Pupils from Robin Hood
Primary School were invited to see the dinosaur they had made which is on
display at Rothwell Library. The
children, who are now in the Reception class had made the stegosaurus in the
summer term of last school year, when they were in the Nursery.
Spike, as he is called by
the children, was made as part of the topic on Dinosaurs. He measures 1metre tall and a massive 260cm
long and was made over two weeks. Jan
Chin, who made the dinosaur with the children said “I was given a roll of sheet
wire and told to make a big dinosaur with the children. I knew it had to have a solid base to support
it, so I looked for an old chair. The
dinosaur’s legs are built around each chair leg, and the chair back supports
the highest spike. The wire is then
shaped to form the body. As the wire has
sharp edges the children could only watch how the dinosaur was being built, and
they were fascinated – asking lots of questions. They then helped me to put masking tape over
all the sharp bits which we called “bandages”.
Then, they were able to paper mache it. They then painted and collaged it, all the
time, using lots of lovely rich language to describe what they were doing. Spike has sat with us, in Nursery at carpet
time until we broke up in the summer!
I am very grateful to
Rothwell Library for displaying our artwork.
The children have loved bringing their families along to see Spike and
they have been treated to a story by Librarian, Caroline Higson-Blythe. I am sure every time they pass the library,
they will now want to go in.”
