Something exciting happened in Primary 3 yesterday afternoon. A small brown box arrived in our classroom. We all thought long and hard about what could be inside. When we opened the box we found an empty bottle, a lime, a wooden circle, a white t-shirt, two white balls, a dice, a shell, a small light bulb and a shaker.

 

We all talked about what we saw, what we thought and what we wondered about the items in the box. We had lots of different creative ideas. In the end the class came up with a fantastic imaginative story.

Lewis suggested the t-shirt looked like a plane so we all imagined we were on a flight. Some of the children then suggested the t-shirt, shell, lime and the sound of the shaker made them think of the beach and the ocean. The story then took a twist and the plane crashed onto a desert island! Here are some of the things we imagined the other items could be used for.

The dice would be used to make up an ‘Island jobs’ rota. Roll the dice to find out which job you’ll be doing.

The berries would be squashed and the juice would be used to write a ‘help me’ message on the t-shirt. They could also be eaten.

The bottle would be used to put the t-shirt with the ‘help me message’ in and floated out to sea. Hopefully someone would find us.