Star laid her first egg!!

We were so excited to find a teeny tiny egg in the nesting box of our hen house yesterday morning! This teeny tiny egg belongs to our youngest chicken Star! We have had Star since she was a one day old chick! 

Look at how small her egg is compared to a normal sized hen egg! 

 

Can you spot the teeny tiny egg?  

 

Star when she was a baby chick just one week old! 

 

Explanations: How a bee makes honey

Last week we researched how a honeybee makes honey and wrote an explanation to explain this process.
We had to make sure we had included an introduction and a conclusion as well as the steps taken in the honey making process.
We then self assessed our own work and buddy checked each others.
At the end we published our writing using Google Slides.

Free Range Chooks

Our hens are enjoying their free range life and the children and teachers  are enjoying having them around! They are so friendly that they will let us pat them and pick them up! 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Hen House Is Complete!!

Our inquiry project is complete with the addition of 4 new laying hens to our hen house. The new hens have been laying eggs daily and today we sent home our very first carton of Gore Main School eggs to Caedyn's Dad and Grandad who built the hen house.

Our hens are called:

Chickaletta

Dixie

Mrs Big Feathers

Blossom

They are very happy in their new house and have gotten used to being the centre of attention in Gore Main very quickly! The kids even got to pat them today!! 

Click on the link that says 'inquiry' to the left of this post to see our inquiry journey. 

Here are some photos of the completed project and the first dozen eggs. We can't wait to start selling our eggs! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chicken Run

Here we are checking out the new chicken run. Our hen house is all ready to go! We just need to stain it and buy a self feeder for our hens. We can't wait to get some hens to put in it!!

Our chicks have grown so much over the holidays...they hardly look like chicks anymore. We can tell them apart now as they have different coloured feathers.

Meet Tweety (hen)

Meet Star (hen)

 Meet Flash (rooster)

Meet Memo (rooster)

 

Blue Duck Whio Whio Colouring Competition Success

Today we received an exciting package from the Department of Conservation! Last term we coloured and sent away our blue duck colouring competitions. We made the ducks pop out and become 3D we also put glitter on the ducks and in the water.

All of our hard work paid off because we won the most creative entries! 

We each received a wrist band and a blue duck (whio whio) soft toy for the classroom. Miss McKenzie received a teacher book and a hat!

Chicks

The chicks grew so fast in their first two weeks! I wonder what they will look like after the two week school holiday!

Chicken Art

We have gone chicken mad in Room 3 this term! Come in and check out our crazy chicken art masterpieces!

Our Chicks

On Monday and Tuesday we got to hold the chicks. We had to be very gentle because they are fragile. It was a great experience for the children.

Thank you Mr Goodwin

Our thank you to Mr Goodwin who donated the chicks.

Room Three's Hen House

Room 3 were so excited to find out the hen house was being built on Monday. They took turns to go out in small groups and watch the hen house being built. 

The builders were Caedyn's Dad (Duncan) and Caedyn's Grandad (Gus) and apprentice Anthony from Ashby and McAllister Builders. They donated the materials and their time to do this for us. Thank you so much!! It was great for the kids to see the whole process. 

Please support this local business who have generously supported us! 

We love our hen house and think it will be like a luxury hotel for the chooks! They will love it too! We will attach a run to it at a later date and buy some young laying hens to put in it. Our chicks will go in it too when they are old enough. 

Checking out the finished product.

We are so stoked with it!! Thank you Ashby and McAllister Builders! You guys are awesome!!