Miss Coote (Year 4 Teacher)

Year 4 had a wonderful day visiting the British Museum on Thursday 18th November. After choosing a civilisation that they wished to investigate further, we organised them into small groups to visit their chosen exhibit.

The girls used their iPads to record key information, adding photos and text that were relevant to their key questions. We were also lucky enough to have some time allocated for sketching, ready to inspire art work back at school. Whilst sketching, we had to take into account our knowledge of tone and shading to ensure the finished product was as detailed as possible. 

Upon returning to school, the girls have continued to organise the information they collected from the British Museum, before using additional books and other resources to add to what they have found out. This enabled them to take their learning much deeper, and meant they could answer questions about their chosen civilisation when working in pairs.

Evelyn Brown and Keira Katasi (4C) reflected on their visit:

What we got up to on the trip

“When we got to school we packed up and got everything ready. It was a long journey on the coach, but we chatted to our friends and played games in our notepads. When we got to the British Museum, we were split into groups depending on what civilisation we were investigating. We entered the museum and there were lots of sculptures, jewellery and other things in the exhibits. We took many photos to add to our book on book creator. We also added information that we found in our own words.

“It was very fun. Then we went to have lunch and spent time with our friends. After lunch, we went back to our civilisation room, we each got a piece of paper and a pencil then we sketched one of the objects that interested us the most. At the end of the day, we visited the gift shop. Once we had finished, we got back on the coach and went home.”

What we liked most about the trip

“The British Museum was really fascinating and very enjoyable. What we liked about it was everything was really detailed and there was a good amount of structures and reading, so it made our books on creator books much more interesting. When we were put into our groups, we were with different classes within Year 4, it was really fun to mix!”