Woodpeckers 30.03.26
Date: 27th Mar 2026 @ 1:04pm
Hello Woodpeckers, we hope you have a good Easter.
Please complete the following homework over Easter. It needs to be completed and submitted by Friday 17th April (first week back).
First week back we will be looking for the learning behaviour-'Enjoy your learning'.
Here are some reminders for this week -
Ms Jordan is our teacher Monday - Wednesday and Ms Cross is our teacher Thursday - Friday.
Reminders:
Monday - Some Year 3 / 4 children swimming. PE Kit to be worn today please.
Tuesday -
Wednesday - We are starting paddle and Cricket at the cricket ground so you will need full and correct PE kit. If you are unsure of the correct PE kit, please check our website.
Thursday - We will be going to the Country Fayre so we will need a packed lunch and rain coat.
Friday - 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!
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.
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 - Please play on this as much as possibl in the holiday. Year 4-it is not long until you have your times table test set by the government.
Retrieval Task - Please log on to Google Classroom to find out what you need to do or read below.
We would like you to create a presentation about what you have learnt this term. You can do this on Google Classroom and submit it on here, or on the piece of A3 paper you were given.
This is a retrieval task to help your knowledge stick in your long term memory. Please don't tell me that you have learnt about history, science etc. I know what you have learnt about and I want to see what knowledge, facts and information you have remembered and can recall. If you find it tricky, please log on to Curriculum Visions to help you. Your password is in your diary.
Please write some information and facts about: The Egyptians, London, Muscles, Food/Diets, skeletons, rocks, fossils and electricity
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 (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.