PEACE
The Junior School have ignited their Inquiry with a stunning welcome to the captain and crew of the Peace Boat (
http://peaceboat.org) which recently arrived in Lyttelton Port. Mrs Paulette Double had the pleasure of touring the vessel. She shared student questions with Captain Andersson and crew and they were thrilled to see and hear our St Margarets girls perform.
Y5/6 students will be researching boat designs and styles. They will then sail through the technology process as teams to collaborate, sketch, discuss, construct, test and evaluate their own boats. These boats will be made from tape, yes tape, a process called tapigami!
Watch this space for our final products.
During camp week the year 7’s took up the challenge to manipulate masking tape in a process that is called “tapigami”. In groups the girls were to create a free-standing bridge spanning 25cm using only masking tape. Strong team work, perseverance and zero waste produced structures that showed some excellent design-thinking. Initially this task seemed easy for some that later became difficult, or was tricky to start with but became doable. The end result demonstrated creativity, engineering, precision as well as adaptability and flexible thinking. 
