W...W...W...Sundial?

One of the 'w' words Marise introduced Waitī to this week was 'watch' and we got into a discussion about how in the old days even before Whāea Nicky was born, people used the sun to tell the time. First, we looked at some sundials on the internet, and some students said they had seen these in gardens or parks. Then, we thought we might try to make our own. Fortunately the weather was co-operating!

 At 11.30 we drew around Ty's shadow (and his feet so that we knew he would stand in the same spot!) The next time we drew around his shadow was at 1:30 and then again at 3. We noticed how long the shadow was at home time.

The next day we drew around his shadow at 9:30 and 10:30. The once again at 12:30. Now we had our own sundial! At different times of the day anyone could stand on the feet outline and work out what time it was! We also talked about how the shadows at 9:30 and 3 were very long. That the sun was low in the sky at this time.