The Gates Primary SchoolYear 4- Woodpeckers: Blog items
Woodpecker class Home Learning 29.4.20
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 10:23pm
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
Some amazing work from yesterday Woodpeckers, wonderful effort from you children. Here are some star shares:
Great topic work and even better when it is in the sun!
Eye catching rock art, great stuff!
A great letter from Kate for this week’s writing task.
Look at this ...homemade hair dye made from tissue paper and water. What a fab idea.
The start of another fab letter, written by Abigail …
Here is your learning for today:
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code von (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given.
Reading
Everyday I set you a reading task on LBQ. Over the week, complete one other task on Read Theory too.
Other Tasks
Take a look at the discussion blogs which I have posted to find your spellings, your writing and your afternoon task. I love seeing what you have been up to at home so please don’t forget to blog on the discussion blogs or the main blog what you have been up to 😊
Remember the Pupil verification code 956789
Woodpeckers Home Learning 28.4.20
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 8:33am
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
Here is your learning for today:
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code jmf (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given.
Reading
Everyday I set you a reading task on LBQ. Over the week, complete one other task on Read Theory too.
Other Tasks
Take a look at the discussion blogs which I have posted to find your spellings, your writing and your afternoon task. I love seeing what you have been up to at home so please don’t forget to blog on the discussion blogs or the main blog what you have been up to 😊
Remember the Pupil verification code 956789
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 4:11pm
Lots of fantastic work today Woodpeckers. A huge 23 out of 26 of you have logged in to LBQ. I have had some comments already on the discussion blogs which shows me that you are going on and looking at the tasks on those. And more work has been sent in :)
The following children have completed all 3 tasks on LBQ:
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Archie Abigail Luca Lucy Jasmine Millie
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Kaitlyn Brandon Kate Morgan Oliver B Lyndon Clayton |
Heidi Rebecca Henry Erin Emelia Amber |
You have all earned 10 house points each – well done!
Here are my star shares for today:
Super Maths work from Amber
We had a home-made obstacle course!
And another wonderful volcano
You are superstars! Keep it going Woodpeckers 😊
Mrs Latham
Woodpecker Weekly Recommendation 27.4.20
Date: 26th Apr 2020 @ 11:37pm
Go Noodle
If you love to move, you will love this site! A fun collection of exercise videos to keep you active and give a bit of variety to your daily exercise.
Woodpeckers Home Learning 27.4.20
Date: 26th Apr 2020 @ 11:05pm
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
Welcome to a new week. I hope that you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine. I had a BBQ on Saturday which was delicious and we baked biscuits yesterday which were really tasty.
Here is your learning for today:
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code nwg (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given.
Reading
Everyday I set you a reading task on LBQ. Over the week, complete one other task on Read Theory too.
Other Tasks
Take a look at the discussion blogs which I have posted to find your spellings, your writing and your afternoon task. I love seeing what you have been up to at home so please don’t forget to blog on the discussion blogs or the main blog what you have been up to 😊
Remember the Pupil verification code 956789
Woodpeckers - a great end to a great week
Date: 24th Apr 2020 @ 5:13pm
A great way to end a busy week Woodpeckers!
Another great day! Here are our highlights followed by some amazing work which has been sent in today. I am blown away everyday by your effort children. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks to all parents who continue to support at this difficult time.
The following children have completed all 3 tasks on LBQ:
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Archie Abigail Luca Ellie Jasmine Millie Lucy |
Kaitlyn Brandon Kate Morgan Oliver B Lyndon Freyja |
Heidi Rebecca Henry Erin Emelia Amber |
You have all earned 10 house points each – well done!
Here are my star shares for today:
An amazing volcano model and it actually erupts!!
Amazing writing Freyja, I love the colours.
Thanking the key workers :)
Great volcano work Amber
You are superstars! Keep it going Woodpeckers 😊
Mrs Latham
Woodpecker Class Home Learning 24.4.20
Date: 24th Apr 2020 @ 8:31am
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
Happy Friday! I hope you all have a lovely day. Yesterday was St George’s Day. Me and my little girl made a flag and listened to a story about St George online. Did you manage to do anything to mark the occasion? I would love to hear if you did.
Here is your learning for today:
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code ubw (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given. House points will be given to those children who answer all the questions :)
Reading
Complete the reading task on LBQ. Over the week, complete one other task on Read Theory too.
