Learning About Shelters

Year 1 students were very fortunate last Friday to have Abigail Zwart (Bodie's Mum) talk to us about architecture and building shelters. Our H.S.I.E topic this term is 'The Need For Shelter'.


Abigail is a talented architect and she created a fantastic presentation that featured buildings from different cultures. We learnt about what materials are used for building and how architects design buildings for a purpose. We looked at building designs to suit different purposes and the importance of sustainability when building shelters. Year 1 students saw examples of solar panels and batteries used in houses. Year 1 students were a fantastic audience. They listened to what Abigail talked about and asked some thoughtful questions. Classes wrote about the talk and some students even went home doing their own drawings of houses!