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:
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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 Bridge Class we are looking forward to starting our new topic of the Romans. This week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will be working on time. We will be investigating the number of days in each month and in a year and leap year using calendars. We will revise our skills in telling the time to the nearest minute and start to use Roman numerals and 24 hour clock.
- In English we will start a new unit on poetry. This week we will focus on performance poetry.
- In topic time we will discuss what we know about the Romans and write questions on what we would like to find out.
- In science we will introduce our new topic on plants.
- In RE we will be learning about the Sikh festival of Baisakhi(also called Vaisakhi).
On Tuesday we will be visiting St Andrew’s School to see a performance. We are looking forward to our Roman Banquet and dress up day on 27th April.
In Waterloo Bridge Class this week our learning will be as follows;
- In mathematics we will continue our work on fractions learning to add and subtract fractions.
- In English we will plan and write a newspaper article on the crucifixion of Jesus.
- In reading we continue to read regularly both individually and in small groups. We are looking forward to sharing the new books which have been donated by Friends of Howard.
- In topic time we will combine our learning in RE and art to create a collage based on the Easter story. We will also create Easter cards.
- In PE we continue to work on ball skills.
We wish all families a Happy Easter.