Refugee day


Refugee day

Yesterday the Batten team participated in the Caritas challenge. For the challenge we had to build a fort out of cardboard, duct tape, string, sacks, and fabric. My group built ours against the fence.

The reason we had refugee day was to see what it was like living in a refugee camp. Here's how we made our fort:
  • First, we stood up the tallest box
  • Next, we stood up the second tallest box
  • Thirdly, we got the biggest piece of cardboard and wedged it between the box's and the fence
  •  Next, we lay the flat pieces of cardboard in the tent
  • Then we spread the sacks over the cardboard, topping it with the green fabric
 
(Me, Savanna, Xhin and Milan sorting it all out )




( Me, Savanna, Xhin and Milan in our collapsed fort eating rice )


While we were making it I felt:

  • FRUSTRATED- when it fell over
  • HAPPY- when it finally stayed up
  • NERVOUS- when it toppled over just as the juniors came to have a look
Adele

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