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.
The children have settled into year 3 well and have been working hard.
- In English the children are following a Power of Reading unit based on the book Noah Barleywater runs away by John Boyne. This week they will write newspaper articles based on the book.
- In mathematics the children are working on place value.
- In Science we are looking at friction as part of our work on forces.
- In history we are working on the Stone Age.
- In PHSE we are addressing issues arising from the Covid 19 pandemic as part of our recovery curriculum.
Currently as part of their homework the children should be learning a times table which has been allocated to them. They have been given logins for the Times Tables Rockstars website which will help them, Children should also access Mathletics regularly.
Children should be reading regularly at home. They are being encouraged to select their own books. This term children can change their books each Monday and Thursday. This allows us to store books for three days and then clean them before returning them to the shelves. We also have a subscription to Reading Planet which allows children to read books online and answer questions. Children will be given log-in details this week. In most cases they can access the site using their first name the password Howard and the centre ID 211526
Relevant website are;
https://login.mathletics.com/
https://my.risingstars-uk.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f
Hello to those starting in Year 3 next week. As we didn’t have a chance to have a day to meet our new classes, we have put together a flipbook with lots of helpful information about Year 3. It would be great if you could all read through this before starting in Year 3 next week.
We hope you have all had an enjoyable summer and we are looking forward to welcoming you into Year 3 next week!
Mrs Fallon & Miss Wheeler