Welcome to Woodpecker Class!
Year 3/Year 4
Class Teachers: Mrs Chamberlain
Teaching Assistants: Mrs Speakman, Mrs Cameron and Miss Carpenter
You are all fantastic! Well done for another super week in Woodpecker Class.
We are reading this book together. Can you come up with any questions about The Ice Monster to share in class?
Click here to download our new topic, I 
Rocks and Rolls!
It's full of fun activities to help your learning 'stick'. I hope you enjoy it!
We made Stonehenge at school but you continued learning at home, using a range of items including fish fingers, biscuits and even toy cows! Well done!
Blended Learning 
In case we need to learn from home, the resources below will support you.
Weekly Timetable of activities
(please see Topic Grid for log on details for Espresso and Curriculum Visions)
Lots of lovely, free, activities to download.
A selection of books to download and enjoy. The Back to School Bubble is especially good.
Julia Donaldson's free book supporting children to understand the Coronovirus.
A beautiful collection of stories, pictures and poems to inspire and comfort.
Maths Homework Packs - these are amazing!
They're booklets for each topic, for each year group (other year groups can be downloaded free from their website). They can be used before, during or after a topic to support learning.
Lots of fantastic resources including Stoneage Stu!
Spelling
Common Exception words (Super Spellings one, two, three and four) and Super-Dooper Spellings
Maths
Fun Maths Challenges for year three and year four.
Fantastic lessons, activities and videos from ISeeMaths.
Daily maths activity - choose stage 3 or 4.Science
If you're looking for a fun way to learn, click on these links of super sciencey things.
Can you make a cannon, an underwater volcano or a rocket?
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Fun Stuff
For learning linked to topic, science, RE, Grammar and English.
Teach yourself to type with Dance Mat Typing - this is so much fun!
Previous Topics
Arriba! Arriba! Bravo! Bravo!
Far Flung Food and Fun! 
As I was going to St Ives...
Water Water Everywhere and a Drop to Drink 
Coming Soon! Our new Topic Grid - I hope you like it!
Doves
During 'Lockdown', Doves (children of keyworkers) had a super time at school. Look at some of the things we got up to.
Click here to have a look at our sculptures of North American animals. Photos taken by a lovely Dove! 
Try this delicious recipe for chocolate cookies!
A snap shot of our learning during 2019 - 2020. Which were your favourite activities?
Miss Carpenter's Resources 
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Daily videos to do together
Have a go a these bookletsMiss Carpenter's Weekly Spelling Activities
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| t-l-53613-year-1-term-1a-week-2-spelling-pack_ver_5.zip | Download |
| t-l-53614-year-1-term-1a-week-3-spelling-pack_ver_6.zip | Download |
| t-l-53615-year-1-term-1a-week-4-spelling-pack-english_ver_9.zip | Download |
| t-l-53616-year-1-term-1a-week-5-spelling-pack_ver_3.zip | Download |
| t-l-53617-year-1-term-1a-week-6-spelling-pack_ver_1.zip | Download |
Information for Parents
Questions from our Rainbow Reading bookmarks here to support reading comprehension.
What to expect from 7 and 8 year olds
At about 7 years old, children enter the 'Concrete Operational' phase of development (Piaget). This is an exciting change, but can be challenging too. As a parent, I have found the following sites really helpful.
Working Auditory Memory
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| Colour Trays.pdf | Download |
| T-E-153-Beach-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-154-Countryside-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-155-Dinosaur-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-156-Farm-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-157-Jungle-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-158-Royal-Palace-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-159-Sea-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-160-Space-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
| T-E-161-Transport-Barrier-Game.pdf | Download |
