Those children who were back to school this week worked hard to construct a model of central Christchurch as town planners of the future. We split into three teams; one to create paper models of historic buildings, another to create models of apartment blocks and a third to paint the street map for the buildings to sit on. We were very fortunate to have Mr Ken Dalziel and Dr. Joyce to work with us over the two days.
A unanimous decision was made to retain the Cathedral building, but with a few modifications. The children decided that the grey flagstones had to go as they weren't at all appealing to children or families. They would replace the flagstones with lawns and garden. This would bring people into the middle of the city again. They wanted trams to circle the square as they did in the early 1900s. The major difference was that inner city apartments would become a feature of the central city. There was talk of using monorail in some parts of the city rather than standard buses. What a fun time they had. We will post some video footage of the completed model next week. Here is a slide show detailing the earlier stages in the process.
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