Other Tasks
Don’t forget the weekly writing, spellings and afternoon task to build a volcano 😊
Remember to ask somebody to test you on your spellings today and upload your score to the discussion blog. Pupil verification code 956789
A day in the life of the Woodpecker Class 23.4.20
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 6:32pm
Super work today Woodpeckers!
Another great day! Here are our highlights followed by some amazing work which has been sent in today. I have been commenting on the writing on Purple Mash. Your writing is fantastic!
The following children have had a try at all 3 tasks on LBQ:
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Archie Abigail Luca Ellie Jasmine Millie Lucy |
Kaitlyn Brandon Clayton Kate Morgan Oliver B Lyndon |
Oliver B-S Heidi Rebecca Henry Erin Emelia Aoife |
You have all earned 10 house points each – well done!
I will only award house points to those children who complete the English tasks and to at least question 20 in Maths from next week as some of you are only completing 4 or 5 questions.
Please can all children make sure that they are logging on carefully using their first name to help me to see clearly who is logging on. Please can parents just double check that your child is not using any nicknames. I wouldn’t want to miss their learning.
Here are my star shares for today:
Take a look at this wonderful volcano cake
And what a wonderful idea to write sentences down using the words from this week’s spellings.
What an incredible volcano model, it’s beautiful and looks such fun to make.
Another great model. Well done!
Take look at this one too. These are all very impressive Woodpeckers 😊
And more fantastic writing!
You are superstars! Keep it going Woodpeckers 😊
Mrs Latham
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 11:48am
Oxford Owl, the company that we use for our home reader books have made a number of books available online whilst schools are closed. These would be a brilliant way to support your child with their reading as they could virtually change their reading book like they would in school and enjoy a whole range of exciting, new books.
Please follow the link below.
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/
You can search for the books using the 'age' or the 'level' tab.
Happy reading!
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 11:27am
With the amount of time we are spending online at the moment, it is important to remember how we can stay safe online. I have attached a poster below of the 10 top tips for Online Safety. Make sure you have a read.
Woodpeckers Home Learning 23.4.20
Date: 23rd Apr 2020 @ 8:26am
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
I hope you all have a lovely day. Yesterday I went for a walk down Hall Lee Bank Park. It was a lovely walk and we spotted lots of rocks which had been decorated and left for people to find. It would be a wonderful place to go and explore if you get the chance.
Here is your learning for today:
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code fcq (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given.
Reading
Complete the reading task on LBQ. Over the week, complete one other task on Read Theory too.
Other Tasks
Don’t forget the weekly writing, spellings and afternoon task to build a volcano :)
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 4:17pm
Super work today Woodpeckers!
Another great day! Here are our highlights followed by some amazing work which has been sent in today. I have been commenting on the writing on Purple Mash. Please can you let me know by emailing the school office if you cannot see my comments. Please make sure you save your work and select ‘hand it in’.
The following children have had a try at all 3 tasks on LBQ:
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Archie Abigail Luca Ellie Jasmine Millie
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Kaitlyn Brandon Clayton Kate Morgan Amber
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Oliver B-S Heidi Rebecca Henry Erin Emelia Aoife |
You have all earned 10 house points each – well done!
Take a look at these wonderful pieces sent in on the blog:
I love seeing the different materials used to make these :)
Look at the colours on Jasmine’s model
These will look brilliant on your window Emelia 😊
This volcano cake looks delicious – well done!!! Enjoy eating it :)
And take a look at some of these pieces of writing, don’t they look AMAZING!!:
You are wonderful children. Thank you for working so hard.
Mrs Latham :)
Woodpecker Class Home Learning 22.4.20
Date: 22nd Apr 2020 @ 8:26am
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
Here is your learning for today:
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code ztd (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given. Also, going on to IXL to practise similar questions may also help.
Reading
Complete the reading task on LBQ. Over the week, complete one other task on Read Theory too.
Afternoon task
Build a volcano. Perhaps you could build it out of paper and card, lego, modelling clay or you could even bake a cake in the shape of a volcano. This task won’t change all week for the afternoons so that you can do a little bit each day.
Weekly Spellings
Practise the spellings which are on the discussion blog.
Weekly Writing Task
Create a fact file about Volcanoes using the research from last week. Save it on Purple Mash (2Do list) or complete it on paper and upload it on to the blog. Please refer back to the blog from Monday for more information if needed.
