The chocolate factory is open!

The chocolate making process started today. We had to melt the chocolate so that we could mix in our very special ingredients.

Preparing our moulds.

Packaging department

Production line

We chose the type of chocolate we wanted (milk was the most popular) and added the flavouring of our choice. Some of us included popping candy, caramel, honey comb, fudge and even liquorice.

No chocolate bar is complete without a golden ticket!

The finished product...

Chocolate Making

We have been working hard in the Rabbit Chocolate Factory to create some of our own Choccy creations.

Check out some of our chocolate bar designs below.

We were busy making our moulds today using a net. It was important we got them finished today so that the factory can get up and running tomorrow and we can make our chocolate creations!

Our Trip to the Chocolate Factory

We were lucky enough to get on board our bus and travel all the way to the Hershey's chocolate factory in America!

Once we were there we took a look around and saw some of the jobs the workers were doing.

There were lots of conveyer belts, huge tanks of milk, packaging machines, heating machines and we spotted lots of delivery lorries going to and from the factory. Someone even thought they spotted Willy Wonker!

After we had a look around we tried our hand at some of the jobs. It was important we all wore a hair net for hygiene reasons.

We even met a man called David who gave us a tour of the factory and got to sample some of the delicious chocolate. Lucky us!

All on board the bus!

David giving us a tour of the factory.

Working hard in the factory.

Fact finding Brazil

Here are some useful websites to help you with your class work. How much can you find out about Brazil?

http://kids.nationalgeographic.co.uk/kids/places/find/brazil/

http://www.countryreports.org/country/Brazil.htm

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0930059.html

http://www.timeforkids.com/destination/brazil

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107357.html

3 x table games

Learn your 3 x table by playing some of these fun games...

http://www.mad4maths.com/3_x_multiplication_table_math_game/

http://www.helpingwithmath.com/resources/games/target_3x/3xtable.html

http://primarytopics.co.uk/maths/calculating/mental/year3/interactive/timed/3xtabt.htm

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/3x.html

The Tower of London

On Wednesday 28th November 2012 the Rabbits went on a trip to The Tower of London.
It was a long journey there and back, but it was fun and we were allowed to watch two films!
When we got there we saw so many excting things. For some of us it was our first ever visit to London!
Take a look at some of our photos.....

Henry VIII's armour

We hope these weren't the heads of people Henry VIII cut off!

 There was loads to see. Here is a phhoto of the biggest set of armour ever made, next to one of the smallest. We thought it would be very scary to meet the man who was wearing this.

 We thought this dragon was fantastic.

There was a visitor eating all of the gunpowder!

Play us a tune Joe!

We learned about weapons that used to be used in battle and what they were used for.

Cameron and Callum found out what it was like to wear a suit of armour.

 Here is where we saw The Crown Jewels. They were brilliant, but we were not allowed to take photographs inside.

 We really liked the Ravens and we found out their names by looking at their tags on their ankles.

They liked to steal food though and hopped off with James' crisps!

 It was soon time for lunch...

We met a Tudor man who told us all about Henry VIII's wives. Henry wasn't always very kind to them.

On the way home our bus driver took us on a free tour of London! We saw The Houses of Parliamnt, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, 10 Downing Street and The London Eye. It was brilliant, because most of them were lit up with Christmas lights.