Tuesday, 22 May 2018

Trotting along the Thames

Year 4 went on a trip to the River Thames to deepen their knowledge about rivers. They went to explore the muddy banks in search of artifacts from as far back as the Tudor times.




What sort of artifacts did you find? How were you able to tell what time it was from? Can you remember any interesting facts about the Thames? What do you think children in years to come will find on the Thames river banks? 

23 comments:

  1. I got taught that a piece of metal can go rusty when it hits water.i also know that some pieces of pottery can be from the med evil times or the Tudor times.i think children will find our rubbish in the river themes because we found the olden times rubbish++

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  2. We found lots of different pieces of pottery and we even saw pottery with writing on it. One of them said there is a unicorn somewhere thinking about you. I found it very interesting so I started looking for it and I didn't find it so I gave up. we also found lots of thick shimmery glass in the color blue white and turquoise.The lady told us these pottery were from medieval and Tudor times.The Thames is the longest river in the England.

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  3. we found found pottery from roman times because on our sheet we looked to compare if it was the romans or victorians or egyptians.They use to take water from the river thames and clean it .so we drink water from the river thames

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  4. Elizabeth 4 red1:51 pm, May 22, 2018

    The artifacts that i found glass, a small square piece made out of foam, which i predict was an old scrabble piece and crystal rocks that was easy to find.The interesting facts that i remember from the Thames is that queen Victoria that when she is finished with her food or drink she will just be throwing and littering on the river or near the river which has kind of caused pollution from today.The children will definitely see rocks and stones, rubbish and mud.how i was able to guess what time it was from is by seeing if it has any dust or any darkness on the stones or rocks.

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  5. When we went down to the river i found lots of interesting things.I found lots of green and white glass and i also found seaweed.I also found a piece of a pot.I could tell that it was from the olden days because it was very old and rusty.The fact that i found really interesting i that a long time ago people didn't have water so they had to go down to the river and get water for them selves.

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  6. when we went to the trip we find old bone that were people food so they threw it in the river for them it was a big bin.We also find a old medieval pottery and Tudor pottery that was broken.Did you know that they use gold to fix it.I could tell of how it look because it look like clay.

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  7. What artifact did i found is some smooth glass and half a glass bottle even some shells. Maybe whoever through them it would maybe in the 18 century.What i know about the Thames is that is the biggest river in England.When i grow up out of a child i could maybe dig something a put it in the river bank and when i grow up i could have found it and remembered i put it there long ago.

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  8. when we went on the trip we hade to fined old things like glass and pottery like knifes and forks. We hade to were gloves and before that we got a peace of paper that told us what people so if we saw people running we would Surcle it then it would have houses next to the rock part were the Tudors would use it as a big bin to throw all the thing they didn't want so they throw it out I knoew that because that they were black and dusty. The pottery was the same coler but the back was a browen coler. we hade to look for manmade things I found a lid that's man made we also hade to wright what we found witch was glass, pottery,lids and wires.

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  9. We found a lot of pottery with writing on them it was very interesting. We also found smooth bits of glass that people left in the olden times. The most interesting thing we found bit of bones wich I thought it was a dinasour bone.The river Thames is 346 km long.

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  10. in the museum of London i found a shrimp and a dad shrimp plus mummy shrimp. also we found a big crab witch was green and black. but the dad died when we picked it up.

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  11. At the museum of London i found a baby shrimp and a mommy
    shrimp. I thought that the shrimps was alive a long time ago
    but it would be dead.

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  12. i saw metal,bricks and glass that teals us that houses were built there. there were lots of shrimps and wild life there.the river themes isn't as piloted as you thought it was because we tested it with paper.the river themes ant dirty because it is just the sand.

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  13. I found shrimps and crabs in the mud. I thought that the water was polluted because it was brown but when we put are paper in it turned Turquoise after a wile that tort us that yellow and water turns turquoise

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  14. We found a crab,shrimps and even a worm in the docks of the Thames river. the river was a little bit dirty because the sand.

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  15. At the museum of London i found a red shrimp and Lucien thought it was a fish but it was fast.I thought that shrimp were born before i was born but no because it would be dead.

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  16. I saw a crab and lots of shrimps. My class all were surprised at the crab and I was surprised about the shrimp. We all saw some pencils or they were pillars. I found one pound that miss Haywood took off me :( I thought
    it was ancient. I thought the river Thames were polluted but it was clean when we tested it with litmus paper

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  17. in the museum of London i found a shrimp and a dad shrimp plus mummy shrimp. also we found a big crab witch was green and black. and the shrimps were alive because they were moving same as the crab . the pollution was looking a little bit dirty when we pout are paper in there it turned green and then blue so there was no acid

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  18. I saw a shrimp and a crab . I found an electric wire an metal pole . My boots were super dirty miss Blair told us there is a plant called algae that is slippery. I thought the water was polluted but I saw lots of wildlife there.

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  19. At the trip we had to put gloves on because there were green diereses and we didn't want it to grow on our hands. after that we had to look under the rocks and see if there were any living creatures that live under rocks. but there were crabs and there were sea worms and the were even a fish that's so many things I found a fish in the pond 4 blue found so many things than 4 red.

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  20. Onyinyechi 4blue2:06 pm, May 24, 2018

    year 4 went on a trip to the museum of London docklands. It was so windy. We went down to the docks with our guide and then we split up in groups to find artifacts from the Victorian era. Some people found sea worms.We were able to tell what time the artifacts came from because if it was from this centuary then it would be abright colour but if it was the olden days then it would be a dark colour and be hard as rock.In the Victorian times boats we used for carrying sugar and other stuff and the museum of London DOCKLANDS was used as a warehouse.[we found some shrimps/crabs and seaworms].I think children in the year will find rubbish and artifacts.

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  21. Crystal.a y4blue2:07 pm, May 24, 2018

    Trims,bricks from old buildings,funny looking shapes of rocks,crystals and lots of shells.It was from the Victorian times.The river Thames is a clean river because even if you thought it is polluted it is only the sand that makes it look polluted.Did you know that the river Thames changes direction 2 times a day? We know that the river is clean because there were creatures living in the water.I think that the there is a factory because steam was coming from the corner,shops and housing because I could see lots of flats.

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  22. teanna y4 blue2:07 pm, May 24, 2018

    we went to the river and we saw a crab and a shrimp and the clams. and the water was clean and the animal live in the water.

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  23. Year 4 went on a trip to London docklands. We had so much fun we had were some special gloves so we don`t get our hands messy and full of bacteria. After that we tried finding artifacts and saw something that people smoke out of in the olden times. We could tell time of year it was made of because in nowadays we don't have it or use it .There were loads of birds including some segels were there were loads of dirt because of the sand.

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