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.
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on place value. We will compare and order numbers to 1000 and read and write numbers in numerals and words.
- In English we continue our work based on the book Stone Age Boy. We will write in role and create story boards. We will also learn to record speech using speech bubbles and inverted commas.
- In science we will learn how forces work to move objects faster or slower.
- In history we will learn about “Lucy,” a skeleton of an early human found in Africa.
- In RE we will begin work on Hinduism.
The children have been given homework which should be handed in on Tuesday. They should also continue to learn times tables, read at home and complete tasks on mathletics.
We have had a great beginning to the term in year 3. The children have settled well into their learning.
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will work on place value. We will learn to count in 100s, to know the value of each digit in a 3 digit number and to compare and order numbers up to 1000.
- In English we will explore a new text, Stone Age Boy by Satoshi Kitamura. We will read and retell the story, ask questions and write in role.
- In science we will investigate pushes and pulls.
- In history we will find out about Early Humans.
- In RE we will learn about signs and symbols associated with the world faiths.
Thank you to all parents who sent in money for our film and popcorn afternoon in July. We have bought new playground equipment which the children have enjoyed playing with.
