Science - Fossils

Date: 22nd Jan 2026 @ 8:17am

In our science lesson this week we learned about fossils. Fossils are the remains or marks of plants and animals that lived a very long time ago. We looked at pictures of fossils and some real fossils to see what they look like. We learned about fossilisation, which is how fossils are made. When a plant or animal dies, it can be covered by mud or sand. Over a very long time, more layers build up and press down hard. Water with tiny minerals moves through the layers and slowly turns the bones or shells into rock. This takes millions of years. We also ordered the steps of fossilisation to show we understood the process. To finish the lesson, we drew our own fossils, showing what plants or animals from the past might look like when they are preserved in rock.