This term Primary 4 have been working hard to bring the memory of dinosaurs back to life! We accepted a challenge from Mr T.Rex at the National Museum of Scotland, who asked us to set up our very own Mid Calder Museum. The children have enjoyed learning about dinosaurs and taking on different roles such as explorers, palaeontologists and museum curators.

Today P2, P3 and P4 opened the doors to their museum to boys and girls across the school. Our dinosaur exhibits included:

• Powerpoints and videos
• Fact files
• Dinosaur stories
• Sorting activities using Venn diagrams
• Volcanoes
• Dinosaur eggs
• Fossil hunts and much much more!

Carla: At first, when you told us we were creating a museum I wasn’t that excited. But now I’m loving it!

Olivia: I was so nervous at the start but this is actually so fun!

Isla: I love doing this!

Have a look at our museum in action!

This week Primary 4 went to the National Museum of Scotland to explore the exhibits and take part in a Dinosaur workshop. We began by taking a look at the different exhibits at the museum, paying particular attention to Dinosaur displays. The children enjoyed looking at the T-Rex skeleton and were amazed at the size of the bones!

We then took part in a workshop where each small group had the opportunity to take on the role of Palaeontologists. The children were set a task to piece together evidence and work out which dinosaur the evidence belonged to. Each group looked at dinosaur foot prints, fossils and dinosaur teeth!

We had a roaring good time!

This week Primary 3 enjoyed showing parents and friends the activities and challenges we have taken on during our STEM challenge. We are continuing to make great progress with our Baby Gyms too and our visitors were very impressed with our designs!