| Dinosaurs |
learning with all the senses- digging out dinosaur fossils |
| We started our topic by writing down all the questions we had about dinosaurs and the time in which they lived. The local library had plenty of books that the children were allowed to borrow and bring back to school for some research and observational drawings. They found out about herbivores and carnivores, learned that birds are related to dinosaurs and about a little girl called Mary Anning, who found some very significant fossils more than 200 years ago. |
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| Of course, a visit to the Natural History Museum was a must! The children became dinosaur detectives by investigating the numerous bones, eggs and models in the museum and filling out their challenge booklets. The next day, each child dug their own “real” dinosaur bones out of a cast, using chisel and brush! Numeracy and Literacy objectives were, as usual, implemented in the topic. We found out that a Triceratops would have just fitted in our classroom and a Diplodocus was longer than our school is high! Wonderful Dinosaur Comics were written and drawn by the children. |
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Becoming
a dinosaur expert at The Natural History Museum |
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A special highlight was making our own T-shirts. The children designed their own dinosaur stencils and, with the help of a textile print designer who came in to help us, made screen prints on T-shirts. They were so proud when they showed them around the school! Here are some comments of the children: “I think dinosaurs was one of our best topics ever. The best thing was making the T-shirts. My friends asked me where I bought it, because she thought it looked so cool.” “I was a little bit scared of the T-Rex at the Natural History Museum, but I loved digging out the bones. I felt like Mary Anning!” |
| screenprinting our very own t-shirts |
