Year 1 Summer 2 Topic

Dinosaurs

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Read...
Look out for these books in your classroom, the Imagination Room or at Brierfield Library!  

Key words...

bones
carnivore
Diplodocus
extinct
fossils
herbivore
palaeontologist
Stegosaurus
Triceratops
Tyrannosaurus Rex (T Rex)

Fun facts...

  • Dinosaurs walked the Earth for over 165 million years.

  • The dinosaurs became extinct around 66 million years ago.

  • The word dinosaur comes from the Greek language and means ‘terrible lizard’. 

  • The dinosaur with the longest name was Micropachycephalosaurus meaning "tiny thick-headed lizard".

  • The T Rex looked the most ferocious of all the dinosaurs, but it was Utahraptor that was the fiercest of all.

  • A person who studies dinosaurs is known as a paleontologist.

Explore...

There are loads of exciting dinosaur games, videos and songs to explore on the CBeebies website.
Click the picture to visit the PBS Kids website which has dinosaur-themed online learning games.
You can build your own dinosaur, learn about the names of different dinos and even paint a dinosaur picture on this amazing website.

Visit...

Blackpool Zoo Dinosaur Safari - Blackpool
Dino Falls Adventure Golf - Trafford Centre

Do...

  • Create a dinosaur model using a paper plate.

  • Use paper to make a dinosaur head band and spikes and a tail.

In school...
Class Book - Harry and the Bucketful of Dinosaurs by Adrian Reynolds 
Class Book - Dinosaurs Love Underpants
​by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort