Making a river!

We had so much fun as a group being involved with making a ‘shuttle’ and a river, recently  that I thought I would  research on the internet and see if there were any ideas to extend on this .  Also most importantly after this, see if  I could find any volunteers for this project!  Well I need not have worried, at Uxbridge we are well known to be great team workers and it didn’t take long before we had plenty of supportive workers.  The pages that were printed off supported  literacy as I read some of the  processes and children viewed the letters that made up the words, as well as  utilizing the useful pictures .  After the river was dug , which took a lot of  commitment and perseverance.  The tinfoil was laid and a network of different children went to pump water in to the proposed river complex.  It was an awesome idea that a group proposed to fill a large flexible bucket, the avalanche of water that came after the water was tipped was  meet with a rush of collaborative delight.  When the water rushed down the stones, under the bridge and into the newly made river.   When some children went back to the plans to review, several decided to make bridges with spades and pieces of wood.  Gabriel obviously has an eye for detail and noted that there was a duck on the bridge in the plan.  We decided to go for a duck hunt and managed to find a suitable duck , that could go on top of the bridge and also float on the water.   It was  so much fun and I was amazed at the all the different ideas and equipment that the children both sourced themselves and asked for, to complete this idea.  I just wonder what  ideas  children will  come up with when I go away for  my holiday break  on Route 66 next week—I just can’t wait to see and hear all the news when I come back - (Teacher Liz).