This week in Nature Club we discussed how to recognise the beginning of Autumn and six big indicators:  - changing leaf colour - bird migration - fruits and berries on trees and bushes - flowering ivy - seed pods on the ground - mushrooms and toadstools In the school grounds we found most of the signs but did not see any migrating birds, although we knew that the swallows have gone, or any fungi. I hope that the Nature Clubbers will keep an eye out for more of all 6 indicators. Mr Hopegood :)

As part of languages day, Year 4 spent time learning to describe people. We watched a short video, spoke about the use of French adjectives and completed an activty. We really enjoyed our French learning.

 At our first Nature Club of the year I asked what foods for our local wildlife, mammals, birds and insects, we could find in the school grounds. The children had a great deal of excellent prior learning to share before we went out to look. There were lots of different resources for our local wildlife, from bees to deer, but our largest identified source was the late flowering ivy which was buzzing with insects busily feding and forming their own section of the food chain. Mr Hopegood :)

 Year 4 is well underway and producing some great finished pieces that we can display across our classrooms to celebrate our work and remind us what we are capable of. Our finished newspaper reports about the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The features of a mountain. The Year 4 Team :)

 It has been a busy end to the week. In English, we have been busy writing and then publishing our earthquake newspaper reports. In science, we have been busy learning all about the organs of the digestive system. 

 We have had another busy week in Year 4. We have continued to learn about place value in maths and in PE, we looked at how we can be fair when playing different.

  Please see below the spelling rules/ patterns for Autumn Term 1 : Kind regards, The Year 4 Team. 

We have had a great start to Year 4 this week. We have started the year off really well and have already started to show what amazing learners we are. In maths, we have been busy learning to partition and represent different numbers up to 1,000.   

 It's that time of the year already and Nature Club has met for the last time. In the meeting I gave a Question for Everyone. What is the most important, not perhaps the most interesting or most fun, but important thing that you have learnt this year in Nature Club? The answers were excellent! First that they understood the importance of hedges as habitats providing shelter and food all year round and their role as safe "roads" for wildlife moving around an area. Second, the wider importance of trees other than their part in producing clean air, habitat, food source and indicator of the health of an area. Looking after the little guys! How vital the insects that live beneath our feet are. Finally, that we need to respect nature in many different ways, from recycling to not breaking stems from plants to allowing quiet spaces for animals. As you can imagine, this has made me feel that we have had a worthwhile as well as fun time together. Mr Hopegood :)

 We had a wonderfully warm and supportive day at the CPSL regional athletics competition today, with a group of 48 children from years 3 to 6.  This was the first inter-school competition for many of the children and they should feel incredibly proud of their achievements and conduct today. The children represented Kelvedon in many track events and also throwing, long jump and the much anticipated relays -  with most of our individual short distance runners qualifying for the finals! Many medals were brought home although every single athlete (and parent) today should feel incredibly proud.  Mr Ladlow and I certainly are. A special thanks to all of the parents who stayed with us for the entirety of the day, or for transporting your children.  Your patience, understanding and support meant the world to us and the children!  Your help and support throughout the day meant children were where they needed to be and the family spirit of our school was evident - T...

 Today in English, Year 4 have been busy learning about facts and opinions. We discussed the meanings and had a try at finding some examples within a text.

 Today in Nature Club we are thinking about the effect that the current dry weather is having on the plant life all around us. We've got some great tips for water saving in the garden which the children can join in with and help with your recycling at the same time. We have also had an unexpected visitor! Mr Hopegood :)

 Year 4 had great fun this morning completing the charity obstacle course whilst raising money for charity. A great time was had by all and well done to everyone!