Base 4 Invaders Day

We began Invaders Day with a class assembly, setting the scene for what it might have felt like to arrive as an invader on unfamiliar shores.

The morning challenge was to become strategists. Using specially designed maps, children had to decide where to land, which resources to seize, and where to build their settlements. The choices sparked plenty of debate; farmland, harbours, and iron ore were all in high demand!

In the afternoon, the children became settlers. After foraging for resources, they worked in teams to design and build model longhouses using art straws, thinking about how to create strong structures that could withstand life in a new land