One of the heroes we are finding out about is Jason; he is famous for going on a quest to retrieve the Golden Fleece with his fellow Argonauts, aboard his ship…THE ARGO.

We have decided we should become shipbuilders too and build our own Argo.  Mr Swallow has set us the challenge of designing and constructing a ship that can carry a heavy load successfully.  We are going to decide who has done the best job by taking them down to the reservoir and seeing which one can carry the most weight without sinking.

We are only allowed to use traditional building techniques (but in miniature) so we have started by choosing a hull shape and constructing ribs in this shape.

We then add runners to the ribs to build the skeleton of the ship.  We have had to use saws to measure and cut our timber to the right size and use clever joining and over-lapping techniques to make the skeleton of the ship strong.