Woodpeckers 03.11.25
Date: 30th Oct 2025 @ 3:20pm
Welcome back Woodpeckers!
We hope you had a good half term holiday and enjoyed Halloween.
We will be looking for the learning behaviour- 'Enjoy your learning' this week and our value is 'Trust' (Trusting in ourselves and others to make sure we can all complete the best in our learning. Have a go, don’t be afraid to fail; taking small steps and celebrating achievements; stepping out of comfort zone, challenge yourself, peer to peer support, learning from others)
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 clothes (Long bottoms/Joggers, t-shirt and jumper) for Forest School and swimming kits. After school Yr 4-6 Football club. Halloween disco after school (please bring your Halloween outfit to change into if you're going.
Tuesday - After school Lego club.
Wednesday - PE Kit; PE with Mrs Saunders.
Thursday - First Christmas cake club session 3.15-4.15pm. 8 - 9pm PTA AGM in the hall: anyone welcome.
Friday - Coffee & Chat 2.15pm - come and find out more about Forest School and have a go at whittling. Family shared learning starts at 2.30 if you have 2 or more children in school. If you have one child, you will be able to come into school from 2.45pm. Look forward to seeing you all on Friday. PTA will be serving hot chocolate at thye end of the day on the playground.
If you would like to play on the field at lunchtime, you need to bring an old pair of trainers to change into.
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 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 - Keep practising your times tables on Times Table Rock Stars - if you didn't know your login details, these should now be in your reading diaries. After half term we will start giving out certificates to the child who has earned the most correct answers each week, so try to make that person you! We also have our weekly tournament - will it be Year 3 or Year 4 who win this week?
Maths and spelling sheet due in on Friday which was given out on Thursday when we broke up.
Sentences we are learning 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 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.
