An eye-opening and ground-shaking day was had by all Year 4s at London’s Natural History Museum on Friday 03.02.17. Our day started with a journey that carried us up through a gigantic metal globe that enabled us to imagine we were travelling through the very centre of the earth itself. When we reached the Volcanoes and Earthquake exhibit we were given the chance, through hands on learning experiences, to examine real volcanic rock, explore how the different tectonic plates move and find out more about the dangerous job of a volcanologist.

The ‘Earth’s treasury’ section drew gasps of awe from all as we examined the array of colourful minerals, gems and rocks on display. We were particularly impressed when we spotted some very special fluorescent minerals that were able to glow in the dark. We were also amazed to discover a mineral that was the real life Kryptonite! ‘There were lots of beautiful jewels, minerals and even diamonds’ Jara.

Some of our year 4 and 5 children were invited by Acton High School to participate in an event called Eco Warriors. They raised our awareness about sustainability and encouraged everyone to be good at recycling and saving energy. We were encouraged good habits for the future. See the results below.

John Perryn Primary School based in Acton, have been working with Enabling Enterprise for three years as a Partner Primary School. The school has previously completed the ‘Crime Scene Challenge’ and ‘A Day in Politics’ challenge days. The school is committed to enterprise education in their curriculum and value Enabling Enterprise’s ‘exciting and engaging way for the school to work together and use their enterprise skills.’

Read more

EVENING STANDARD NEWSPAPER BELOW

Wow! What an amazing day it was yesterday! Thank you to our children for being part of the new Guinness World Record for the Largest Drumming Lesson at the Copper Box Arena! A very big thank-you from all of us at Inspire-works. You are ‘Officially Amazing!’

PRESS RELEASE click HERE

OFFICIAL PHOTOS click HERE

Year 4 from John Perryn made tremendous progress throughout the day in terms of becoming better at Working in a Team. For example, groups who found the decision-making process a bit tricky in the morning when they were tasked with coming up with a team name were making quick team decisions about their building’s construction by the end of the day. The teams were taken on a fantastic tour of the building and also got to visit the upper floors’ decking area where they had a view across the construction site at The International Quarter, Stratford. Volunteers commented on the quality of the students’ questions and their professional behaviour throughout the offices.

Read more …

Last Friday, year 4 visited the Bank of England Museum to explore the world of money. This was John Perryn’s first ever visit here therefore we had lots to learn!

One exciting fact we learnt was, did you know that our bank notes are made out of cotton? A £5 note typically lasts one year. To help save paper, from September £5 notes will now be made from plastic! Can you guess who’s face will now be on the new notes? *Clue* He was Prime Minister during WWII.

Enjoy looking at our pictures, we all had lots of fun!