On Friday 7th Room 5 went over to Nayland Primary’s school pool to race the boats we had made in class. After reading a Journal Story called The Boat Race Mrs Parker said we would have to make our own boats and race them just like what they did in the story. In the story it showed lots of different ways to make boats move, there were ones that used baking soda and vinegar, balloons, wind up propellers and more. We were in groups of 1-4 and got given a few weeks to make the boats. It was quite difficult to make the boats and it took a lot of planning but in the end someone of them looked amazing! Then on Friday we went to go race them. The balloon method worked very well, which was the method Indigo, Jaani and Jacob used and they won, because their boat travelled the furthest. Some people’s boats moved but only went round in circles and sadly for some people theirs didn’t really move at all. Overall it was a really fun challenge and it was exciting to learn about all the different ways you could make boats move without a motor. All of Room 5 had a great time!
