Year 4 Enjoy a Day at Ufton Court

This week, Year 4 made their triumphant return to Ufton Court – a beautiful Elizabethan manor in the Berkshire countryside for their Tudor Explorers Day.

In every way it lived up to the children’s high expectations; they left, with their minds full of new facts. The day began with a look at the timeline of Francis Drake’s life, which was full of slave trading, pirateering, battles, disease, trading and discovery. From there the children set sail in their galleons (created with pride from three wooden poles, some string and billowing white sails) and they went on a journey of discovery through the Americas, to Asia, Africa and returning back to Plymouth, their ships laden with new-found treasures, and stolen cargo.

The children also had the opportunity to inspect some famous paintings and discuss their outfits, posture, and of course the message of the paintings, as well as experiencing the making of quills – and attempting to write without blots and smudges!  The children were excellent company all day and we were so impressed by the level of their thinking and questioning.

Mrs Sharp

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