FUN with CHICKENS

What a great week we have had. The chickens gave us lots of pleasure as we weighed them, measured them, built henhouses for them, made birth certificates for them and gave them names. The chickens loved having a play on the floor and this morning we put our henhouses down and put seed in them and watched them go into the houses. Jai and Campbell's house was a favourite of the chickens.

STUDENT of the WEEK

This week Campbell is our Student of the week. He has been a great helper with the chickens and the caterpillars. He is always willing to assist me with cleaning out the brooder or finding the escaping caterpillars.

Student of the Week

What a great student Ain is. She always tries her best and her work is neatly presented. Ain needs no encouragement to work and always finishes in the allotted time. Ain contributes well to class discussions. Congratulations, Ain.

ALL HATCHED

What an exciting week we have had! On Monday the eggs arrived. By Wednesday afternoon one had a crack in it. When we arrived on Thursday, 3 chickens had already hatched out. During the day another 6 hatched and we were able to see some of them hatching. We kept running up to the incubator to see them coming out. Mrs. Wynde changed 4 into the brooder on Thursday afternoon to free up some space in the incubator. There were only another 4 to hatch. When we arrived Friday morning all of them were out. We had a play with 4 of them on the floor. There were plenty of brothers and sisters, and teachers coming to see our chicks. They are all nice and fluffy.

EGGS HAVE ARRIVED

After waiting patiently all day the eggs arrived at 3:20pm, just as we were leaving. There are 13 eggs and we have numbered them. They are in an incubator and we have to keep the temperature at between 35-38 degrees. There is a container of water in the incubator to keep the air humid. This helps the eggs to hatch. We are observing the eggs and watching for any sign of movement. At the moment we have seen number 12 and 2 shake and we think number 13 may have moved. We are all very excited.

STUDENT of the WEEK

This is Peter's first week at our school and he has had a great week. Peter listens attentively and really concentrates on his work. He has beautiful handwriting. Congratulations Peter.

STUDENT OF THE WEEK

Congratulations to Georgia who is this week's Student of the Week. Georgia has tried really hard this week to improve her writing. She is now writing a sentence and her writing is on the line. She is correctly spelling some high frequency words. Keep trying, Georgia. Other nominations were Jordan and Chirani.

Royal Melbourne Zoo

All of the children wrote Recounts of their time at the zoo. Here are some of their stories.

















On Thursday the grade 1’s went to the Royal Melbourne Zoo. We went to the Discovery Room to learn the life cycles of animals. I learnt in the discovery room that stick insects drop their eggs into the sand and the ants take the eggs underground and leave them for a few days and then the egg hatches and they look like bull ants. I enjoyed most the reptiles.
Ryan


















On Thursday our class went to the Melbourne zoo. First we saw the seals. After that we saw a stingray. Next we saw Mali. Finally we had some of our lunch. I learnt that frog’s eyes go down into their throat to help them eat. I enjoyed the orangutans. They were playing. I had a fantastic day and it was a fun day.
Shyla























On Thursday I went to the zoo. It was fun. I went with the grade 1’s. I went because we were studying life cycles. We went to the butterfly house and we also saw the elephants. I got to see Mali. I learnt about a butterfly cycle. A butterfly came on me because a girl put it on me. It was hot in the butterfly house. I saw the giraffes too. The seals were cute. When we were there I saw my friend Laura. Do you love the zoo? Because I do.
Sarah























On Thursday we went to the zoo. I went with the grade and we saw the butterfly house. I learnt that butterflies don’t make a cocoon. It makes a pupa. I enjoyed the giraffes and the zebras were in with the giraffes.
Ashley