Sunday 15 April 2012

Day 21 – Chicks have HATCHED!!!

Dear Families,

It is with great LOVE and GRATITUDE that I announce the newest members of our Classroom Family – Our Wee Wonderous Chicks!  They have pecked their way through and are now ‘cheeping’ away happily, awaiting your child’s loving heart and support!  Thus far, we have 4 chicks in the brooder box and MORE ARE ON THE WAY!!!   The incubator still has a number of eggs remaining with tiny holes, which means – more chicks are diligently using their egg teeth so they too can join our amazing Connaught Family!!! 

This WHOLE WEEK we will have the opportunity to share our Learning Community with the chicks!  They are safely resting in a large brooder box with a heat lamp, feed, and a water tray where they will nestle in cozily to happily meet n’ greet the students!  As real scientists do, your child will continue to analyze, investigate and explore the life cycle and daily life of baby chicks.  Their knowledge has increased tremendously since the chick’s arrival and we are excited to provide more fun and purposeful activities to engage your child in MORE Chick Learning!

Upcoming Celebration: 

On Fri. Apr. 20th, Mrs. Roth will be joining our Earth Day Celebration!  She will be volunteering more of her knowledge, time, love and energy to educate the rest of the Primary Division students about the Development of our Baby Chicks!  Thank you MRS. ROTH for being an integral part of our Learning Community throughout this school year!!!  You have and continue to spread your brilliant love and light J

After school (Apr. 20th), the chicks will be reunited with their Farm Family.  Mr. Oscar Tyson (a retired teacher who gave us the eggs) will be taking the chicks to his farm to raise them J  I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge and say – thank you Mr. Tyson for providing our Classroom with such a powerful learning opportunity!  We will cherish and fondly remember this experience now – ALWAYS!!!

Please click on the link below, it is an educational clip on the development of a chicken that your child has seen in class! 

*Have you ever wondered what life would be like if you were a chicken?  Look at different kinds of chickens. Watch a hen laying eggs and see the baby chick hatch out of its egg. Learn about what chickens like to eat.  You're only a click away ...

LINK:  http://www.learn360.com/ShowVideo.aspx?ID=128921 

“And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count.  It's the life in your years.” - Abraham Lincoln

Namaste,
Miss Gill

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