Year 4 have had fun in their expeditionlessons this week making their own stringtelephones to find out how sound travels.

Class 13 discovered that when you talk into the cup your voice sends sound waves inside the cup, vibrating the bottom of the cup. These vibrations transfer onto the string and then travel across the string into the bottom of the other cup and into your partner’s ear.


They kept the string tight so the sound waves travelled down the string. If their string became loose, the sound wasn’t as good because the vibrations had to travel all around rather than directly down the string.

Maya was Class 13’s superstar this afternoon. She carefully read through a text, using the skimming method to retrieve key words and information, linked the questions to her answers and then showed her understanding by answering her questions correctly. Well done Maya, you’re a star!!

In their G Block lesson this afternoon, the children created pieces of abstract art. They began by sketching a volcano and then could draw anything they wished erupting from their volcano. They selected different shapes and patterns and used paints, pencil crayons or both to create these amazing pieces of art!
They are brilliant! Well done Crew Thurkettle! ⭐️ ⭐️

Bonjour!
Today, Year 4 learnt the names of French colours and how to pronounce them correctly. They matched the French words to their colours and then identified and labelled colours on different photographs.

They then found the correct coloured pencils and ordered themselves to make up the colours of L’arc-en-ciel (rainbow) 🌈 Rouge, jaune, rose, vert, orange, violet et bleu. 🌈

Further to their expedition work this week on rocks, the children created their own Google slides today before presenting them to their class.

Their slides explained the formation and uses of different types of rocks. They really enjoyed sharing their work and were so proud to see their work on the tv screen. It was lovely to see the children feel confident enough to stand and present their work to their friends. Well done Class 13!

I must just give a big shout out to Ruby because she has shown all our ‘Crew qualities’ today! Sebastian, who hasn’t been at our school for long, still finds some tasks difficult because of the language barrier. In true character style, Ruby left her own work in Expedition just to sit and help Seb without even having to be asked! Thank you Ruby from all of Crew Thurkettle and from Seb! You’re a little superstar!

In expedition today, the children carried out various tasks in order to compare and group different types of rock.
First they grouped them into 3 major rock types; Metamorphic, Igneous and Sedimentary.
They then placed the rocks into a bucket of water to see if there would be any changes in their  physical properties once the different rocks were in water. Which rocks would have high or less density? Will they float or will they sink?

They observed that the physical properties of the Sedimentary rocks, such as chalk, sandstone and Oxford clay, had changed.

They used sandpaper to help them discover which rocks were hard and which were soft.

The children then recorded their findings onto their charts.
Who’d have ever thought you could learn and have so much fun with a pile of rocks!!