Woodpeckers 16.10.23

Date: 12th Oct 2023 @ 3:46pm

Hello Woodpeckers!

Welcome to a new week of learning.

Our Learning Behaviour for week beginning 16.10 will be  'Learn from Your Mistakes, Improve.'

Our Value this half term is Thankfulness.

Our words to listen out for next week are 'atmosphere' - a tone or mood of a story and 'simile' - a comparison of two different things, using like or as.

Reminders

Monday: You all have PE Monday morning, so please come to school in your PE kits. 

Tuesday: Please come in PE kit

Thursday: Gymnastics at Pipers Vale, please come in PE kit and you will need a packed lunch. End of day will be a later collection for Year 4,approximately 3.30pm due to coming back from Pipers Vale. Year 3 will be the usual time.

Friday: PD Day, so no school for the children.

Please ensure you read the newsletter as it will have all the details for activity week attached.

Music: This week we have had fun learning the cup song to our song I've Been To Harlem. If you want to share the fun with your family the link is here: I've Been to Haarlem (Cup Song) - YouTube

Homework 

Reading as usual.

Please practise Year 3 /4 spellings (including Year 2 spellings if appropriate) this week and over half term and we'll assess them after half term.  You won't be able to cover all of these so just choose a number of words that you feel are manageble and learn these.

You will also now find the logins for Times Table Rock Stars and Spelling Shed in your planners. Please do log in to these websites to practise your spellings and times tables.

Reading Giants

Please read at least 5 times and note them in your Planners. Remember, this can be reading your school reading book, reading your own books, reading a magazine/comic, listening to a story read by a grown-up, listening to a story on a device (such as a Tonie box), watching a story online/on TV (eg CBeebies Bedtime story). We are promoting a love of reading, so read what you enjoy - just remember to write it in your Planner and ask your grown-up to sign it each week. Mrs Shand will check the planners each Friday and will give you a sticker on our Reading Giants chart if you have had at least 5 reading sessions! Remember - we are working as a team to collect the most reads so if you don't read at home, your  year team won't have a chance at winning the most reads across the school.

Times Tables

Another battle has been set alongside our class one. Bentley Year 3s and 4s are now competing against Woodpeckers! Come on Copdock :-) 

Spellings - as above

 Any questions, we're always on the playground at the end of the day- please speak to us.

Mrs Jordan and Miss Cross