Ford Class 2024-25

 
Ford Beach Day - Friday 28th March
Ford class had a fabulous beach day last Friday. Once we had arrived, we explored our weather topic further by acting out different weathers. After this, we consolidated our knowledge of climate zones and created a world map featuring arid, temperate, mountains and tropical zones. Following this, we explored the weather further by making our own wind sock to check wind direction and power whilst examining the clouds and making weather types in the sand. 
 
After lunch at the Hindmarsh hall, we headed up Bracken hill and completed a field sketch. We observed and discussed the key features we would need to draw such as the horizon and mouth of the river. Whilst looking out, we also discussed the tide and how it had changed from low when we first left for beach day to now high. To finish the day we went to the forest and put our science knowledge to the test by creating teeth sculptures and models of the digestion system using natural materials. We had a super day, thank you Mrs Johnson and all our volunteers.
 
Ford Beach School - Tectonic Plates, Volcanoes & Rocks 
 
We were so lucky as although the weather had definitely become wintery, the sunshine was so kind to us and we had a wonderful first Beach School as a new Ford Castle Class for the year.  We enjoyed our walk to the beach identifying the signs of winter in nature.  After taking part in a beach version of the National Santa Dash to help us appreciate the benefits of having an active lifestyle we then had a very geographical beach day of thinking about the movement of tectonic plates and their effects, understanding volcanoes and their role in shaping landscapes and also exploring and classifying rocks and looking for fossils.  
We loved the teamwork involved in making our volcanoes and had some very creative displays to show and tell in the morning.  During lunch we were inspired by the story of Mary Anning.  However, we could have spent all day collecting, sorting and classifying rocks and looking for fossils as we created our own fossil museum in the afternoon.  Once we began noticing all the variations we became fascinated in the wonder of rocks in nature and did not want to stop.  We had a fantastic day and were rewarded with a quick visit to the park at the end as a reward for all our enthusiastic learning throughout the day.  Well done, Ford Class.