Today we had a visitor in Year 4. Cody from The River Ribble Trust came to talk to us about rivers as part of this half term's geography unit.
The workshop aimed to bring freshwater science by encouraging the children to expand their knowledge of their local rivers, to promote the value of the Ribble’s natural heritage and improve its condition for people and wildlife.
We learnt that the River Ribble is 73 miles in length and the Trust looks after lots of habitats all around it. The types of habitats included moorland which is like a giant sponge, farmland : creating fences, helping with storage and woodlands.
Next we played a true or false game called ‘ Something smells fishy’ where Cody asked questions such as ‘Do seals visit the river?’. The children were surprised that seals do actually visit when trying to catch fish.
Following this the children went outside and recreated rivers and labelled their key features which they were amazing at after learning about this is one of their geography lessons.
Finally the last grand activity was the ‘Leaky Dam’ activity where the children worked in groups using clay, cardboard, moss and twigs to create their very own dams. Once the clay is dry we can then try out how successful their creations are by pouring water into them. The children absolutely loved this and we would like to say a special thank you to Corey for coming to do the workshop at St Barnabas.
