On Friday 11 June 2010, Year 5 went out of school to study a local river. We found a spring near Cotton and followed the water downstream in order to carry out various measurements as the stream twisted its way down the valley.
The children worked in two groups to record the depth and flow speed at different points across the stream. This data will form the basis for further work in the classroom during the rest of term. We then travelled along the Churnet Valley through Dimmingsdale to Alton and back to school, looking at the meanders and undercutting of the river banks.
In a week or so we will continue to follow the Churnet to its confluence with the Dove.