Leopards@taddy

In Geography, we have been exploring rivers around the world. We used an atlas to find the location of the following rivers: River Nile  Amazon Danube Thames Mississippi  Once we had found each one, we used digital devices such as Google Earth to look at the rivers in more detail, looking at the surrounding, shape and length. 

This week the Leopards started their new book in English ‘Granny came here on the Empire Windrush’ 🛳️ The children arrived in class to discover an old-fashioned suit case packed with a range of items such as an empty jar, an orange peel and a collection of old photos.  The children used their findings to create predictions about who the suit case could have belonged to.

In maths, we have been working on our multiplication and division skills. To support our learning, we have been using the power of 3 to help us visualise our calculations. 

On Friday afternoon, we explored our drawing skills.  Using a guided drawing video, we followed the steps to recreate our own sketches of different animals ✍️                   

T his afternoon, we explored how the physical process of water affects landscape.  Erosion: The process where wind or water wears away land or rock. Transportation: The movement of materials like sand or pebbles carried by water. Deposition: When water drops off materials, creating new land. To help us understand the process, we created our own landscape and watched the water flow. We observed the banks erode, pebbles transport and the deposit of materials.  This hands on experience then enabled us to sketch our observations and have a good understanding of the process. 

This afternoon year 3/4 started their new Geography topic ‘Misty mountains, winding rivers’.  We began the lesson exploring rivers and journey the make.  We learnt that a river is split into 3 key parts: The source: where it begins  The tributaries: smaller streams that join with the river  The mouth: where the river opens into a large body of water Once we had covered this, we then worked in groups to create our own 3D models of a river system using resources such as cardboard and clay.