Tag Archives: Technology

Our tricky problem

September 2, 2016 Mrs Duncan 5 Comments

Some of the morning boys and girls have a big problem….they can’t agree what type of bird is in the animal box. They looked on the iPad at photographs of big birds, went to the library to look in books and even asked the janitor! Olivia says, ‘it’s actually not an ostrich!’ They decided to draw pictures of the bird and stick them up on the noticeboard to get all the mummies and daddies to help them solve their tricky problem! If you look closely at the photographs you will be able to see the toy bird that is causing such a fuss! Please offer any suggestions by reply to this post. The children said they wanted it solved by tomorrow! 🙂

Our slide!

August 30, 2016 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

The morning boys worked together to make a slide for the balance log in the garden. They persevered with challenges when it kept collapsing and worked well as a team by sharing their ideas. They drew a plan using chalk to help them decide what it should look like. They decided that the slide must have a side to it so ‘you don’t fall out.’ They kept themselves safe by choosing to wear hard helmets! 🙂

Our Assault Courses

August 30, 2016 Mrs Duncan 1 Comment

We have been busy creating our own assault courses in both the morning and afternoon classes. We have been developing our skills in checking our assault courses are safe and have been talking to each other to share ideas. We have also been experimenting with how we can use our arm and leg movements to increase the distance we can jump off our assault courses. We hope to build on this in the coming days and weeks.

Den building

August 25, 2016 Mrs Duncan Leave a comment

Next time you are in the garden make sure you have a look at the fantastic dens some of the afternoon boys have been working on over the last few days. They have been using sticks, rope and hammers to build their den. They made a fire using stones and kept themselves safe by wearing high vis vests and helmets.

They worked hard as team and had to solve problems and persevere when the den kept collapsing. Well done boys!

We plan to build on this indoors using natural materials in our construction area.