This week Year 2 rolled up their sleeves, donned their engineering caps (and got a little bit soggy!) at The London Museum of Water and Steam for their Super Soggy Science Workshop.
They toured the museum and learnt all about the history of London’s water supply on the site of the former Kew Bridge Waterworks, and the amazing pumping engines that helped to make London the great city it is today. They learnt all about the ‘monster soup’ of 200 years ago, and how we can clean water using a simple filter.
The girls were amazed at the incredible engineering that went on in order to supply water to the City of London, and were in awe of the huge machinery that kept the water pumping. They were rather disgusted by some stinky facts about toilets and sewers, and enthralled by all of the different kinds of jobs that kept the waterworks running.
They enjoyed getting hands on, using their muscles to pump the water themselves, and going on a fact finding mission around the museum. A great day out was had by all!
Mrs Scarsbrook, Year 2 Class Teacher
