As children dug their holes they had an idea to join their holes together and make a river - so everyone dug to each side of their hole. It was made clear that there was to be sand left in the middle, this was so it could be the island.
It wasn't long before the children asked for water in the sandpit, obviously wanting to add to the complexity of their play. Water was purposefully poured into the highest point of the river, it began to flow around and got halfway around the river before it stopped. So together everyone problem solved, and the final decision was to make the sand level the whole way around which was a team effort to make it as flat as possible. Very quickly water started flowing around the river - success! Tino pai rawa atu - Absolutely awesome.
Soon after the river was full of water more children gathered to join in on the play all sharing their ideas and knowledge to influence the play.
- Whales were found in the river and it was soon renamed 'the ocean' after some research was done
- After some time the focus changed to gold panning, where children shook buckets "Look can you see the gold at the bottom of it" Riley said to Heather
As you can see lots of ideas were being shared by all, one child suggesting an idea or plan for play and then another idea being shared. The children showed willingness to take on others ideas and then change their play as a new plan was made.
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