Every other year a plethora of boxes arrive in my classroom. The upper end girls (usually) happily skip out of cold lunch recesses to cover these "bricks" and soon I begin to assemble our iglu.
This year I must admit having to try it three times. The first time it collapsed, the second time it didn't look dome-like enough for me and the third time, well the third time was just perfect! Except I had to use more boxes that third time and didn't leave enough left over for the entrance tunnel.
The iglu got used at lunch time as a bunch of friends got together to sit, chat and enjoy.
Or if there was some spare time people could go in to read or play a game. But once there was 4 people inside, the iglu was full. I have to say I'm glad to not have to referee who got to go in, for how long and didn't so and so get a chance two days ago?!?!
However as you can see it took up a large part of the back of my classroom. A classroom that was already filled to the rafters.
I think our cleaners were ready for me to get rid of the iglu before I was. For several consecutive days they banged into it and it was closer and closer to the verge of collapse. Some industrious fellows used the collapsed front tunnel to make a column to prop up the top of the iglu and it stayed standing for a few more days.
But 100 Day was coming and I needed the space to host the rest of the school. The iglu would have to go. And tradition dictated that I got to build it and I got to collapse the thing. They were very eager to help out with the collapsing part.
I think I had 90% of the class on top of me at some point or other.
And then they trampled our boxes and we headed out to recycle them.
In two years time we get to do it again :)
1 comment:
I remember when we had the iglo
jill:]
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