Woodpeckers
Welcome to Woodpeckers’ class page!
On our new-look page, you will find all of our news and homework organised by type on a handy one-stop page!
| Routines in Woodpeckers | Adults in Woodpeckers |
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| PE Indoor — Wednesday | Miss Taylor |
| PE Outdoor (Y3) – Friday | Mrs Sadgrove |
| Swimming (Y4) - Friday | Mrs Dolan |
| Spellings – Monday | Miss Shaw (Student Teacher) |
Class governor: Peter Lewis
Bookbags and Reading Diary
As your child enters Year Three or Four, they will be encouraged to work with growing independence. To support this, your child will take responsibility for their own book bag.
They will be expected to bring their book bag into school every day, removing any books, homework, letters, slips, notes and monies accordingly. You may use your child’s reading diary (that they should keep in their book bag) as a form of communication, using it to record messages for us to read. We may also use these as a form of communication back to you as parents/carers. In order for this system to run smoothly, we ask you to encourage and remind your child to make us aware as soon as possible if there is a message in their diaries that we need to read.
Reading Books
Every Monday, your child will bring home a reading scheme book. They are to read this book with an adult at least twice at home and should return it to school the following Monday. They will then be given another scheme book and the process will repeat. Before your child brings home their book, they will have been asked at school to write this into their reading diary. To clarify that they have read at home, we would appreciate it if you could sign your child’s reading diary each time you read with them. If on a Monday, we find your child’s reading diary has not been signed, we will send them to reading club which takes place at break time. Reading is an integral part of our school, as we strongly believe that all children should be given the opportunity to regularly read a wide range of texts within varying environments. Therefore, allowing your child to access reading club if they have not read enables us to ensure these opportunities to read are being provided.
Free Choice books: In LKS2, your child will be encouraged to take home a free choice book (a book they have selected from our library). When they take a free choice book home, they will also record this in their orange reading diary. This book can be read at their leisure at home (either on their own or with an adult) and must be returned to school whenever they finish it. We understand some of these books are lengthy, and therefore will require a bit more time to read, so do not expect these to be returned weekly. Once they bring this back, it will be ticked off by a member of staff and they will then be free to select another free choice book.
Homework and Spellings
Every Monday, your child will be given two homework sheets. These will consist of English and Maths tasks. They will also be given a list of 10 spellings. We expect these to be returned by the following Monday for us to check over your child’s homework sheets and test them on their spellings. We kindly ask that you mark the homework with your child, so any misconceptions can be addressed at home and also, quickly spotted and supported when the homework is brought back in to school. Some of the Maths Skills and Grammar Hammer questions, answers and concepts can be more specific and therefore, every week, we share the answers to these sheets to help you mark them as a family. You can find these on our class page of the school’s website (below).
We only expect children to spend 20 minutes on each piece of homework, if they are struggling please just write a note to the teacher explaining this – don’t struggle on! Any Grammar Hammer and Maths Skills sheets that your child brings home for the first half-term will be from the previous year. We do this in order to consolidate the children’s learning. After this, we will move on to their respective year group’s sheets.
A topic homework grid will also be available on your child’s class page (below) by the end of the first week of a new topic. It is expected that your child will complete at least three of the activities from the grid. The dates for the deadline of submitting this homework will appear on the top of their Topic Homework Grid. There are a range of fun and exciting options to choose from so please feel free to be creative!
Knowledge Organisers and Topic Homework Grid
Topic Knowledge Organiser - Temples, Tombs and TreasuresTopic Homework Grid - Temples, Tombs and TreasuresLearn by Heart Facts - Year 4 - Summer 1
Learn by Heart Facts - Year 3 - Summer 1
Instructions - English Knowledge Organiser
Class News
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Friday 24 April 2026 Woodpeckers - Year 4 Practical Maths In Year 4, we have been looking at Measurement; Perimeter. The children spent some time measuring objects in the classroom and calculating the perimeter. They had to measure the length and width and use a range of units of measurement, including; metres, centimetres and millimetres. Some of the children challenged themselves by converting measurements or using more than one measurement.
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Friday 24 April 2026 Woodpeckers - Year 3 Practical Maths Today, Year 3 spent time measuring different objects in the classroom. They used different units of measurements including; metres, centimetres and millimetres. The children had to estimate the length before they measured it for accuracy.
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Friday 24 April 2026 Woodpeckers - Temples, Tombs and Treasures Entry Point In Woodpeckers, we started off our new topic; Temples, Tombs and Treasures by mummifying a tomato. The children worked in groups to learn the important steps of mummification. They had to cut the top of the tomato off using a knife, scoop out the insides using a spoon, clean the tomato using antibacterial gel, fill it with salt and wrap it in tissue. The children then place the wrapped tomato in a sealed plastic bag. We can't wait to show you the results!
