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4The girls in Year 4 have had a busy and exciting time<br />
discovering “Tudor Treasures”, journeying to far off<br />
lands uncovering the “Jewels of the East” and ending<br />
with an “Aztec Adventure” exploring this ancient<br />
civilisation.<br />
In the Autumn term, we began the year with a<br />
dramatic re-enactment of the Battle of Bosworth<br />
which lead to the start of the Tudor era. We visited<br />
the childhood home of Anne Boleyn at Hever Castle,<br />
and tried not to get too wet in the water maze - easier<br />
said than done! We learnt all about life as a Tudor - rich<br />
and poor, through our Tudor workshop and we all<br />
managed to keep our heads!<br />
In the Spring term, it was wonderful to send letters<br />
to the girls who attend the Sushila Birla Girls School<br />
in Kolkata. Our celebration of life<br />
in India continued with our<br />
India Day. Dressed in vivid<br />
colours and shining<br />
bangles we cooked<br />
chapatis and ate<br />
them with spicy<br />
potatoes and<br />
puffed rice,<br />
performed<br />
songs, made<br />
rangoli, wrote<br />
our names in<br />
Tamil, tried<br />
on traditional<br />
Indian dress,<br />
acted out the<br />
story of Rama<br />
and Sita and<br />
danced “Bollywood<br />
style”.<br />
Dressed in vivid<br />
colours and<br />
shining bangles<br />
we cooked<br />
chapatis and<br />
ate them<br />
with spicy<br />
potatoes and<br />
puffed rice for<br />
India Day<br />
In the Summer term,<br />
when visiting Forest school<br />
we learnt essential survival<br />
skills, whittling, building shelters<br />
and roasting marshmallows in the forest.<br />
Whilst visiting Howletts Wildlife Park, we investigated<br />
habitats and animal adaptations in support of our<br />
science topic.<br />
We were fascinated to explore the history of the Aztecs<br />
and learn about their way of life and how it vividly<br />
contrasted with the Tudors which ran parallel to this<br />
period in history. In our design technology we made<br />
our own Aztec bowls as well as biscuits tracing the<br />
history of chocolate and cocoa at the same time. We<br />
finished with the fall of Montezuma and the invasion<br />
of the Spanish led by Hernado Cortes.<br />
Top: Making<br />
friends with the<br />
Colobus monkey<br />
at Howletts<br />
Wild Animal<br />
Park, where we<br />
learnt all about<br />
the conservation<br />
programme they<br />
run.<br />
Above: Our<br />
Tudor<br />
workshop<br />
Left: Proudly<br />
showing off our<br />
Aztec creations<br />
inspired by our<br />
research of<br />
Aztec patterns.<br />
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