The Year Three Dolphins have been extremely busy the past few weeks designing and making our very own tipi. It all started when we decided that we wanted to improve the look of our school garden. Using our growing knowledge from our Social Studies topic, which has been based on the Native Americans, we combined our Art Design, Science and Design Technology knowledge and skills along to create a TCI-style tipi!
So what materials shall we use for the cover asked Year 3? We don’t have buffalo skins in the TCI! Investigations began into finding a material that was strong, flexible, waterproof and easy to work with – plastic bin liners was our solution! Mr Neil, who has been kindly assisting us, also suggested we use the palm leaves that had dropped to the ground, to help keep the tipi strong and waterproof. We all thought this was a fabulous idea, for it made our tipi look unique to the TCI.
What fun it was make…and even more fun to have a new place to play in our garden. We think we improved the look of our garden as well as had fun ‘working together’ every step of the way! Super work Year 3 and a huge thank you to Mr Neil for helping with our mission!