Our Weekly Recommendation
Can you use the alphabet challenge blogged on Monday to practise your spellings? Or try to spell some other words whilst you stay active.
Woodpecker Class Our Day 21.4.20
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:34am
Super work today Woodpeckers!
Another great day! Here are our highlights followed by some amazing work which has been sent in today.
Well done to all those children who have completed their writing task too.
Here are some amazing pieces of work sent in. Well done everyone!
A wonderful volcano poster! Supertar learning.
Excellent research!! So many facts :)
Another great poster with lots of information.
Great writing Oliver :)
Such a detailed picture Clayton :)
Woodpecker Class Home Lerning 21.4.20
Date: 21st Apr 2020 @ 8:27am
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
I hope that you all have a lovely day once again. It’s going to be a sunny day so try to get outside for some fresh air, maybe take a walk or go for a bike ride. My little girl is going to make an obstacle course in the garden later.
Here is your learning for today:
Weekly Spellings
Every week I will now post 10 spellings for you to learn. I have also uploaded on your Purple Mash 2do list, a quiz to help you to learn them. On Friday, I would like you to ask a parent to test you and then let me know your score as part of the discussion thread.
Weather whether serious obvious completion dangerous mountainous antique tongue expression
Weekly Writing Task
Also on your Purple Mash 2do list is a Volcano writing task. I would like you to complete this by Friday and save it on Purple Mash or if you prefer, you can complete it on paper and upload it onto our blog.
Our Weekly Recommendation
Every week we will share with you one of our favourite recommendations to support you at home.
This week is about daily fitness alongside our spellings. We have set you 10 spellings this week to practise. As you practise, why don’t you give this fitness key a try. For every letter from the word, there is an action to do.
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code dnx (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given. Also, going on to IXL to practise similar questions may also help.
We know that the questions can get very tricky towards the end. Give them all a go. If you really struggle, especially with the maths, you can stop at question 20. With the English tasks, I would like you to finish.
Afternoon task
This term we are learning about volcanoes. This week, I would like you to use the information which you found out last week to build me a Volcano. Perhaps you could build it out of paper and card, lego, modelling clay or you could even bake a cake in the shape of a volcano.
Other ideas:
IXL – Visit this site every week to practise some of the learning in the Year 4 Maths and English sections (passwords are your child’s full name in lowercase letters followed by 460 (mrslatham460). Password is qwerty).
Read Theory – Complete a reading comprehension every day if you can as part of your reading challenge
Times Tables Rock Stars – visit this at least 3 times a week to practise your times tables.
Purple mash is great for research
More superstar Woodpecker Work
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 1:55pm
More super home learning from the Woodpeckers. Miss Fairhurst has already commented to me this morning about how impressive your work is children, keep it up!
A wonderful image to show the lava as it travels up through the volcano. Super work Oliver BS.
Such a colurful poster - it really caught my eye! Well done Abigail.
Wow, what an incredible picture by Kaitlyn.
A beautiful poster to show support for the NHS, a wonderful poster about volcanoes and planting seeds.
I love the creative lettering on the title of this poster :) Wonderful presentation too.
Woodpecker Star Work - updated
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 10:53am
Well done Woodpeckers, I have seen some super learning going on at home. I am so proud of you all. Everyday when I go onto LBQ, I see so many of you working really hard and completing all the tasks. You make me burst with pride.
I am also seeing some wonderful work being sent through the blogs. Here are some photographs of the excellent work coming though.
This is a fantastic poster all about volcanoes 
Here is another. I am so impressed!
Here is a wonderful volcano hat - I love the lava.
And here we have some amazing cakes which have been individually baked to show us the stages of lava as it shoots out from a volcano - wow!! Extra bonus ...you get to eat this homework too!
If you have any work to share, upload it on to the blog or email it to us!
Lower Key Stage 2 Weekly Recommendation
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 8:54am
Our Weekly Recommendation
Every week we will share with you one of our favourite recommendations to support you at home.
This week is about daily fitness alongside our spellings. We have set you 10 spellings this week to practise. As you practise, why don’t you give this fitness key a try. For every letter from the word, there is an action to do.
Lower Key Stage 2 Weekly Writing Task 20.4020
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 8:47am
Every week we will ask you to complete a writing task at home. We will blog it on the Monday and we would like you to complete it by the Friday of the same week.
