In Cassatt class, we have been comparing real rockets with rockets depicted in stories, such as the Bear's rocket in "Whatever Next". We shared our ideas during carpet time, suggesting that "the real rocket has windows" and "the box isn't a cylinder but the real one is".
After much discussion, it was decided that the box needed to have wings and a pointy end "to help it go through the air", windows "so the astronauts can see where they're going" and extra boosters "to make it go faster, because the box is the wrong shape so it needs more power"
With all this decided upon, our engineers got to work!
During this choosing time, children also labelled rocket pictures with their chosen features, and pondered over what the Bear in the box rocket might say as he flies up into space in his new an improved rocket...
Rinah thinks he might say
"I wonder how it will look like when I go into space"
Lewis adds that he might say
"I'm so excited, it's so exciting!
