Pupils from the P4-7 class at Drumblade primary have this term been involved in a project where they have incubated and hatched five healthy ducklings. From an initial ten eggs four failed to hatch one duckling hatched but did not survive.
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The pupils have been more motivated than ever by the project and have based most of their Maths and Language work on the project over the term.
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