As you have probably gathered by now, there is rarely a dull moment in our Nursery! This week was, however, a particularly exciting one thanks to some rather special, newborn visitors.
On Monday, an incubator containing 10 chick eggs was delivered to our Reception class and by Tuesday some of the eggs had begun to hatch right in front of our eyes! The little chicks did an incredible job of pecking their way out of their shells, accomplishing what is clearly an exhausting task!
The chicks were quite wet immediately after hatching, so they stayed in the incubator for a few hours to allow their feathers to dry off. Once they started to look fluffy, we carefully moved them into their brood hutch, in the Reception class book corner, with plenty of water and chick crumb. By the end of Wednesday, all 10 chicks had successfully hatched and were pecking and cheeping away together!
“We’re waiting for them to hatch”
“They are very cute!”
“The chicks are waking…I saw the chick’s beak open, it was yawning”
“They are so fluffy!”
“They are so cute those chicks!”
Please note, the incubation period for a chick egg is actually 21 days, so our eggs had been pre-incubated before their arrival at school. If you would like to find out more about the development of the chick over those 21 days, do have a look at this fascinating video:
Our fluffy visitors will be staying with us for one more week and we are very much looking forward to watching them grow!
After all the excitement, it seemed only fitting that our story-times this week would have a hen and chick focus, so we decided to read the story of Rosie’s Hen by Pat Hutchins. The children absolutely loved it and we ended up reading it and watching it several times!
Inside, the children retold the story themselves…
And outside, they went on their own, rather daring, walks…
If you would like to revisit this story at home you can do so here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qDIAeNtO1o
Next, we read the story ‘Where, Oh Where is Rosie’s Chick?’…
…and finally, we read another Pat Hutchins story which had us laughing out loud!
We hope everyone has a lovely, long weekend – see you on Tuesday.