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.
The children are continuing to work hard in year 3. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will learn to recognise and use fractions. We will focus on tenths.
- In English we will explore the beginning of Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp by Phillip Pullman.
- In science we will learn about reflection.
- In history we will research and compare three Bronze Age settlements.
- In RE we will begin a new unit on Christmas symbols. We will start by looking at the
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#dabd2d” border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]The children are working hard on preparing songs for our Christmas Performance. We would be grateful for parents’ support in helping them to practise at home. The performance is on the morning of Tuesday 17th December and it would be lovely to have as many parents there as possible.[/dropshadowbox]
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#da2da9″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Several children have been bringing Pokemon cards to school and these sometimes cause arguments and disruption. We ask that Pokemon (and similar) cards remain at home.[/dropshadowbox]
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on multiplication and division learning to multiply and divide by 8.
- In English we will write a film review of Johnny English Strikes Again.
- In science we will learn that darkness is the absence of light.
- In history we will introduce the Bronze Age.
- In RE we will consider the significance of Diwali for Hindus and what we can learn from that.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#3de5f6″ border_width=”1″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]Last week the children enjoyed their cinema visit. Some of the children have enjoyed making pots in art while other children will make their pots next week.[/dropshadowbox]
