Last week we made Anderson Shelters for our topic World War 2. We were split into groups of 3 or 4 and we got given a design brief telling us the rules for making them. Some of the main rules are to;
- Work as a team.
- Your shelter must follow must have the basic design of an Anderson Shelter.
- It must withstand a blast from an electric fan.
- Your shelter cannot be more than 40 cm long , 25 cm wide and 20 cm high.
- Your shelter must be able to open ( you may wish to add things inside. )
Some of the materials we used were; cardboard, paint, paper ,sticky tape, glue, tissue paper, string and lots of other things. To make them we made a sturdy base for the shelter to sit on. Them we used cardboard to make the shape. After that groups could decide whether they wanted to paint, stick on tissue paper or just leave it plain. Some groups made gardens and decorated the inside of the shelters. Miss Airlie said that the best Anderson shelter would win a prize.Miss Airlie and Miss O’Neill will decide who is the winner. Here are some of the shelters we have created.
Your Anderson shelters look great Primary 7! Sounds like you’ve learned loads about life during World War II.
Wow! Well done P7! These looked fantastic when I saw them at the reception before the Easter service.