Poukawa school goes to the aquarium to visit the dinosaur footprints exhibition.

The Wheels on the Poukawa School bus went round and round to the National Aquarium of Aotearoa. On the bus were 31 very excited 5,6 and 7 year olds ready for an adventure with the aquarium palaeontologists.  We were greeted by palaentologists Carol and Carly and taken to the special exhibition room where we were split into two groups.  Each group was taken to the lab to make their own fossil dinosaur footprints.  While this was happening the other group was making dinosaur footprints in the sand and exploring the special features of the dinosaur exhibition.  A fantastic tour was had by all and a very big thank you to the very knowledgable palaeontologists at the National Aquarium of Aotearoa.  

Dinosaur Hatching

        I spy with my little eye........ It's almost here.  Keep watching this space.

Dinosaur Cracks

It is the second day since we submerged the dinosaur egg and there is another crack in the egg.  But no dinosaur yet.  Keep watching!  By Daniel

A herd of hungry Stegosaurus munching on agapanthus at Poukawa School.

We found this herd of hungry Stegosaurus munching and crunching on the Agapanthus.  Who said dinosaurs were extinct!   Come to Poukawa School and you will find many different species.

Dinosaur Egg

Look at what happened to our dinosaur egg over night.  One little crack....  We are so excited what will happen next?

Dinosaur Egg

Room 1 has a dinosaur egg to hatch.  We followed the instructions and submerged our dinosaur egg in water.  It says it will hatch in 48 hours but after 12 hours we will see slight cracks in the egg shell.  It's very exciting!  

I wonder what species of dinosaur will hatch?  Will it be a Tyrannosaurus Rex, or a Triceratops or even a Stegosaurus?  Stay tuned we'll keep you up to date with its progress.

We are learning to write information reports about Dinosaurs

This is Kaitlyn's writing. She has used paragraphs to write about Triceratop's habitat, what he looked like, how long ago he lived and his diet.  Her planning is on the left in boxes.  Good job Kaitlyn.