As part of our ‘How We Express Ourselves’ unit of inquiry, the Year 5 boys have been developing an understanding of design principles and how they create opportunities for cultural expression. After researching African design they used this knowledge to create something personal to be used in this year’s Christmas Concert, as we will be representing Malawi. On Wednesday of Week 4 we collapsed our timetable to enable a whole day for the boys to bring their designs into reality and the results were amazing!!! Here are some of the boys reflections from the day;

“I love designing and making……..it was one of those days that you just liked”  Tom H, Dimi 

“there was a lot less people talking and it was fun but you still got lots of work done” Harry O and David

I enjoyed making while talking with my friends” Manav

“people were helping each other to get things done …… by the end of the day everyone was happy with what they’ve made”  David and Jack M

“because you could focus on one thing and not worry about anything else” Charlie

“really, really, really fun… I just love creating. There was mess everywhere and it was fun” Anton

“it was fun…except for the cleaning up- that was the worst” Eddie H

Ms Christina Lowe – Year 5 Teacher