woodpeckers 20.10.25
Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 8:07am
Hello Woodpeckers,
We will be looking for any of our learning behaviours this week and our value is 'Thankfulness'
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.
Tuesday - After school Lego club.
Wednesday - PE Kit; PE with Mrs Saunders.
Thursday - Dress down day to support PTA in exchange for a donation - please see newsletter or PTA facebook details. Please come in trainers and suitable dress down clothes for being active outside today. Mrs Mud will be your teacher today.
Friday - No school for children
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?
Writing - please write - 1 simple sentence, 1 compound sentence and 2 complex middle sentences in your homework book. There is a video on the website under the Curriculum tab (How parents can support the curriculum) which explain the sentence types in more detail.
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.