This week in Reception, we are learning all about
dinosaurs.
To support our learning, a dinosaur expert came in to talk to us
and show us some real dinosaur fossils. Children had the opportunity to act out
being real paleontologists, discovering and examining the fossil specimens. Exploring
real objects prompted critical thinking and thoughtful questioning from the
children.
Anthony described different dinosaurs to his friends, saying
that “The stegosaurus has 4 legs” while
Shivanshi used posters to inform her exploration “It’s the ichthyosaurus because it matches the picture”.
If that wasn’t exciting enough, we then had a visit from Millie
the T-Rex! Some of us were brave enough to pat her and have our photo taken.
Honey even confessed “I want Millie to
come home with me, I want Millie to be my pet”
The children ended the visit having gained a more detailed knowledge about different dinosaurs and their characteristics, as well as first-hand experience of how we have come to know so much about them.
Benjamin even declared “I
want to be that (a paleontologist) when I’m older!”
It was obviously an engaging and inspiring visit!
