To complete our rainforest topic we spent the afternoon on a team challenge around building trees. Our challenge was to build a tree taller than Miss S with roots, a trunk and leaves which would not fall over in a wind (Miss S blowing on it!).
We worked together with children from other year groups in our class to create a tree from junk modelling, newspaper and masking tape.
We soon found out that working together was important.
We all used a slightly different method to make our tree especially when it came to the roots. The classroom was a hive of activity.
At the end we all admired our work. All our trees were successful but we all thought we could do better if we had another go.
Maybe we’ll think of something different to build next term – do you have any suggestions?
I love these – I walked into the classroom at the end of the day and couldn’t work out what you’d been up to -and now I know! I wonder if it might help if you started with wider tubes at the bottom – do you think it might make them more stable in the wind?
I wonder which tree was the tallest? And was the tallest the strongest, too? Which is the tallest tree in our school grounds? How can you tell? If you planted your trees, would they grow?
I think that next term, as it is our summer term, you should a minibeast home. You would have to think about what a minibeast would need in his environment. You could make your home in tlhe school grounds, and then see if any minibeasts come to live in it. When your home-building skills were really good, you could go and visit the bug hotel at the bottom of the school grounds, and give it a makeover!
From Mrs Monaghan