Maple take to the air!

This week in Literacy, Maple class are continuing their work on instructional writing. After successfully creating instructions for how to make sherbet, they are now moving on to writing instructions for constructing a first-class paper aeroplane.

Today the children followed basic instructions and step-by-step images to create 'The Dart', a slimline aerodynamic design. They had the opportunity to customise their creations before taking them out on their first test flight.

The aim of the test flight was to see if the basic instructions had allowed them to create a successful aeroplane, and whether they needed editing to include additional details.

After testing their paper aeroplanes, the budding engineers used their reflectiveness skills to suggest changes that might make their creations more successful, such as folding the wingtips up, bending the nose and using different paper.

Using their new ideas, the children then created a plan for their own instructions, taking care to include the new information in the correct section.

"I think the plane would fly better if it was made out of thicker paper or card, so I am going to change the equipment list and include options of card and sugar paper for my reader." - Adebare