Our current class topic is Transport which was chosen by the children and is based on many interests the children have already demonstrated within class.

We shared what we already know about transport with each other and then discussed what we would like to learn. We are very interested in learning about what powers different types of transport along with how to become a bus or train driver. We have also shown an interest in tractors and how emergency vehicles work.

We discussed the different types of transport that we know of and drew what kind of transport we would love to travel in, there were caravans, racing cars, double decker buses and even submarines!

We have learned what powers a car and used this knowledge and our imaginations to design our own Supercars. Our Supercars could do absolutely anything we wanted them too. We wrote about our Supercars during Literacy and thought of words we could use to describe them.

We watched a video which explained the main ways in which trains are powered. We were all amazed to learn that there are still steam trains in operation.

We then used clay to create a bridge for our trains in class. The bridge had to go over water and had to hold the weight of our train. We worked in small teams to do this and had to communicate and cooperate with each other in order to make a successful bridge.

We were all very proud of our final designs!

We still have lots more that we would like to learn about transport!