Stick With It

Following on from last week's training day, I introduced our Year 5/6 group to the Stick Ninja game. It was a great activity to get us warmed up on what had turned into a bitterly cold day.

Next, the groups split into pairs to work to build the tallest free-standing tower they could. After a short discussion, both groups opted for a triangular frame. As the teams were only allowed one piece of string each to secure their frames (which they were not allowed to cut) Roy's team came up with the ingenious idea of using mud to fix the sticks together. Harris' team initially struggled to keep their heavier wooden poles upright. However, once they moved their frame to an area of softer ground, they were able to us one of their pieces of wood as a mallet to hammer the central pole into place. The completed towers were almost exactly the same height so a draw was declared.