Rebecca Hamilton

Onthank Primary School, Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. This past term I used the Storyline approach to implement an environmental studies topic of dinosaurs with my P3 class in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. The children became palaeontologists for the term and worked together to open a dinosaur museum! They were very excited to get to work and loved wearing their palaeontologist identity badges whenever we worked in our museum. The Storyline offered many cross-curricular opportunities for learning and I focused on developing critical thinking skills. The palaeontologists were very busy with museum life – making a giant model brachiosaurus, filming an advert for the museum, experimenting with how to make a volcano explode and reading eye witness testimonies when our fossils were stolen! The Storyline culminated in planning a grand opening and inviting parents to come and visit our dinosaur museum. The Storyline harnessed the children’s enthusiasm to learn and was enjoyed by all.