Woodpeckers 21.04.25
Date: 21st Apr 2025 @ 7:35pm
Hello Woodpeckers,
We hope you had a great Easter holiday and look forward to hearing all your news.
Here are some reminders for this week -
Ms Jordan is our teacher Monday - Wednesday and Mrs Cook is our teacher Thursday - Friday.
Reminders:
Tuesday - PE kits to be worn. Please ensure you wear the correct PE kit - look on the website if you're unsure. Cricket starts for Woodpeckers today -Please collect children from the cricket ground at 3pm. This will give you time to then go to school and collect siblings for 3.15pm. Football club after school. Any children going to football club or After school club will walk back with Mrs Jordan and Mrs Shand or come back on the mini bus.
Wednesday - Please remember to bring your recorders in today, so that we can continue our lessons.
Thursday -
Friday - PTA Ice cream Friday so please bring your pennies for the end of the day Easter Homework due in and new homework will now be given out on on Mondays and due in the following Monday. Please come in Forest School clothes but no shorts.
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. Mrs Cook will be organising competitions. Year 4 -this is very important for you as you have the Multiplication Times Tables coming up soon this term.
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 Mrs Cook at the end of the day on the play-ground.