Reception Dinosaurs

Enjoy becoming dinosaur experts! Be immersed in imaginative dinosaur learning. Investigate fossil evidence; create your own dinosaurs; explore dinosaur landscapes and write your own class dinosaur story poem and map. Be inspired by the subject of dinosaur eating and create your own healthy dinosaur feast; learn about fossilised dinosaur eggs; speculate about dinosaur families and their behaviour; consider ideas about dinosaur communication and sounds; be inspired to make some dinosaur inspired instruments and music; learn about fossilised footprints and their sizes; make dinosaur feet, masks and costumes; create dinosaur dances, movements and routines for a final Dinosaur Stomp!

Block A
3 sessions
Fossil Evidence

Become a paleontologist. Immerse yourself in dinosaur learning as you go back in time and imagine the UK covered in forest, swamp, rivers and lakes. What and how do we know about dinosaurs?

History, Science, Art & Design, Geography
Block B
4 sessions
Dinosaur Hunt

Go on a dinosaur hunt through a primitive landscape; explore and discover various dinosaurs; write your own class dinosaur story; be part of a spectacular performance with dinosaur sounds, stories and art.

English, Science, Art & Design
Block C
4 sessions
Dinosaur Feast

Consider the diets of herbivorous, carnivorous and omnivore dinosaurs; what is the evidence for these dinosaurs? Be inspired by dinosaur eating and think about healthy eating; create your own healthy dinosaur feast.

History, PE, Science, DT
Block D
4 sessions
Dinosaur Families

Learn about fossilised dinosaur eggs; speculate about dinosaur families and their behaviour; consider ideas about dinosaur communication and sounds; make some dinosaur inspired instruments and music.

Science, Art & Design, DT, History, Music
Block E
3 sessions
Dinosaur Stomp

How did dinosaurs move? What is the evidence? Learn about fossilised footprints and their sizes; make dinosaur feet, masks and a cape; create dinosaur movements and routines for a final dinosaur stomp!

History, English, PE, Art & Design
Block F
4 sessions
Dinosaur Maths

Listen to 'Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs'; explore all sorts of dinosaur maths including counting, measuring, weighing and sorting; learn dinosaur counting rhymes and make a dinosaur number line.

Maths
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