This week we would like you write an information text about volcanoes.
You can complete this on paper or on your computer using either Purple Mash (log in and go to your 2do list to find the task then save it) or you could use a word document.
Woodpecker Class Home Learning 20.4.20
Date: 20th Apr 2020 @ 8:38am
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
I hope that you all had a lovely weekend. We did some painting outside to smarten up our garden and also planted some new flowers. I hope that you are all keeping busy.
Weekly Spellings
Every week I will now post 10 spellings for you to learn. I have also uploaded on your Purple Mash 2do list, a quiz to help you to learn them. On Friday, I would like you to ask a parent to test you and then let me know your score as part of the discussion thread.
Weather whether serious obvious completion dangerous mountainous antique tongue expression
Weekly Writing Task
Also on your Purple Mash 2do list is a Volcano writing task. I would like you to complete this by Friday and save it on Purple Mash or if you prefer, you can complete it on paper and upload it onto our blog.
Our Weekly Recommendation
Every week we will share with you one of our favourite recommendations to support you at home.
This week is about daily fitness alongside our spellings. We have set you 10 spellings this week to practise. As you practise, why don’t you give this fitness key a try. For every letter from the word, there is an action to do.
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code qwi (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given. Also, going on to IXL to practise similar questions may also help.
We know that the questions can get very tricky towards the end. Give them all a go. If you really struggle, especially with the maths, you can stop at question 20. With the English tasks, I would like you to finish.
Afternoon task
This term we are learning about volcanoes. This week, I would like you to use the information which you found out last week to build me a Volcano. Perhaps you could build it out of paper and card, lego, modelling clay or you could even bake a cake in the shape of a volcano.
Other ideas:
IXL – Visit this site every week to practise some of the learning in the Year 4 Maths and English sections (passwords are your child’s full name in lowercase letters followed by 460 (mrslatham460). Password is qwerty).
Read Theory – Complete a reading comprehension every day if you can as part of your reading challenge
Times Tables Rock Stars – visit this at least 3 times a week to practise your times tables.
Purple mash is great for research
Woodpecker home learning 17.4.20
Date: 17th Apr 2020 @ 9:41am
Good Morning Woodpeckers!!
I hope that you all had a lovely day yesterday. At the moment, we are very lucky because we are having some very sunny days. I built my little girl a tent yesterday in the garden to shade her from the sun. I didn’t see her for hours, she wanted to camp in it overnight too!
Perhaps you could build a den today and make yourself a quiet place to go.
IXL Passwords
These have now been changed and are new. The office will be sending these out shortly but to help you to get started, the password is your child’s full name without spaces and in lowercase letters, followed by 460 eg johnsmith460. The password is qwerty.
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code qyp (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given. Also, going on to IXL to practise similar questions may also help.
We know that the questions can get very tricky towards the end. Give them all a go. If you really struggle, especially with the maths, you can stop at question 20. With the English tasks, I would like you to finish.
Afternoon task
This term we are learning about volcanoes. This week, I would like you to find out what a volcano is and what a volcano looks like including the layers on the inside. The afternoon task will remain the same every afternoon for the week to allow you to have the time to complete it.
I would like you to create a poster to show me what a volcano looks like and label it to explain the different layers inside. Imagine that I do not have a clue about volcanoes or what the different layers are. What information do I need to know?
Other ideas:
IXL – Visit this site every week to practise some of the learning in the Year 4 Maths and English sections
Read Theory – Complete a reading comprehension every day if you can as part of your reading challenge
Times Tables Rock Stars – visit this at least 3 times a week to practise your times tables.
Purple mash is great for research
Woodpecker Class Home Learning 16.4.20
Date: 16th Apr 2020 @ 8:41am
IXL Passwords
These have now been changed and are new. The office will be sending these out shortly but to help you to get started, the password is your child’s full name without spaces and in lowercase letters, followed by 460 eg johnsmith460 The password is qwerty.
Here are today’s tasks Woodpeckers:
LBQ – Code vph (all lowercase)
There are 3 tasks, please complete all 3 tasks. If you get stuck, read the information given. Also, going on to IXL to practise similar questions may also help.
We know that the questions can get very tricky towards the end. Give them all a go. If you really struggle, especially with the maths, you can stop at question 20. With the English tasks, I would like you to finish.
