Waterford Field Studies

On Wednesday, Year 6 visited the village of Waterford to spend the day learning through Geography, Art, Science and Maths in and around the beautiful River Beane.

Waterford

The children took part in many different activities, developing a range of fieldwork skills. These included measuring the speed of the water on a straight stretch of river, measuring the depth of the river all the way across from bank to bank, and noting the materials and vegetation on the riverbed every metre. At school they will  translate the information gathered into cross section graphs, showing how the river changed at different points.

River dipping was a favourite activity for many. The children were fascinated to discover which creatures use the River Beane as their habitat. They found a huge variety of species, including water boatmen, leeches, various fish and shrimps. Nina discovered a crayfish claw, and Jack even noticed a snake! Others enjoyed the tranquillity of creating landscape paintings, using watercolour paints and an impressionist style.

During the day they also did some reading about the environmental sculptor, Andy Goldsworthy. They looked at pictures of the incredible sculptures he has created from natural resources, then spent some time searching in the river and surrounding area for materials before building their own sculptures, in and out of the river. Special mention must go to Alfie, AK, Lincoln, Florence and Madison, whose group made some gravity-defying towers. 

A fabulous day was had by all, with lots of fun, teamwork and so much learning!

Thank you to Mrs Plester, Mrs Morrison, Mrs Amani and Mrs Peacock who organised and led the activities on the day and to all the parents who helped to drop off and pick up children so that they could enjoy the day.