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:
Best Books for Year 3 | Ages 7-8 | BooksForTopics
Expertly selected books for 7 and 8 year old children (lovereading4kids.co.uk)
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.
We hope everyone is well and that we are all getting used to working from home. This week we suggest the following learning activities.
English
This week we had planned to teach a unit on poetry, for children learning at home we suggest the following activities.
- Day 1 – Look at video clips of children performing poems from the BBC Poems off by Heart website https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00kmv68. Make a list of the things which make each performance good.
- Day 2 – Read the poem Spaghetti, Spaghetti by Jack Prelutsky. Look for examples of rhyming and repeating words. http://www.ichild.co.uk/documents/activities/pdf/Key_ST2_Poems.pdf Practice reading the poem aloud thinking about volume, tone, expression and pace.
- Day 3 – Plan a poem about your favourite food. Use a spider diagram with the name of your food in the middle and descriptive and rhyming words around it.
- Day 4 – Write a poem about your favourite food based on Spaghetti, Spaghetti.
- Day 5 – Edit and up-level your poem and copy it up in your best handwriting.
Mathematics
Our topic for the week is statistics. Please use the sheets to complete the work in the maths books provided in the packs. Remember to put the date and a margin in your book!
This is a useful website that explains to parents what the children learn in the different year groups with handling data: https://www.theschoolrun.com/data-handling
- Day 1 – Pictograms
Watch video: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zg4d2hv
Worksheet: Interpreting Scaled Pictograms
- Day 2 – Bar Charts
Powerpoint: T2-M-1386-Scaled-Bar-Charts-PowerPoint_ver_6 (1)
Worksheet: Interpreting Scaled Bar Charts
- Day 3 – Tables
Worksheet: Interpret information from tables to answer one and two-step problems.
- Day 4 – Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables
Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables
- Day 5 – Finishing off work from previous days OR create your own bar chart using the following template: Home Learning – Measuring Toys You can either print the sheet or use the template to complete the work in the maths books sent in the packs.
Challenge – https://nrich.maths.org/2399/index [Hint: use the bar chart to work out the amount of children in class 4, to help work out what the key is for the pictogram.]
Science
Find out about the scientist Albert Einstein. Make a timeline of Albert Einstein’s life. If you have access to a printer you could use the attached resource. If not you could draw your own timeline and write in some key facts.
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-t-243-amazing-albert-activity-sheet
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-s-1308-ks2-albert-einstein-information-powerpoint
Art
Draw, paint or collage a rainbow to place in your window to offer a message of hope to your neighbours. We would love to see copies of your work on Class Dojos.
RE
Read a version of the Easter Story. You can use this version from the Twinkl website if you wish. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/ks2-the-easter-story-powerpoint-t2-or-569 Make a storyboard showing the key events in words and pictures.
Please see attached a suggested timetable and guidance for your child when working from home. We recognise that every families circumstances are different but the suggested timetable may be helpful to your child in organising their time.
Howard home learning timetable
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Good morning everybody,
This is a message from Howard’s Eco Reps.
Over the last weeks, we had started to compile a range of activities we wanted to suggest to you for Earth Hour, which is tonight at 20:30. We will be switching our lights off to show our awareness of problems around the protection of Earth, sustainability, the responsible use of resources etc.
Check out the official website: https://www.earthhour.org/
Here are our suggestions:
- Task: Write a poem about or to nature sharing your admiration of nature, your concerns, your pledges (what you could do to help). Then read it to another person or – sounds strange – to a plant.
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“A voice for the planet” – Letter writing: Pretending to be “Mother” or “Father Nature”, write a letter to an important (maybe not so eco-friendly person/politician/…) voicing your pains and concerns and ask for immediate, specific action.
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Writing Pledges: Write a pledge/plan of action that you promise to take in order to help protect our planet.
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An Earth-Hour Game: Create a game with an environmental topic (e.g. Taboo/Speak out, Pictionary … – Eco-Version of Monopoly might take very long, though).
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e.g. Pick 10 Topic words (related to Earth Hour, the Environment, …) and write them on a card each.
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Then, to each word, decide on 5 taboo words that must not be mentioned when explain/describing the topic word,
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Play the game with a partner,
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- Howard’s Eco Bunting: Create bunting with a clear about: Why it is important to use resources on our planet responsibly and sustainably (so that future generations have the same access to the resources like electricity, water etc.)
- Make your message clear: This year’s mission: “A voice for the planet”
- You can choose your template. Remember to use colouring pencils (no felt-tips as they don’t show a sensible use of resources).
- Visit this website first for project ideas: https://wwf.panda.org/our_work/projects/our_planet_netflix_wwf_nature_documentary/what_can_i_do/?__hstc=&__hssc=&hsCtaTracking=c1945bc0-511c-4aea-aba9-e7e8b737a0ca%257C236304bd-24a6-4d78-86ff-93c4debba854
Remember to send your work (or a picture of it) to …
howardyear5@gmail.com
…so that we can display them on the blogs and website.
With a big thank you from your Eco Reps