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 addition and subtraction using the expanded written method to add 3 digit numbers.
- In English we will plan and write our own version of the story Stone Age Boy.
- In Science we will investigate magnets.
- In topic times we will find out about the Stone Age hunter Otzi the ice man.
- In RE we will learn about Ganesh.
- In PE we will continue to work on ball skills and keeping fit.
We are looking forward to our visit to Get Fired in Purley on 11th October and our Stone Age dress up day on 13th October.
For homework the children are given an activity to support their work in Spelling and Grammar each Friday to be handed in the following Tuesday. They are given a times table each Monday to be learned by the following Friday. They should read every evening. I am now able to set maths homework on mathletics each week. This will be set each Friday and be done by the following Friday.
In Waterloo Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will begin work on Addition and Subtraction. We will learn to add and subtract mentally from 3 digit numbers.
- In English we will retell the story of Stone Age Boy in writing. We will use our story boards to help us include paragraphs and inverted commas.
- In topic time we will look at learn about “Lucy” one of our oldest ancestors. We will record the similarities and differences between “Lucy” and ourselves.
- In Science we will continue our learning on forces and magnets.
- In PE we will focus on ball skills and keeping fit.
- In RE we will be learning about the importance of Holy Books in Hinduism.
We continue to run our daily mile. Children need to make sure they have a water bottle in school each day. Everyone gets very thirsty! We are planning some learning experience to enrich our topic of Scavengers and Settlers. These include a Stone Age dress up day on Friday 13th October and a visit to Get Fired in Purley on Wednesday 13th October.