We have started to think about our new topic- Explorers. We looked though an explorers rucksack to see what we would need if we were to travel to different places around the world. We thought about the following questions-

What essentials would you need to stay alive?

How would you know where to go?

What type of clothing would you need?

We all shared our ideas and Miss Whittaker recorded them on the thinking mat. We discussed and developed the ideas further before using the thinking hats to help us to think about what we already know  about explorers and what we want to find out through our topic work.

Cillian, Reuben and Matthew had a fantastic discussion about visiting an island. They talked about what they would need and where they would get their water from.

Reuben said, "You can not drink sea water because it is too salty and it would kill you."

Matthew replied, "I know what you could do. You can get bamboo and cut it in half long ways."

"That would make a trough." Cillian replied.

"Yeah and then you put one end high and one low and put a pot underneath to collect the rain water." Matthew responded.

The boys then talked about how they would keep one end high through the night using rocks, leaves and tress to support it.

I hope I am with these boys if I am ever stranded on an island.