As part of our theme work on dinosaurs we have been exploring stories about dinosaurs. We have been matching pictures and words from the book and some have been able to read some of the words in the story.
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After watching a short video which told us about fossils we followed instructions to make salt dough. We used a roller to make dough squares then left a dinosaur imprint using a small plastic toy. We baked the dough in the oven to dry and were very pleased at how authentic they looked.
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We experienced making marks and pictures on the ground using chalk. On a dry day we will draw round a class friend lying on the ground.
We made chocolate nests and eggs to create a dinosaur jungle. They were a tasty treat at snack time.
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Like paleontologists we dug in the sand to find dinosaurs which we dusted down with brushes. We counted what we’d collected and matched with the written number.
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IDL – Expressive Arts (Stars)
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We chose what colours we wanted to create personalised handprint dinosaurs. We thought they looked very like a stegosaurus.
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Theme Evidence: Balancing Towers
Today we explored balance by building castle inspired towers using different materials.
We were successful learners and observed the towers wobbling, carefuly adjusting the pieces to make them balance again.
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Dinosaur Dig
The Stars class were digging for dinosaurs in the sensory garden and we found loads. We also found frozen dinosaur eggs and used warm water to help the babies ‘hatch’.
Literacy
Learn about Scotland and living on an island by watching Katie Morag on iPlayer – what episode did you watch? Did you enjoy it?
Have a look at this clip where Katie Morag is playing pooh sticks. Have you played pooh sticks before? Did you like it? When you are on a walk you could have a go and play pooh sticks too. Video – Katie Morag – pooh sticks
Now have some fun doing the Shooglie Wooglie. This a clip from Scottish Book Trust doing the Scottish version of the Hokey Cokey. Have fun and hopefully you learn some Scottish words for different body parts.
Numeracy
Our theme this term is Scottish castles can you use kitchen roll tubes to create castles. Places a different number on each castle you make. Then you can play a game, placing the correct number of straws or pencils inside the numbered castle – you could even add flags to the top of each straw/pencil. Have fun. 
You could also get help from someone in your family to draw a castle with a number on it and place the correct number of toys on top on the castle drawing. You could also create a number line. Draw a castle with battlements then use a toy character to count to 10 and back again moving him along the battlements.
Health and Wellbeing
Put on your own mini Highland games in your house.
Toss the caber – use a cardboard tube for this.
Hammer throw – use a cushion and see who can throw it the furthest.
Catch the Haggis – use a bean bag or a sponge or even an orange. How many times can you catch it before it drops?
Art
Have a look online at different tartan designs. Then have a go of making your own tartan. This can be made drawing lines with pencils, pens or crayons. You could even get messy and use paint. Or you could cut or tear paper into strips creating you own design by sticking them to a piece of paper.
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Theme – Water Channelling
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The Moonbeams enjoyed some outdoor learning building a water channelling feature. They poured water down the channels and watched it flow. They then put some objects on the channels like ducks, balls and cars and poured the water slow and fast to see how they reacted. The Moonbeams had great fun!
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Autumn Numeracy
We worked very hard today exploring number and addition.
We were confident individuals using our pincer grip to add pegs to pumpkins, then counted how many we had together to make numbers up to ten.
