Technology and Puppet Theatres

Technology can be televisions, computers and cellphones. They have been created to solve a problem and make life easier. Technology can also involve creating something to solve a problem or meet a need e.g. go-karts are fun, can be used for entertainment and help us to move quickly from place to place. We have been making puppets to perform plays in class but something is missing...a puppet theatre!

In groups (by country) the children designed a brief for their puppet theatre. Here we are in our groups discussing and drawing the designs.

What does our puppet theatre need to have to work?

• a hole for the stage
• a hole at the back for the puppeteer
• to be decorated to look like a puppet theatre. Since we are in groups by country - it needs to reflect something from our country.

Finn made a puppet theatre at home. We were impressed at how he made a small hole at the back and used 2 boxes to make it higher. The curtains were pretty cool too.

After seeing how Finn made his puppet theatre, we set to work making our models in our groups.

We are doing a great job and our models or PROTOTYPES will be finished shortly. Watch this space. Then we will make our individual puppet theatres based on what we have learned. We might need to bring things from home to create our designs.