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 have had a great week in year 3. The children confidently led assemblies based on the Apple’s Friends scheme we are following in PHSE. We also had a great time taking part in a carousel of activities for World Maths day. This week our learning will be as follows.
- In mathematics we will work on column addition and subtraction. We will also learn to use estimates and inverses to check our answers.
- In English we will begin a new unit on Newspaper writing. We will begin by looking at a fictional article about the destruction of Pompei.
- In science we will continue to learn about famous scientists.
- In topic time we will write an eyewitness account of the destruction of Pompeii.
In PHDE this half term, as well as following the Apple’s Friends scheme, we will focus on safeguarding children using the NSPCC Let’s Talk Pants Initiative.
Further information can be found at;
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/keeping-children-safe/underwear-rule/
This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will begin a new unit of work on addition and subtraction. We will also take part in a carousel of exciting maths based activities to celebrate world maths day.
- In English we will learn about the features of letter writing before writing a letter in role.
- In science we will find out about Albert Einstein.
- In topic time we will plan an eyewitness account on the destruction of Pompeii.
- In RE we will learn about Jesus and Zacchaeus the tax collector.
On Monday we will help to lead a special assembly linked to our Apple’s Friends work in PHSE.
[dropshadowbox align=”none” effect=”lifted-both” width=”auto” height=”” background_color=”#ffffff” border_width=”10″ border_color=”#dddddd” ]We had a really special World Book Day on Thursday with some fantastic costumes and great books in boxes.[/dropshadowbox]
