Today we watched some clips from ‘Walking with dinosaurs’ to find out what the world was like when dinosaurs roamed the earth.  We were all surprised to learn that humans did not live at the same time as the dinosaurs.  This prompted a very interesting discussion on what humans have created that would not have been around during the dinosaur period.

We were unsure how humans know about dinosaurs if they did not live at the same time.  This led us onto a big chat about fossils.  We watched an animation and looked at pictures online to see some examples of fossils.

Then we made our own fossils using clay.  We worked hard to manipulate and soften the clay.  We used different tools to create a flat shape for making a fossil.  We then used a range of dinosaur toys, bones and shells to create different fossils.  We all enjoyed it and are looking forward to painting out fossils next week.