Wednesday 27 April 2016

River Study at Horton Kirby

On Wednesday April 20th Year 4 went to Horton  Kirby to study about rivers. We studied the flow and the depth of the river Darent.











The ducks have been released!!!



In order to do so, we had used rubber duckies and calculated how long it takes to travel 10 meters on the river. Since a river has 3 different parts, we collected our data on the three sections of the river Darent (A, B, C)


This is a small example of how much water there
was in our boots.... 

Jasmine is looking at the ducks to make sure
she stops the time when it reaches 10 meters. 
Once we were all wet, some of us had short wellies and the river was quite high, we walked back to the education center and learned about aquifer and the journey of the river Darent. Most of us were surprise to learn that it stops in Dartford and that where the city got its name from. 

Kathryn and Holly are experimenting which rocks are aquifer.
Year 4 students were lucky to visit Horton Kirby and put into practice what they had learn during the topic lessons. Mr. Berry, our instructor, kept repeating how amazing we were and how much we already knew.

We did learn a lot of things, we learned that there was chalk in the river and that was an aquifer, meaning it absorbs water.

 "It was a very fun school trip. The experiments were interesting to do. I got soaked!"                                                                  - Millie
 "We were in a room, it was like an olden days room. We looked at rocks with a microscopes, the rock that absorbed the most water was chalk. We tested the flow of the river Darent, I got water in my wellies. I learned that the deeper the river the fastest it goes"                                       - Isabella





34 comments:

  1. i enjoyed the story about pinky the escaped duck!!!

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    1. Don't forget capital letters.....

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  2. Wow Horton cuarby was so fun when we went into the river and when we made the mud river

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  3. Wow Horton cuarby was so fun when we went into the river and when we made the mud river

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    1. George, be careful how you spell Kirby... the name was in the text...

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  4. school trips are fun

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  5. i remember when you got water in your wellies Millie!
    i really liked the old room the chalk absorbed the water really quickly.

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    1. I remember teaching about capital letters at the beginning of a sentence...

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  6. I really truly amazed about this school trip ; i highly recomend this to KS2 students .
    Millie and Jasmine

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  7. Best school trip ever I will never forget how much water I got in my wellies. It took a long time to get there but it was worth it.
    Sophie

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  8. i really liked Horton kirby i am deffenet that it was the best school trip ever - molly

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    1. Thanks for your comments Molly, but be careful with spelling.

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  9. The school trip was realy fun. It was the best one i ever had. my group was amazing.
    Ruby downing

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  10. taking water out of the boots was hilarious -eshar +JEREMY

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    1. i know that was so funny when we had water in areboots

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    2. I know it was hilarious . [Daisy]

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    3. I agree Jeremy

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    4. I know it was hilarious . [Daisy]

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  11. I enjoyed going in the River Darrent.I liked going in the River and getting wet the most!!!!! James

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  12. The water was freezing cold... Brr!
    Alex and Connor

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  13. We all had a shower when we got home, with river water dripping down our legs. And our socks were sticking to our boots so we couldn't take them off easily- Bobby and Ruby

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  14. This was a unforgettable time on this school trip with the amount of fun that we had , the experiments 😉

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  15. I liked it but I got so wet and my socks got all covered in water :(

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  16. I liked it but I got so wet and my socks got all covered in water :(

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  17. It was so fun going in the river although it was so cold!

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  18. This was the best school trip yet.I forgot my lunch and wellys on the bus.Lucky I got them back.Are person who took us round to the river was really funny.He was called Mr.burry.💧🌊🏊🎣

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  19. I liked it, although I got soaked up to my knees in freezing cold water!

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  20. i GOT SOAKED after i was freezing but luckily the sun came out so it my trousers could dry i was waiting for lunch because i was soo hungry.

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