Reporting from the dinosaur dig
Pupils arrive to find police on site and mysterious bones in the school playground
Reporting from the dinosaur dig
On closer inspection, these look like dinosaur bones
Reporting from the dinosaur dig
Pupils take notes at the site
Reporting from the dinosaur dig
Notepads, as used by journalists and the police, are employed by pupils
Reporting from the dinosaur dig
A pupil brainstorms who, what, where, when, why, how?
Reporting from the dinosaur dig
Saltdean Primary School near Brighton staged a one-day reporting event based on Broomwood Primary School’s alien-landing event.
For their first Everybody Writes Day, staff liaised with the local museum, a vet, police and a journalist from the local paper to stage the discovery of dinosaur bones in the school playground. Pupils were able to examine the site, question visiting experts, brainstorm what might have happened and write newspaper reports incorporating key facts, witness statements and expert evidence. Staff at Saltdean got the whole school writing with a real sense of energy and purpose.
Primary examples
- Reporting from the dinosaur dig
- Writing about local history
- Active writing day
- Reporting on an alien landing
Secondary examples
Writing schools
Macaulay CE Primary School’s Everybody Writes Day - Pupils and parents celebrate writing for one special day