Dinosaur Workshops with Year 1 – Children Study Dinosaurs

Pupils in Year 1 at Heasandford Primary School in Lancashire enjoyed a dinosaur workshop conducted by team members from Everything Dinosaur this week.  The three classes in lower Key Stage 1 have been studying dinosaurs and prehistoric animals this term and a dinosaur workshop provided by Everything Dinosaur was aimed at reinforcing learning and helping the dedicated teaching team to check understanding.  The classrooms were full of prehistoric animal and fossil themed examples of work, including some very colourful poster displays.

Children Study Dinosaurs

Dinosaur Artwork on Display

Dinosaur Books - fiction and non-fiction

Helping to learn the difference between fiction and non-fiction texts.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Independent Learning

The children were keen to demonstrate how much independent learning that they had done.  The dinosaur expert was told lots of facts about dinosaurs such as Apatosaurus and Triceratops and posted up on the walls of the classroom were lots of facts about prehistoric animals.

Dinosaur Artwork Posted Up Around the Classroom

Dinosaur Artwork on Display.

Dinosaur artwork on display.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

Dinosaur Workshop

The team member at Everything Dinosaur showed the children lots of fossils and he used a number of dinosaur models to help illustrate the workshop.

Dinosaur themed resources used in this workshop can be found here: Prehistoric Animal Models and Toys.

A spokesperson for the Cheshire based dinosaur company stated:

“Heasandford is one of the largest primary schools in England and this presents the teaching team with a number of challenges.  However, the teachers with the support of the rest of the staff at the school all work together to produce a co-ordinated and cohesive scheme of work that really enthuses and motivates the children.”