Woodpeckers 24.03.25
Date: 21st Mar 2025 @ 7:56am
Hello Woodpeckers,
This week, our learning behaviour is 'Don't Give Up', and our value is 'Justice'.
Here are some reminders for this week -
Ms Jordan is our teacher Monday - Wednesday and Miss Cross is our teacher Thursday - Friday.
Reminders:
Monday - Miss Barton will be teaching RE and handwriting.
Tuesday - PE kits to be worn. Please ensure you wear the correct PE kit - look on the website if you're unsure. (PE will be with Ben who is our coach).
Wednesday - Please remember to bring your recorders in today, so that we can continue our lessons. Parents Evening
Thursday - We are going for a local walk with Foxes Class. Please makesure your child has a coat and comfortable footwear today as we will be walking across fields. Parents Evening
Friday -PE kits to be worn. Family Sharing assembly will be at 9am. Woodpeckers will be doing a maths session outside 9.45- 10.20. Parents are welcome to come along to this and take part with their child. End of the day is the PTA event for Mothers day.
Homework due in.
Uniform
Please make sure children are wearing correct uniform; including socks and it is labelled.
Daily belongings needed in school: water bottle, planners, book bag, coat and a smile!
Homework
We have spent £200 of our class money on new books and our book area looks amazing, children are keen to read which is fantastic! Please ensure books are kept in pouches and looked after for everyone to enjoy-thank you.
Reading Giants - Read at least 5 times each week and record it in the planner. Please note - the planner needs to be in school on Friday as past reads will not be recorded on our chart (except holidays).
Times Tables - Log on to TT Rock Stars. Log in details are in the front of your planners. We have weekly tournaments running now - Year 4s versus Year 3s - please help your year group to win! Year 4- this is especially important for you as we will soon be doing the Multiplication Times Tables Check next term.
Writing - write a simple sentence, compound sentence, complex middle sentence and a subordinate complex sentence. The title is - The Mysterious Room. You will need to think about nervous feelings and emotions. Look back at your previous paragraphs you have punctuated to help you. Sentence types are explained below and there is also a video on the website explaining these too.
Spelling -sheet in homework book
Just a heads up - next term we will be studying the Romans so we have booked a trip to Colchester. This will be on Wednesday 11th June with hedgehogs class. We are trying to keep the costs as low as possible for parents so Miss Cross will be our walking tour guide! We will ask for a contribution to cover the coach cost. As always, if we do not recieve contributions, we would need to consider cancelling the trip. We will keep you updated about costs and details etc.
Remember -
A simple - cliffhanger sentence helps the author to tie the last paragraph to the beginning paragraph. It also helps to build tension and make the reader want to read on. It also shows that they can use a single dash and an ellipsis which is more use of sophisticated language. It is composed of 2 simple sentences separated by a single dash and ending in an ellipsis.
The man rubbed his stomach - he started to turn green...
A verb complex sentence has 2 clauses separated by a comma. 1 clause will be a main clause and the other clause will be a subordinating clause. The first part of the sentence will be the subordinate clause(it does not make sense on its own) whilst the second part is the main clause (it does make sense on its own).
Rubbing his stomach, (subordinate clause starting with a verb) the man licked his lips.(main clause)
Rubbing his stomach, the man licked his lips.
A complex sentence is a simple sentence w, the man licked his lips.ith an extra piece of information (relative clause) which relates to the noun or subject and before the main verb. We use commas to separate the clause.
The man started to explode! is a simple sentence. The man , who gritted his teeth, started to explode! Who gritted his teeth, is the relative clause.
A subordinating complex sentence has 2 clauses and starts with a subordinating conjunction.
As he rubbed his stomach, the man licked his lips. 'As' is a subordinating conjunction. 'he rubbed his stomach' is the subordinate clause. 'the man licked his lips' is the main clause.
If you would like to do extra homework, please log on to Curriculum Visions and find out more about Longitude and Latitude and States of Matter.
Any questions - please catch Mrs Jordan or Miss Cross at the end of the day on the play-ground.