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.
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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.
In Waterloo Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on column subtraction. We will learn to estimate and to check our addition and subtraction calculations using the inverse operations.
- In English we will be beginning work on stories from other cultures. We will look at Magic Dogs of the Volcanoes by Manlio Argueta and will start by making predictions about what will happen in the story. We will explore the story using drama.
- In science we will learn to group and identify rocks.
- In topic time we will make jigsaw puzzles to help us to understand tectonic plates.
On Friday we will be doing our number star challenges. All children know what number star they are working on and they have taken home a sheet giving information about what is covered in each star. Maths homework is set regularly on mathletics. Please ask your child to check if there is work outstanding.
In Waterloo Bridge Class our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be learning to add and subtract two and three digit numbers using formal written methods. We will also learn to solve problems using addition and subtraction.
- In English we will complete our non-chronological reports on volcanoes.We will then create information leaflets to present and illustrate our writing.
- In Science we will learn to identify types of rocks.
- In topic time we will learn about tectonic plates.
- In RE we will be learning about the work of Christian Aid.