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.
In Waterloo Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be continuing our work on place value focussing on problem solving.
- In English we will continue with our diary writing based on I was there…Boudica’s Army by Hilary McKay.
- In topic time we will prepare for our visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens.
- In RE we will learn that the Bhagavad Gita is a special book for Hindus.
- In science we will continue our learning on forces.
- In PE we are developing our netball skills.
We are really looking forward to our visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace and Gardens on Friday. We are also looking forward to performing our song Like a Roman in singing assembly on Thursday.
In Waterloo Class this week our learning will be as follows;
In mathematics we are revising our learning on place value.
- In English we are starting a new book I Was There … Boudica’s Army by Hilary McKay. We will be making predictions, exploring the book using drama and writing diaries entries.
- In reading we will continue with our class book Charlotte’s Web by E. B White and we will read in small groups.
- In our topic work we will look at Queen Boudica and her revolt agains the Romans.
- In science we will continue our work on forces.
- In PE we are learning to play netball. We will develop our ball skills to help us play netball well.
The children have worked hard during assessments in reading, writing and mathematics. Well done to Brayen who represented the school in athletics at Croydon Arena on Monday evening. We are looking forward to our visit to Fishbourne on Friday 7th July.