MAKING BOATS

We had a blast at school today.  

Not only did Belinda bring her fire truck to school, but we made our boats!  Mrs Lunn showed us some photos of the boats the Maori people used to come from Hawaiki to New Zealand many, many years ago.  We had a close look at these ocean going waka and Mrs Lunn challenged us to include on feature of a waka on OUR boat.





The teachers were very impressed with what we came up with.  Many of our groups made a boat with two hulls to make them more stable.  Lots of us put sails on our boats and a few groups put a paddle to help the teddies steer their ship.  We were very good at modifying our designs to incorporate the newest Success Criteria

Then the teachers set up a testing station for us to test our boats.  They were very impressed with how well our boats meet the Success Criteria.

Here are a few photos of us in action...

We had a wonderful time building our boats.  This activity provided us with an opportunity to practise our problem solving strategies, our negotiating skills and our ability to cooperate.  The teachers were very proud of us AND our boats.