Year 6 Build Bridges!

Last week Year 6 took on the challenge of designing and building bridges to safely transport a 'vehicle' across a 'river'. Each team carried out research of existing bridges. They discussed the purpose of a bridge, how they differ in design and their strengths and weaknesses.

Armed with 50 art straws, 20 pieces of scrap paper, 8 lollipop sticks and a roll of sticky tape, the budding designers took on the task of making a bridge to carry a toy car from one side of a tray full of water to the other. With a healthy competitive spirit, each team took to the task wholeheartedly, absorbed themselves completely in their work and didn't want to pack away!

When tested, four out of the five bridges successfully transported the car safely from one side of the river to another!