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Irby Primary School

Topic

Dinosaurs

Duration

3 Hours

Class Size

25 Students

Year Group

Year 2

EYFS

Reception

About the School

Irby Primary School’s success is based upon the commitment of children, parents, staff and governors, who work in unison to nurture a caring and supportive learning environment in which every pupil is valued. Our skilled and diligent staff have created and continue to develop a broad and balanced curriculum that is tailored to the needs of the children. It is delivered through high quality teaching and engaging learning activities that revisit and build upon key skills and knowledge.

Our motto is: ‘Be kind, Work hard and Never Give Up’ which is nurtured and supported through a focus upon the positive reinforcement of children’s behaviour, efforts and attitude to learning which helps us to ensure each child unlocks their potential and is well placed to enjoy a happy and rewarding life.

What we did

Workshop 1

Meet Jam

The first session involves a science focused workshop discussing the evolution of science and why it so important to ask the question ‘why’. This is an interactive workshop, with ‘Jam’ our 4 metre dinosaur, that is designed to get children of all ages thinking scientifically.

The workshop has been adapted to incorporate language that has been prominent in SATS papers over the past two years and aims to familiarize children with a range of vocabulary.

Workshop 2

Green Screen

The second workshop focuses on expanding vocabulary and encouraging children to verbally discuss ideas that transfer into writing, using our green screen to ignite their imaginations. This is differentiated from EYFS to Year 6.

All of the content in this workshop is directly linked to writing, drama and ICT outcomes. All edited videos will be sent to your school for evidence and for children to see their marvellous work on the big screen.

Workshop 3

IPads

The third workshop gives children the opportunity to work in small groups and apply the skills they learnt from Workshop 2.

Children will create their own ‘Green Screen’ videos using ipads and share with their peers. Younger children will use the ipads to orally rehearse sentences and make a video, using technology purposefully to create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content.

Please send us an email or give us a call and we can go through which workshops would work best for your school and what subjects would be targeted.

The Dino Squad

Jam

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Hairy Jam

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Sky

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Goby

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“So much more than we could have asked for”

Testimonial

Miss Benson

Year 2 Teacher – Irby Primary School
(Before she was eaten by Jam)

Get your school involved

If you’d like to discuss Teach Rex and the Dino Squad appearing at your school, please get in touch and a (human) member of the team will get back to you.

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