This term our EYFS topic (Rec & Nursery) was ‘The Land Before Time’. To enhance and enrich the children’s learning we held a Dinosaur Day on Thursday 7^th February 2019, hosted by: Education Group.  

The children started the day with an exciting workshop in which they learned about the role of a palaeontologist. They were given large sandboxes in which to locate and identify fossils from some of the most iconic dinosaurs of the past...Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, and Triceratops to name but a few.They also found out about when each dinosaur lived, where they came from, what they ate and much more. 

In the afternoon, a T-Rex visited the children in Assembly. This was a life-like full body costume that was worked by a puppeteer... so real in fact, there were a few shocked faces!

Pupil Voice:

Owl:

“I liked brushing the sand and I liked what I saw.” (fossils) Zahra

“I liked the bit where Sophie the dinosaur came out and everyone could touch it!” Georgia

Rabbit:

"I liked it because of the big dinosaur ." Chloe

"It was good because I saw a big dinosaur head in the workshop digging out of the sand." Emelie

"I saw the big dinosaur and the little dinosaur." Tasneem

Woodpecker:

“ I liked the baby dinosaur and I liked the big one too.” Francesca

 “I liked going to school in my dinosaur costume.” Ronnie

“I enjoyed looking at all the fossils.” Zak

“ I liked it when the little dinosaur bit Mr Stevens’ hand!” Finlay

“I liked all of it!” James

Squirrel:

‘Dinosaurs eat meat and some dinosaurs don’t eat meat. Some dinosaurs eat plants and leaves.’ James