Eiffel Tower Group Challenges

With some of class 3 missing at a music event, the rest of the class worked in mixed age groups as team leaders to complete a range of activities based around the Tour de France.
The first challenge was to tear from a sheet of newspaper the shape of the Eiffel Tower. Groups were provided with a photo before so they knew what the tower looked like! Sound easy? No-they had to do this in complete silence! Watching as parts of the tower were torn away and the paper got smaller and smaller!

watching carefully

                                                                   what to tear next?

mmm-how to make it look like the Eiffel Tower?

Can we use the bits torn away? that would help!

still got a big piece of paper

now for the finer details to be torn and made

Not Easy!

The children all looked at each others and voted with their feet-they stood around the winning Eiffel Tower.

3 groups ended up with shapes that looked like the actual structure-this one as it was out of 1 sheet of paper, other groups placed strips torn away to recreate the tower.

Next activity- to make a standing Eiffel Tower using art straws , sellotape and  paper clips. Winning one will be  the tallest free standing tower. 

Planning first with Ben as team leader.

Fin with his  group adding their ideas.

Megan with her group discussing possible strategies.

Chloe and her group planning and testing ideas.

Georgie and her group planning their tactics

groups now have their jobs to do before tower is constructed

The tallest tower standing was 1m 68cm tall-well done .

Other groups were judged a success as they were over 1m tall, stood up and looked like the Eiffel Tower. These 2 groups were judged the best 2 

Fin with his group and their tower-judged best for looking most like the Eiffel Tower.

Great team work from year 2, 3 4 5 and 6.

Our final activity( inspired by cycles/ bike wheels/Tour de France-the hoop going round the group in a circle) was to get the hoop over and round the group without breaking hands-quite a challenge.

Can it be done? Yes!

Group sitting down have done it-without breaking hands?

A good afternoon-prizes were awarded to all for super team work and effort.