Woodpeckers - Easter Holiday
Date: 4th Apr 2025 @ 8:32am
Hi Woodpeckers,
We hope have a a wonderful Easter holiday and enjoy your easter eggs.
Over the two weeks holiday, we would like you to do some homework to help you remember and retrieve your learning.
Mrs Cook is looking forward to teaching you after Easter on Thursday and Friday. Miss Cross will be popping into class frequently to say hello.
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. Log in details are in the front of your planners. We have weekly tournaments running now - Year 4s versus Year 3s - please help your year group to win! Year 4- this is especially important for you as we will soon be doing the Multiplication Times Tables Test next term.
Writing - Write a paragraph using one of each sentence - simple, compound, complex middle, verb complex, subordinating complex, deducing, question after thought, cliff hanger. We have practised this in class so you know what to do. Look at the website videos to help if you need to. The title is - The Easter Bunny
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 sentence -
A compound sentence -
A question afterthought -
A deducing sentence -
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 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 Miss Cross at the end of the day on the play-ground.