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Thursday 2 April 2026 Football Workshop This morning, Woodpeckers took part in a football workshop run by freestyler footballer, Ash Randall. He gave them several challenges to complete which all the children enjoyed trying out! We had lots of fun!
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Wednesday 1 April 2026 LKS2 Muddy Puddle Day Today, we spent time outside completing our muddy puddle day. The children completed three activities relating to our Topic - Volcanoes, Earthquakes & Rivers. The children built mud volcanoes and watched them erupt. They learnt how to use a seismograph and how we measure an earthquake using the Richter scale. They then built their own small models using different equipment and resources to see if it would stay standing during an earthquake. The children also spent time using natural resources to build the River Aire which was tested at the end of the session and it worked!
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Monday 30 March 2026 Year 3 - Spring Art Year 3 have spent time looking at different vases of flowers and discussing what they could see. They spent time sketching these flowers and adding colour to them. As they enjoyed this activity so much, the children had the opportunity to create their own vases of flowers using different coloured paper.
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Monday 30 March 2026 Year 3 Practical Maths - Capacity Year 3 have been learning about capacity. They have measured water in millilitres and litres. They have also learned the equivalence in units of measurement and compared different amounts of water using comparison symbols.
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Monday 30 March 2026 Year 3 Practical Maths - Mass Year 3 have started a new unit in maths which is focusing on measurement, mass & capacity. The children used weighing scales to measure different objects and weights in grams and kilograms. They also had to learn about the equivalence in mass and compare different weights using comparison symbols.
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Friday 27 March 2026 Woodpeckers - Planet Earth Oracy Lesson In Woodpeckers, the children worked in pairs to research an area of our topic; volcanoes, earthquakes or rivers. They spent time looking through books and on webpages for information. The children then presented this information to the class using our Tranmere Talk Rules. The children had to focus on the speaking and listening skills. They spoke in clear, loud voices and use expression in their voices. The audience listened carefully to the speaker and asked interesting questions to find out more.
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Friday 27 March 2026 Boggle Hole 2026
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Tuesday 24 March 2026 Woodpeckers - Everybody Sing Today, the children took part in a singing workshop called ‘The Magic Flute.' Woodpeckers learnt the different building blocks to help with opera singing. These were; Space, Quality of Movement, Motivation & Relationship. They were able to enjoy an animation, an opera theatre show & practise their own projection and movement. Take a look at the fun we had below!
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Thursday 19 March 2026 Alice’s Adventures’ Dance Workshop This morning, we took part in a Royal Ballet & Opera dance workshop. The children learnt about the story of Alice in Wonderland and created a four part dance. They had to focus on Dynamics, Relationships & Space. The children in Woodpeckers really enjoyed this workshop. Take a look at the photos below.
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Monday 16 March 2026 Woodpeckers - Databases and Oracy In our first lesson about databases, Woodpeckers played a Top Trumps–style card game to help us learn how databases work. While we were playing, we talked about important words like records, fields and data and learned about the different ways databases are used in everyday life.
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Wednesday 11 March 2026 LKS2 Kite Making Over the past two days, our LKS2 pupils became engineers, designers and pilots as they built their very own kites from scratch!
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Sunday 8 March 2026 British Science Week Homework Grid
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Thursday 5 March 2026 Woodpeckers - Science - Melting In Woodpeckers, we tried to find the melting points for three different types of chocolate: milk chocolate, dark chocolate and white chocolate. We ensured that it was a fair test by using the same amount of chocolate each time and using water at the same temperature for all three.
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Thursday 5 March 2026 Woodpeckers - Science In Woodpeckers, we used corn flour, water and food colouring to create our own Non-Newtonian fluid. We spent time exploring this and discussed how it acts as a liquid and a solid depending on how much pressure you use.
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Thursday 5 March 2026 Year 3 - Money Year 3 have spent time recognising and identifying money. They used coins and notes to support their learning. They worked in pairs to match up the amounts written on the card.
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Friday 27 February 2026 Meeting Frank Cottrell-Boyce For our KS2 English Challenge Day this year, a number of children were selected to attend an Author Visit at another local primary school. The author in question was Frank Cottrell-Boyce. He is currently the UK Children's Laureate 2024–2026 and is a multi award-winning children's book author and screenwriter. We were delighted when we were asked if we wanted to take some children to take part in this special occasion. The children listened to a presentation by Frank, where he talked about his inspiration for writing and read us a few excerpts from his new book, Blockbusters. He even threw in a few magic tricks too! After that, the children were able to take part in a Q&A session and had the copies of their books signed by him! All the children that attended had a fantastic time and said it has really inspired them to write their own stories.
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Thursday 18 December 2025 LKS2 Roman Muddy Puddle Day To finish off our Roman Topic, we went outside to do lots of different Roman activities.
