Highly motivated and full of creative ideas, the students started the project: building a ship out of bamboo and cardboard.
During the project days, it quickly became clear that teamwork, ingenuity and perseverance were required - especially when the rain briefly threatened to ruin the project.
But the young shipbuilders were not discouraged. The protective shields that were attached to the hull of the ship were particularly impressive. These bore words that are particularly important to the students during their time at school, such as music, mathematics, creativity, selling pretzels, friendships and gaining knowledge. A lovely detail was discovered on a sign where a pupil had even worked a chipmunk into the pretzels. Finally, the sheer size of the carnival float caused great amazement in the school community: with a length of six meters, the school ship exceeded all expectations.
What the students and their teachers managed to put together in such a short space of time was more than impressive. A special highlight was the ship's ceremonial “maiden voyage” across the school grounds.
Art teacher Marc Mösinger pushed the six-metre-long ship alone, while the pupils accompanied the ship on the sides - dressed up as waves, pirate princesses and pirates. They brought the scene to life with a short dance performance. But when sweets were suddenly thrown into the audience by the “Kamelle” project group, the enthusiasm was boundless - the children stormed off laughing and trying to get hold of as many of the sweet surprises as possible. Despite the rain, papier-mâché and many tricky challenges, the end result was not only a beautiful, self-built ship, but also the pride and joy of having created something great together.
