NZ Flag Innovation by Room 11

This week we looked at the hot topic in the news about changing the New Zealand flag 

Mrs. Saini read news articles and played a you tube news clip that outlined the problems with the flag and how people in NZ and the Prime minister, John Key are considering a change.

You tube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtG8XF8IAe0

Room 11 thought it would be a great idea to innovate the flag for themselves.

First, we outlined the problem from reading the news article and watched the you tube clip.

Then we discussed the problem and looked at the solutions, and a plan that we could put into action.

One of our plans was firstly, to research the things that symbolised NZ and the colours / Culture associated with NZ.

We did that together on the computer by using google images and discussing our findings.

We then used a template to design different flags, using our research findings.

It was amazing to see the ideas and designs the children created, linking to our research. 

The children then discussed in groups about their designs and chose their best flag to make as their final piece.

The children wrote an explanation about what their flag looked like and why they chose the symbols, patterns and colours.