Reading activity
For the next two weeks we are working on our reading activity. Our book is Johnny Pohe and the Great Escape. My group’s activity is that we have to make a plane using classroom supplies! First thought we have to do some research about the planes that he flew and why he is so important. We then have to make a slideshow that shows our design for the plane. But it can’t just be any plane it has to be a similar plane to the one Johnny Pohe flew in World War 2. Our task also includes that we have to make improvement to the plane he flew so it would keep him safe.
So far I’m on the research/design phase, I’ve learnt that Johnny Pohe was the first māori pilot in the RNZAF and he was posted to 51 Squadron. Johnny Pohe flew 22 missions sucsessfully before he crashed and was captured and put into Stalag Luft III. He was part of the Great Excape out of Stalag Luft III but he was killed before making it away.
I am really excited about making the plane!
Have you ever heard of Johnny Pohe?