, 2020

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#cb21c4″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]This week is anti-bullying week. To mark the beginning of anti bullying week children may come to school on Monday wearing odd socks. We will be selecting Bullybusters to assist in prevnting bullying.[/dropshadowbox]

This week our learning be as follow;

  • In English we will continue our work based on Into the Forest by Anthony Browne and will be writing in role.
  • In mathematics we will learn to multiple and divide by 3, 4 and 8 and to solve problems using these skills.
  • In history we will learn about the Bronze Age.
  • In science we will continue our work on light and dark.
  • In RE we will learn about how Hindus celebrate Diwali.

PE will be on Tuesday and Thursday. There will be both a spelling test and Times Table Challenge on Wednesday.

 

 

 

Week Beginning 9th November

November 7, 2020

The children have settled in well after the half term break. Monday is an inset day so we will be back in class as follows;

  • In mathematics the children will be working on multiplication and division by 3 and 4 or 2 and 5.
  • In English we will be reading and discussing Into the Forest by Anthony Browne. We will write a class poem and individual e-mails based on the book.
  • In geography we will learn about the physical features of Europe.
  • In RE we will write storyboards based on the story of Rama and Sita.
  • In PE we will be developing our skills in basketball on Tuesday and in skipping on Thursday. Children should come to school in PE kit on those days.

[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#e5f804″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Homework is set each Friday on Google classroom. Children should also read regularly at home and learn their allocated times table. The school subscribes to Mathletics, Times Table Rockstars and Reading Planet and children should access activities on those websites using the log-in details in their homework diaries.[/dropshadowbox]