Spring 1 - Dinosaur Discovery

This half term we are going to be learning all about dinosaurs. We will learn about when they roamed the earth, the different types of dinosaurs, whether they were carnivores, herbivores or omnivores, where their bones have been found and lots more.

In our provision areas we will have an archaeological dig, a dinosaur swamp, volcano building, a dinosaur small world tray and these will change weekly.

Geography

Dinosaurs have been found all over the world on different continents. We will be learning about the 7 continents and 5 oceans of the world. Here is a map of the world showing the 7 continents.

Creative Curriculum

On Monday the 5th January Mr Arundale received a letter from a dinosaur detective explaining that a special dinosaur had escaped from their secret forest and they believed it was heading to Wyke. The children then looked for clues to where the dinosaur might be. We looked in the Green Wood as we knew they liked trees.

When we got there we found huge footprints on the floor.

We had to work out what would make the ice melt the quickest. We had sugar, salt, vinegar and warm water.

We found that the salt and the warm water worked the best and melted the ice the quickest.

Literacy

On Friday 16th January we went on a bear hunt! We had been reading the story 'We're going on a bear hunt' and decided to see if we could find a bear ourselves. We got all dressed up in waterproof clothes and set off. We said the story as we went.

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to catch a big one.

What a beautiful day!

We're not scared.

Uh oh! Grass.

Long, wavy grass.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no! We've got to go through it. 

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to catch a big one.

What a beautiful day.

We're not scared.

Uh oh! A river.

A deep, cold river.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no! We've got to go through it!

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to catch a big one.

What a beautiful day!

We're not scared.

Uh oh! Mud.

thick, oozy mud.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no! We have to go through it.

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to find a big one.

What a beautiful day!

We're not scared.

Uh oh! A forest.

A deep, dark forest.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no! We have to go through it!

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to catch a big one.

What a beautiful day!

We're not scared.

Uh oh! A snowstorm.

A swirling, whirling snowstorm.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no! We have to go through it.

We're going on a bear hunt.

We're going to catch a big one.

What a beautiful day.

We're not scared.

Uh oh! A cave.

A narrow, gloomy cave.

We can't go over it.

We can't go under it.

Oh no! We have to go through it.

It was a bear!!!

We quickly made our way back home and into bed.

We have been writing our own story similar to 'We're going on a bear hunt' but inside of a bear hunt we were going on a dinosaur hunt.

We each draw 6 pictures to show our story. We added three obstacles for the family to try and get through and a jungle where the dinosaur was hiding.

One group were videoed acting and saying their story.

On Monday 26th January we started learning about instructions. We looked at important features of instructions.

We watched a video on washing hands. Then we had to try and write our own instructions on how to wash your hands.

One group had to act out and say the instructions.

Computing