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 Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be working on measuring mass, length and capacity accurately and adding and subtracting units of measurement.
- In English we will be writing a review of the Roman London Show.
- In reading we will begin a new class book,Blackberry Blue by Jamila Gavin. We will also be reading in small groups in a reading carousel.
- In topic time we will be labelling and describing Roman Buildings.
- In RE we will look at what it means to Sikhs to belong to the Khalsa.
- In science we will continue our topic on plants.
- In PE we will learn African Dancing and work on our athletics skills.
We really enjoyed our visit by staff from the Museum of London who performed the Roman London Show for us on Thursday. This term some of our PE will be outside (weather permitting). Please make sure that children have trainers or plimsolls in school.
In Waterloo Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In English we will plan and write a poem on Roman Banquets.
- In mathematics we will be comparing analogue and digital times and introducing 24 hour clock.
- In reading we will be working in small groups reading with adults and carrying out other reading activities.
- In science we will begin a new topic on plants.
- In our topic time we will be using maps to locate the city of Rome and the Roman Empire.
- In RE we are learning about Guru Gobind Singh and finding out about his teachings to the Sikh community.
We enjoyed our Roman feast on Friday and are grateful to parents for their support in sending in food and arranging costumes for their children. On Thursday a group from the Museum of London will come into school to perform The Roman London Show. We are looking forward to this experience which will provide curriculum enrichment for the children.