Mad About Dinosaurs
Inspired by the colourful, rhyming picture book Mad About Dinosaurs, the Bears finished their first year in school, discovering dinosaur fossils and identifying dinosaurs. We played in a dinosaur museum role-play and ventured into a dinosaur habitat on small world.
We practised our palaeontology skills to unearth chocolate chips from cookies, and unearthed dinosaurs from sand and ice. Next, we made our own dinosaur fossils with pasta and playdough. Finally, we made a fossil by rolling clay into a ball, rolling it, flattening it and pressing a dinosaur skeleton into the clay.
On the creative table, we printed handprints then turned them into dinosaurs, adding dinosaur features like frills, horns and spikes. We named our handprint dinosaurs and labelled the features we had drawn. We also created a dinosaur using a paper plate, paint, pegs and ribbons.
We shared the lively rhymes and fun facts in the Mad About Dinosaurs book. Then we worked together to compose our own dinosaur poem. We tried to use some of the new information we had learnt and had a go at making our poem rhyme. When our poem was finished, we practised reading and performing the poem with instruments. We created quite a rumpus! Mrs Smyth and Mrs Carvalho came to see our wild rumpus and loved it. Have a look at the video of our poetry performance on Tapestry. You will definitely hear our roar!
With our construction materials, we built dinosaurs with building bricks and worked with friends to create a dinosaur habitat with a bridge for the dinosaurs to cross the river.
Finally, it was our last day in Bears. We had a great last day with lots of dancing, games, smiles, and party food. A perfect finale to our first year in school.