Portals
Year 4 had an amazing school trip to the Natural History Museum. When we arrived, we went to the ‘Emergency! Earthquakes and volcanoes’ workshop. The scientists had gone missing so Year 4 heroically stepped in to save Volcano Town from certain doom. However, we also wrecked part of it to see how a seismometer works. Destruction in the name of science! We also experienced an earthquake, rode an escalator through the centre of the Earth, learned even more about the different types of volcanoes and actively learned using as many of the interactive displays as possible. ![]()
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Book Detectives
In Book Detectives, the children work as part of a ‘book group’. Each group is set a section of a book. They can also complete an individual role all about the week’s reading, such as Discussion Director or Vocabulary Picker. These roles shape the discussion of the club, leading to in-depth analysis of reading. It is a great way to take reading comprehension further, with the children really ‘digging around’ in the meaning of texts and the intentions of authors. So if your child loves reading and likes to talk about what they have read, Book Detectives is the club for them!