Reception -Aqua Class and Midnight Class
Minchinhampton Academy
We were very excited to this morning to find 5 chicks in the incubator. By home time, 3 more had hatched and by the time the teachers left this evening, Number 9 was born.
Welcome to the world Number 9! Thank you Miss Tonner for taking this film as Number 9 entered the world.
The Birth of Number 9 from Aqua Class on Vimeo.
Today was very exciting. This morning we saw tiny cracks beginning to appear in two of the eggs. By lunch time one of the eggs had a bigger crack.
At 2pm the crack was even bigger…and by home time we had our first chick.
The whole school have been getting eggcited! I wonder if any more chicks will have hatched by the time we get to school in the morning?
The embryos inside the eggs are now 20 days old and due to hatch any day now.
Today – no sign of movement so far. All eggs intact but we are hopeful for a little action overnight.
To find out more about the lifecycle of chickens follow the link
On Thursday we went to the woods for some outdoor learning. Our challenge was to find ourselves a special place. Â Here are some of the things we got up to.
Outdoor learning April 23, 2015 from Aqua Class on Vimeo.
Today we arrived in school to find an incubator containing 10 brown eggs.
We thought about what might happen to the eggs in the incubator and came to the decision that they would eventually hatch. But what would they hatch into? We came up with lots of ideas; chicken chicks, ducklings, goslings, cynets, blackbird, blue tit or robin chicks, snakelets, crocodile hatchlings, turtle hatchlings, spiderlings (they would have to be huge spiders), penguin chicks, baby dinosaurs or shark pups.
We had great fun finding out the real names for all of the baby creatures. Do you know any other names for different baby animals? Why not add your ideas to this post.
Mrs Saeed told us that the eggs should hatch within the next 2-3 days. We will watch the incubator very closely and update the blog with any information as and when we see any changes to the eggs.
On Friday we received an email from a dogwalker called Cordelia Spigg. She wrote the following;
Dear Mrs Bugg, Mrs Saeed, Miss Miles and all the children
I saw your news about a wolf visiting your school and someone told me about your posters.
Yesterday evening while I was walking my dog in Badminton woods I saw a wolf. I followed him and took a video with my iPad. I hope it is your wolf and then you will know he has moved on to live somewhere else and wont bother you any more.
Kind Regards
Cordelia Spigg
She attached the video below;
Wolf spotted in the woods from Aqua Class on Vimeo.
I think the wolf has well and truly moved on to pastures new…
LRRH immersion April 20, 2015 from Aqua Class on Vimeo.
Little Red Riding Hood has left us a story to retell. See if you can retell the story at home. Which parts can you remember?
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who lived in a small cosy cottage on the edge of the forest. Her name was Little Red Riding Hood because she always wore a ruby red cloak. Â Early one morning, Little Red Riding Hood asked her mother if she could visit granny because she was unwell.
“What a good idea,” her mother said “take Granny these cakes but remember do not stop on the way and do not talk to strangersâ€.
So, Little Red Riding Hood put on her ruby red cloak, picked up her basket of cakes and kissed her mother goodbye.
Little red riding hood skipped happily through the forest to Granny’s house.  On the way she became tired so stopped to rest on a lumpy log, under an old oak tree, beside a trickling stream, deep in the middle of the forest.
First she picked some beautiful flowers.
Next she watched some fluttering butterflies.
After that she listened carefully to some croaking frogs.
Finally she ate one of granny’s delicious cakes.
Suddenly, a wolf appeared. A huge, hairy wolf with teeth as sharp as knives.
“Where are you going little girl?” the wolf asked slyly.
“I’m going to visit my Granny who lives on the other side of the forest” Little Red Riding Hood replied.
The wolf grinned and disappeared.
At that moment little red riding hood saw the time and rushed to Granny’s cottage.
But the wolf took a shortcut…
Some time later Little Red Riding Hood arrived at Granny’s cottage and knocked on the door.
“Come in, my dear,” Granny croaked strangely.
Little Red Riding Hood walked in and looked at Granny who was lying in bed.
“What big ears you have,” said Little Red Riding Hood.
“All the better to hear you with, my dear,” replied Granny.
“What big eyes you have,” said Little Red Riding Hood.
“All the better to see you with, my dear,” replied Granny.
“What big teeth you have,” said Little Red Riding Hood with a shaky voice.
“All the better to eat you with, my dear,” roared Granny.
Suddenly Little Red Riding Hood realized that granny was really the wolf.
The wolf jumped out of the bed, threw off Granny’s frilly bonnet and chased Little Red Riding Hood around the cottage.  Luckily a woodcutter was chopping logs nearby and heard the noise so he ran towards the cottage and grabbed the wolf as quick as a click.  To his amazement Granny popped out of the wolf’s mouth safe and sound.
Finally the wolf ran over the hills and far away and they all lived happily ever after.