This week has been incredibly exciting for us in school and those at home, who have shared the experience every step of the way.

On Monday morning we came in expecting nothing out of the ordinary, but we we wrong!

Our classroom had been turned upside down and and on the floor were giant............

.....footprints!

And not only that but laying underneath one of the tables were two dinosaur eggs!!

Well, we just didn't know what to think or what to do!

We examined the footprints and because of their shape and the size (we looked it up) we deduced that the dinosaur that visited us was a Tyranasaurus Rex!

 

Would she come back we wondered - well yes, she would need to get her eggs we thought.

We knew that the eggs needed to be kept somewhere warm and safe so we went to the shed and collected the baby's crib and blankets and took turns looking after the egg, which was at times a littles scary as we could hear the dinosaurs inside and we didn't know when they were going to hatch!

Some of us were a little perturbed that the dinosaur had left the room in such a mess, so after tidying up, it was decided that traps were needed to catch the dinosaur! While these were laid, no entry signs were made and messages to the dinosaur were written. Then we waited ....

 

The next morning, while the traps hadn't caught the dinosaur, they had been disturbed and a message for us had been left! The dinosaur hadn't meant to make such a mess (its tail kept knocking things over!) and it was desperately looking for a suitable habitat to hatch its eggs.

We set to work investigating what a suitable habitat would be...

 

We realised that our school pond offered all the things that the dinosaur would need - shelter, water, food, and so we took the eggs and made a wonderful nest for them.

 

It must have been perfect, because two days later.... THE EGGS HATCHED!!!!!!!!

This week, the amazing children of Darling Class performed 'The Friendly Beasts', an old English Christmas hymn.

Please copy this link into your browser to view their performance, the dress rehearsal and a wonderful outtake to finish.

https://youtu.be/_Ww80zYujDM

(Please note that this is the the school youtube channel and cannot be searched for).

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the parents, grandparents, carers and relatives for your support, helping the children to learn their lines and the splendid costumes.

We wish you the happiest of Christmas holidays and very much look forward to seeing you in the New Year.

This week we created our own version of The Gingerbread Man story. Would you like to hear how it goes?

Once upon a time there lived a lady called Mrs Austin. Mrs Austin lived in Chippenham and one day she decided to bake some gingerbread men.

She rolled out the dough, cut out the gingerbread man and popped him into the oven.

While it was baking, Mrs Austin went upstairs to the toilet. As she was washing her hands she heard a "knock, knock, knock". She followed the sound and heard that is was coming from the oven. Mrs Austin opened the oven door and out jumped the ginger bread man!

"Stop" shouted Mrs Austin "You look good enough to eat", but the gingerbread man said "Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man!" and he ran out of Mrs Austin's front door with her chasing him.

He ran all the way to Stanton St Quintin school playing fields, where he met Beau the dog. "Woof, stop" said Beau. "You look good enough to eat", but the gingerbread said "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man" and he ran, chased by Beau the dog and Mrs Austin. 

The gingerbread man ran into the school where he met the children in Darling class and they said "Stop, you look good enough to eat!", but the gingerbread man replied "Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the ginger bread man" and he ran through their class out onto the road, chased by Darling Class, Beau the dog and Mrs Austin.

He ran all the way to the petrol station in Lower Stanton, where he met Chicken Licken. Chicken Licken called out "Stop! You look good enough to eat" but the gingerbread man called back "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man". He continued running, chased by Chicken Licken, Darling Class, Beau the dog and Mrs Austin.

The gingerbread man ran alongside the dual carriageway to Morrisons, where he met Jack and Jill, who was carrying a bucket. "Stop" they cried "You look good enough to eat" but the gingerbread man said "Run, run as fast as you can, you can't catch me I'm the gingerbread man" and off he ran out of Morrisons, chased by Jack and Jill, Chicken Licken, Darling Class, Beau the dog and Mrs Austin.

However, when he ran outside he came to a busy roundabout and realised he was stuck. Then along came a horse and carriage. "Neigh. I will help you cross the roundabout. Jump up onto my tail". The gingerbread man jumped up onto the horse's tail but the cars were whizzing by and making him feel unsteady. 

"Jump up onto my back" said the horse, but it was too windy there. "Jump up onto my head" said the horse. The gingerbread man started to sway from side to side. "Jump up onto my nose" said the horse, so the gingerbread man jumped up onto the horse's nose. 

Then with one big flick of his head, the horse tossed the gingerbread man high up into the air and ate him in one big gulp. 

And that was the end of the gingerbread man.

 

 

 

 

However, what adventures these gingerbread men we made today might have nobody knows...!