Miss Coote (Year 4 Teacher)

As part of our new unit all about the use of energy to support human progress, Year 4 went on a walk to the river on Friday to see the two Archimedean Screw Generators in action.

This hydroelectric facility not only produces a highly efficient source of energy, but is environmentally friendly too! We were also impressed to learn that the energy produced by the generators is used to power the amenity lighting on the river.

Our approaches to learning for this unit are thinking, communication and research skills. Whilst on this trip, we had to be critical and logical thinkers. The girls thought carefully about what made the Archimedean Screw Generators a renewable energy source, before hypothesising about where else this source of energy would be utilised. They also thought about potential issues with this method. We have returned to school with lots of questions that we will be answering using our sophisticated research skills.