HUGO GOES TO THE WORLD CUP.

Each year the School organizes one or two Teaching and Learning Days when everyone works on a particular theme. In the past we have had things such as a No Writing Day, a Problem Solving Day, and an Art Day.

‘Hugo Goes to the World Cup’ was the title we gave to a DT Day, because the World Cup was about to take place and Hugo is a teddy bear and school mascot.

The children were put into seven family groups, which meant that each group had children from Reception all the way through to Year 6.

Each group was set a challenge to design and then make something that Hugo would have needed for his trip. These were:

a tent in which he could sleep

a vehicle he could ride in

something to show his support – for England

a souvenir to bring back

a bag in which he could carry all his things

a healthy meal

a set of clothes to wear.

Each large group divided itself into smaller family groups, which meant that there was a range of finished items displayed in the hall at the end of the day for all the children and parents to see.

Mrs. Bolton, who is the DT co-ordinator for Somerset, led the day and described what had to be done.

During the day Mr. Whitewick, our head-teacher, visited every classroom to see how we were getting on and listened to what we thought of the challenges.

Here are some of the things he heard:

“Would you say this was a Hugo colour?”

“This is so it can go over his shoulder!”

“We have a real bad problem, Bethany. This is the side- and we’ve sewn it together.”

”We’re sewing the edges to the front. You need a good structure. I did it wrong last time!”

”He needs a honey holder- he’s a bear.”

“I’m drawing this from different angles so you can see what it looks like.”

“This is 25 and that fits so… what shall we do? He’s broader than he’s long!”

“How do you spell ‘velcro’?”

All the above quotes from children working in the hall.

“It’s too big for me. It isn’t for Hugo, though!”

”It fits but…the ears come out the end!”

“I’m sewing. It’s really thick!”

“I’m going to have two flags there and the word ‘England’ across there and a flag on each leg.”

“Ollie, you wally!”

“We want to choose an outfit to wear in assembly.”

Overheard between two children:

“I can only do the running stitch.”

“I can do the up and down one.”

“That IS the running stitch.”

All the above quotes from children working in the Reception classroom.

“I’m thinking of doing a bracelet with a shaker on top.”

“It’s not going to be big- it’s going to be really big!”

“It’s going to be easy to cut. (Pause) No it isn’t!”

“This is stressful work isn’t it?”

“I’ve got the scissors stuck in the bottle and I don’t know how to get them out.”

”We’re making a flag for Hugo.”

“It’s a rattle and it has Hugo on it. (Thinks) It’s a Hugo rattle.”

Peter Rolfe to Jack Knapp while rolling him with a printing roller:

“Does it tickle?”

All the above quotes from children working in the Year Three classroom.

“I’m doing this by myself- an orange.”

Overheard between a Y5 and a Y1 pupil:

“We’ve already made a smoothie. It smells nice.”

“Is it for sniffing?”

“Yes. No. We’ve got to wait.”

“I’m making a double- decker sandwich.”

“We’ve chosen them because they are healthy.”

“We’ve got honey. Bears like honey.”

A comment on Barnaby’s culinary technique:

“He just chucked the whole orange in!”

“I THINK these are sesame seeds.”

All the above quotes from children working in the Year One classroom.

“We’ll be making it better after break.”

“I’m looking for scissors.”

“I need a VERY long piece.”

“I’m going to balance it there to check it is the right size.”

“Shall we fold it this way? It will be stronger and we don’t need it too long, do we?”

“Shall we try to move it up a bit more? Hugo will still fit. Hopefully Hugo will still like it.”

“We know it is big enough because we had a Hugo shape to see if it fits.”

All the above quotes from children working in the Year Two classroom.

“We’re learning to evaluate.”

“I’ve made sure the purple part is really straight.”

“It’s got a hinge there!”

“It’s got all these things here so it doesn’t fall out. Don’t know what they’re called.”

“It might be clay or it might be wood. Looks like wood.”

“We need two the same size so that that can go on top. Then we can cut a hole. I’m not sure how to cut the hole, though.”

“That doesn’t need to be stuck. Look, it works. (Pause) Oh no! Maybe not.”

All the above quotes from children working in the Year Five classroom.

“We’re doing a truck and I’m the electricity man.”

Overheard between a Y3 and a Y4 pupil:

“Hugo won’t fit in here… unless he’s lying down and then he’ll still get squashed.”

“Will he fit if you cut a hole there?”

“Oh yeah!”

Y2 pupil and Mr Whitewick:

“I can’t remember what you call it but…I did that!”

“What ‘sawing’?”

“Yeah. I did that!”

“We’re making a three wheeled motorbike. You know, those ones with a triangle shape.”

“It’s strong. It can carry this saw and THAT’S heavy!”

“It moves! It’s a moving wheel.”

All the above quotes from children working in the Year Four classroom.