Reception – Dinosaur Day – Forest School

Reception have enjoyed a wonderful morning of Forest School fun! Linking to their topic of ‘dinosaurs,’ pupils had a range of activities linked to the creatures who ruled the Earth millions of years ago. In the mud kitchen, children had to cook for a dino; thinking very carefully about the ingredients they were putting in their dishes based on which dinosaur they were cooking for and whether it was a herbivore or carnivore. Pupils explored a mud pit where they discovered dinosaur eggs before working out a way to hatch them! Some dinosaurs had become trapped in ice and needed rescuing – it was a good job there was so many willing volunteers to help them escape! Pupils also loved the chance to play with their newly hatched or freed beasts. Houses and castles were built, secret lairs were created and dinosaurs were even spotted using the tree house. In the sand pit pupils took to archaeology by carefully diffing up buried dinosaurs before creating castles and new worlds for them. Mr Gamble also took the children on an evolutionary journey looking at how dinosaurs and chickens are related! We looked at pictures and discussed the similarities and differences between them. Next, children went on an egg hunt where they had to find 21 eggs hidden around the grounds. Once collected, we ordered them and discussed the hatching process from a fertile egg being laid to emerging out of the egg three weeks later. To finish the activity, we visited the chickens and discussed features we could relate to dinosaurs! 

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