Primary 1 had a special delivery today of some new resources!

First of all, they had a box of giant jenga to use – they decided to build the Eiffel Tower!

Unfortunately, the tower kept falling down when it got too high, so they had to problem solve and find a way of making it more steady.

“I wonder if we could tie some bricks together – that would make them stop falling over”

“I’m going to use these metal hooks to join the bricks together”

After a few tries, the St. David’s Eiffel Tower was complete!

“The blue, green and yellow bricks are heavier than the red ones”

How do you know?

“I just had one in each hand and I could feel the difference”

How could we know for sure?

“We could use scales to weigh them”

The day got even more exciting when the courier came with a delivery…of new wooden blocks! After carefully unpacking them all, everyone was excited to try them out and see what they could build.

“We’re building a house for the dragonfly”

 “I have a crown, I’m the king!”

“I can see through this one, it’s like a tunnel”

“We made a car but it has flat tyres. It even has a steering wheel”

“It’s a two-seater car”

“This tower is bigger than me!”

Is it bigger than Miss Munro?

“No, we only need one more and then it will be bigger than you!”

“We’ll put the pointy one on top because we don’t need any more, and nothing will balance on top of the point”

Problem solving, teamwork, measuring, comparing, imaginative play, story-telling, fine motor skills, shape, designing, editing, weighing, balancing…who says we just play all day?