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Exploring Explorers!

Posted on by Leigh Academy Horsmonden
Group of children in school uniforms stand around an outdoor pond, watching a teacher launch their homemade boats.
10
Dec

As part of their inquiry, Year 2 have been finding out about great explorers, including Captain James Cook, who discovered Australia.

They used their new knowledge combined with their DT and Science skills to build boats and explore how people travelled in those days.

When complete, they had lots of fun testing the boats on the pond!

Two children on a wooden deck next to a pond, one kneeling and one standing with hands raised in excitement, watching their boats float.
Boy and girl in green jumpers working on a model boat made from a red and white cardboard box, adding a boat made out of plastic bottles and polystyrene packaging
Two young boys kneeling on a wooden deck next to a pond, launching a red and white boat into the water.
Boy in a green jumper working on a model boat made from a red and white cardboard box, adding a paper sail with a pen.
Young girl in school uniform stands over water tubs, holding a homemade foil and polystyrene boat containing a small figure and white powder.
Young girl in a school uniform and turquoise cardigan smiling, standing over a pink tub of water containing her homemade foil boat.
Two young boys in a classroom holding up a boat made from a Pringles can base and a paper sail on sticks.
Boy in a green jumper holding up a large homemade boat made from three plastic milk jugs, an egg carton, and a foil cover.