Afternoon task
This term we are learning about volcanoes. This week, I would like you to find out what a volcano is and what a volcano looks like including the layers on the inside.
I would like you to create a poster to show me what a volcano looks like and label it to explain the different layers inside. Imagine that I do not have a clue about volcanoes or what the different layers are. What information do I need to know?
Other ideas:
IXL – Visit this site every week to practise some of the learning in the Year 4 Maths and English sections
Read Theory – Complete a reading comprehension every day if you can as part of your reading challenge
Times Tables Rock Stars – visit this at least 3 times a week to practise your times tables.
Purple mash is great for research
Woodpecker Class Welcome 15.4.20
Date: 15th Apr 2020 @ 4:12pm
Good morning Woodpeckers,
Welcome back! I hope that you have all had a lovely Easter and enjoyed lots of eggs. My little girl received far too many so I may just have to help her eat them – we all know that Mrs Latham likes a little bit of chocolate every now and then!
It’s lovely to be back for the start of the Summer term. I am still missing you all and can’t wait to hopefully see you all soon. In the meantime, keep checking the blog everyday for my updates.
I was in school last week and I really enjoyed speaking to all of your parents over the phone. It was lovely to hear that you are all well and safe. We talked about how impressed I was with your home learning before the holidays and I am sure that this will continues now that we are back.
Important update:
As you will know from yesterday, the blog was out of action yesterday and it still isn’t working as well as it should. I am having to email all the blog posts to somebody else and ask them to get them onto the system. So, the morning posts may be a little late. This might mean that you may have to wait for the LBQ code for a little while everyday but IXL, TTRS and Readtheory will all still be available and the afternoon task won't change daily. These can keep you busy until the LBQ code comes through.
Once the codes come through, you need to complete the 3 LBQ tasks and the afternoon task daily. Once the system is back working properly, I will start to blog later in the day to award housepoints for those of you who do.
The afternoon task is a new activity for you to complete. I will link it to the topic web for this half term and I will set you one activity every week. You do not need to complete it all in one afternoon, it might be a good idea to do a little bit each day and make sure it is finished by the Friday. I would love to see any work which you do at home on the blog.
A little tip is to try to have a timetable to structure your day so that you can fit your learning in as well as giving yourself some breaks and of course your lunch.
You need to include: LBQ tasks 1,2 and 3 (approx 30 minutes for each), Read Theory (20 mins), TTRS (15 mins), IXL (15 mins) and your afternoon learning (1 hour). I have included some timings but these are just to help, you may prefer to spend longer on some tasks – just don’t have a 4 hour lunch break !
Please find the homelearning for Wednesday on my next post.
Have a great day children!
Mrs Latham
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 4:08pm
Hi Woodpeckers,
You have all been really busy today. I have been having a nosey and I am really impressed. I have seen some super photographs showing me what fun you have been having. I have been sent a few rainbows too which brightened my day. Keep sending these in.
LBQ
10 house points to the following superstars. You all managed to complete all 3 tasks (or certainly gave them a really good go).
Archie, Oliver BS, Ellie, Aoife, Kaitlyn, Brandon, Abigail, Lyndon, Heidi, Luca, Lucy, Kate, Millie, Erin, Henry, Jasmine, Emelia, Morgan and Rebecca ⭐⭐⭐
5 house points to Oliver B for completing 2 of the tasks ⭐⭐
IXL
Some fantastic progress made today on IXL again too. Erin, you are 47 questions away from the 1000 mark - well done you. Kate, Millie, Jasmine, Ellie, Abigail and Kaitlyn have all answered a lot of questions today, leaping towards the 1000 mark (or closer to 1200 Millie). Well done. 10 housepoints to each of you.
Our first week of home learning is over children and it's now the Easter holidays. I won't be setting daily tasks for you over the next 2 weeks but I will still be looking at the blogs daily to see what you send in. I love to see what you are all up to.
Enjoy the break and have lots of fun! Eat lots of chocolate but leave some for me :-)
Stay safe.
Mrs Latham and Miss Wardle
Woodpecker Class are Superstars ⭐
Date: 27th Mar 2020 @ 1:27pm
Wowsers! Keep going with the home learning today.
I'm very impressed by all of your efforts on LBQ and IXL, I will give you an update later and award the all important house points 😁
If you haven't completed or finished today's tasks, you still have a good hour and a bit to get cracking.
Mrs L 🌈