Woodepckers 5.10.26
Date: 1st Oct 2026 @ 12:43pm
Hello Woodpeckers,
Welcome to a new week of learning!
Our learning behaviour of the week is, 'Don't give up'
Here are some reminders for this week -
Ms Jordan is our teacher Monday - Wednesday and Ms Cross is our teacher Thursday - Friday.
Reminders:
Monday - PE/Swimming/Forest School- please come in PE kit with Forest School layers. We understand that Forest School layers may not always comply with PE uniform-that's OK.
Tuesday - Harvest service in church starting at 2.40pm. Please collect your children from the church or let the office know if your child needs to come back for After School Club.
Wednesday -
Thursday -
Friday - Full and correct PE Uniform today please (please see website if unsure) - earrings need to be removed. Homework in please.
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
Reading Giants - Read at least 5 times each week and record it in the diary. Please note - the diary needs to be in school on Friday as past reads will not be recorded on our chart (except holidays).
Times Tables - Ms Jordan has checked everyone can log on, please let us know if you're having problems.
The children have been very excited learning about Cheddar Man. Cheddar Man is at The Natural History Museum in London. If you're thinking of a day out at half term, I'm sure your children would love to visit and see the skeleton.
Spellings - sheet in homework book
Writing - none
Maths - I have set some a retrieval task on Google Classroom. Please log in and you should see a QR code and then you can enter the school code and pin. Hopefully, this will work but let us know on Monday if you are having difficulties. The children have a new password in their diary for Infinity which is part of our maths curriculum and the retrieval task set for homework. It is new for staff too so we'll learn together!
We know some of you are having difficulty logging on to Curriculum Vision. Mrs Usher has looked into this- please use the same Username and try this passowrd: IP83HY
Sentences we are retrieving and practising this term-
A simple sentence - The man rubbed his stomach! A short sentence which evokes a feeling from the reader and has a subject (man) and one verb (rubbed). An exclamation mark can be used to emphasise feeling. They are short and make sense on their own - this is also a main clause.
Here are some more examples - The boy shook his fist!, The girl screamed with joy!, Her shoulders slouched!, The man froze!
A compound sentence - is made up of two simple sentnces (or two main clauses) which are joined together by a coordinating conjunction. It also has two verbs.
Here are some examples- - The man rubbed his stomach and he licked his lips. His head dropped and his shoulders began to slouch.
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 (middle) sentence is a simple sentence, with 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.