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:
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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.
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will consume working on measuring length.We will also learn to find the perimeter of shapes.
- In English we will be exploring a story from another culture, Magic Dogs of the Vocano by Manlio Argueto
- In science we will look at how fossils form.
- In topic time we will look at tourism in volcanic regions.
- In RE we will look at why Muslims believe it is important to care for the environment.
Well done to Leonardo and Ariz who our first members of the 100 club having learned all their times tables up to 10 x 10.
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will learn to estimate, measure and compare lengths.
- In English we will create information leaflets on volcanoes.
- In science we will investigate the properties of rocks.
- In topic time we will find out why volcanoes often occur around the “Ring of Fire”.
- In RE we will earn about why Jewish people believe it is important to care for the environment and learn about the Jewish festival of Tu B’Shevat ( the birthday for the trees).
The children will take their number stars test every two weeks and are divided into two groups. Group 1 will take their test this week and group 2 the following week.