Primary 1b have been learning all about the T-rex today.
We found out that it was over 12 meters tall! We measured this out and decided it was about 12 of us! That’s bigger than the entire classroom!!
We also found out lots of other interesting facts about these huge dinosaurs:
‘They are carnivores’ – Lucas T
‘They are meat eaters’ – Freyja
‘They eat other dinosaurs’ – Oliver
‘They have huge, sharp teeth’ – Gabrielle
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Here we are having lots of fun during our ‘Activity Afternoon’ in the area. We painted dinosaurs, big and small. We made jigsaws, drew lovely pictures, read books in our cosy corner and built dinosaurs too out of the construction toys. It was great !
Today, both primary 1a and 1b came back in our classroom after lunch to find we’d been left a very big box and a letter.
A paleontologist (a dinosaur scientist) has sent us both a real life dinosaur egg! They are HUGE!! He wants us to look after them as he’s very busy at the museum at the moment.
We learned that eggs need to be kept warm, so we’re keeping them in a nest of straw. We don’t know if it is going to hatch or not, but we are going to learn all about dinosaurs, just in case it does, so we know what to feed it and how to look after it. We’ll keep you updated.
Mrs Baty & Mrs Macdonald
Yesterday primaries 3 and 3/2 visited Dynamic Earth and had a wonderful time. Firstly we went on a tour and explored different rocks and then we embarked on a journey through time inside a time machine. We watched a video of a volcano erupting and the ground that we were standing on began to shake. Some of us got a fright! We also saw an iceberg and watched video clips of frightening avalanches. We went into a room that looked like a cinema and had to wear 3D glasses. We watched a film of a helicopter ride taking us through different biomes and wearing the glasses made us feel like we were actually on the ride! It looked like we could touch some of the animals.
We then had a dinosaur detective workshop where we were allowed to look at and touch different fossils and discuss which dinosaur they belonged too. Some of us had the chance to become paleontologists where we used brushes to discover a dinosaur fossil buried in the sand. The whole experience was enjoyed by all of the pupils and adults.
A special thank you to all of our adult helpers who kept us safe on our trip.
My favourite part of the trip was when we travelled on the 3D helicopter. I got a huge fright when the scorpion attacked! Jack J
I enjoyed looking at and touching the iceberg. I put my fingers in the holes on the ice and it was freezing cold. Daniel
My favourite part was at the start of the tour and we got to look at ancient rocks. I touched the oldest rock in Scotland. Karolina
