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This afternoon was such a treat for our Reception children. We invited their Grandparents in for Afternoon Tea and we all had a wonderful time. The children entertained their Grannies and Grandads with their Little Red Riding Hood retell that they have been practising every day and a few songs. They then had the chance to have a sneaky peek at our classroom and see some of the impressive work that the children have been doing.

 

The afternoon would not have been able to take place without all of the donations of delicious cakes and for the parents (and grandparents) that helped tirelessly with the teas and for all of the clearing up afterwards. A huge thanks you to you all.

 

The chicks had a wonderful weekend with Mrs Hodges and William, however one of the little male chicks was very weak and didn’t survive. But we still have eight very healthy chicks, four males and four females. The chicks are growing fast and we have been looking closely at the changes we can see.
They are much stronger, faster, bigger, fluffier, and little feathers are forming on the tips of their wings.

 

They are also eating and drinking lots and lots and pooing quite a bit too!

So 9 out of 10 of our eggs have hatched and we now have 9 little fluffy chicks. The yellow ones are the boys and the brown ones, the girls. All of the chicks are now living in the brooder box with a light to keep them warm.

We were very lucky today because we were allowed to hold a chick. We were all very careful and kept quiet and still so that we didn’t frighten the chicks.
For the long weekend, the chicks have gone to Mrs Hodges’s house to be looked after by William.

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?

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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

Life cycle of a chicken poster set

On Thursday we went to the woods for some outdoor learning. Our challenge was to find ourselves a special place.  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.