Wow! The 5th November was a busy day in Year 4!
Any passers by would have heard discussions and debates spilling from the classroom walls. As part of our new class topic, Let’s Celebrate, we were preparing to take part in the School Council’s Bonfire Night party in real style.
In our Design and Technology project children were challenged to work collaboratively to create a Guy for the bonfire. To make the challenge especially difficult, our Guy had to sewed together and had to be wearing traditional Stewart costume! Having planned how they would build their Guy, the class were given some final pieces of advice from Year 5 students who completed the challenge last year. This advice proved vital, as it allowed groups to get off to a flying start with their construction. It took all morning to build each section of our rather fine Guy Fawkes!
In the afternoon, groups were asked to put finishing touches to the Guy while taking turns to visit the kitchen for some traditional bonfire cooking. Flaming Class wanted to celebrate the event in full, so set about making the most delicious of all Bonfire Night treats…Toffee Apples! Less than two hours later and we had a completed Guy Fawkes and a whole patter of tasty snacks. All that was left was the party itself!
The final element of our design project was a reflection on our work and problem solving. Here are just a few of the children’s insightful comments after watching our wonderful Guy on the bonfire:
“I think the class did good. I think the body was very successful. It was sewed on well”
“I was very sad when we set poor Guy Fawkes on fire.”
“It was really fun to watch him burn!”
“I learned how to sew, communicate and share.”
“I didn’t know I could sew.”
“Teamwork works best in a big project.”
“The hardest part was sewing all the parts together.”
“I learned an easy way to thread a needle.”
“I found it hard to stitch the head to the body.”
“I learned that you should listen to your partners.”
I couldn’t have put it better myself!
