The children also confirmed that they had heard unusual noises over the weekend and strange whining sounds in the early evening on Sunday! It was very bizarre but it was now becoming clearer as to what might have happened. This confirmed our thoughts that maybe the dinosaur had been in and around the school area. The photos that Mrs Picton had taken when she arrived at work confirmed that the dinosaur had also been on the playground.
Our mission was to find further evidence of
where the dinosaur had been to lay her eggs and .... even see her or her eggs!
We found the egg hidden near some bushes and decided it was to keep it safe from predators.
We used the
cameras to take photographs of any further evidence that the dinosaur had indeed visited the
field. We found so much evidence that we
felt sure she had been on the field such as a big feather, broken and crushed
chalk, leaves and twigs in piles ready for her nest, tunnels and smaller broken egg
shells. It was amazing and very
exciting. We searched around “Robin Wood”
and also found huge footprints!
Footprints being measured against a stick - they were huge!
These are a
few of the comments about the best bit of our hunt and search this morning:-
Mayeni – “When
I saw the trail through the brambles, I thought there’d be a big nest with the
little eggs in it.”
Fergus – “I
liked looking at the egg and was surprised how big it was.”
Marley – “I enjoyed it when I found footprints and it led to the egg, I was very excited.”
Grace and
Tatiana – “We enjoyed finding evidence especially the giant, grey feather which
was definitely too big for a bird.”
Amirah – “I
liked it when we saw the big egg and wondered if it was going to hatch.”
The smaller eggs found around the area led us to her big nest.
We wondered if she was using the dead grass to make a nest and maybe got confused by the netting in the football goals. We realised it wasn't sheltered enough for her either.
Piles of moss and sticks were found around the area - maybe she was gathering it to make her nest.
We're really looking forward to finding out out more about the types of dinosaurs, where they lived, what they ate and their habitats.
