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.
![01 Ducklings](https://glow-prod-as.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/as/public/AberdeenshireAchievements/uploads/sites/976/2012/10/01-Ducklings-300x225.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEHkaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJGMEQCIHASHA4B2Xv9ZK25iRSf5SJoPc0Kt6SyVfjK4ixhboBuAiAVF2OTe41zpb9FU7TzG%2FUjkrv9qu37XzS8KTca2O%2FkoCq4BQgyEAUaDDI3MzU3MDE5NTQzMyIMI%2B0F1Py4uS5%2BxyxAKpUFJPnM7AdMSDLDzTH0HVKiZEEavc90f9jDh5ipGtb%2F3Ake1IbjQ4YGuaptJV%2FiWlExAXDvk8Qg4Ixp5le5TatGJjOU3Y0C2YCgIxhJ0Dszm7CUKvQz4dNas9zEUHXROtOb7LqGmWEyD63Zg7KFzXeuDRLuBT4zqwd3gfjs973Qo6ZQVNSM8DpeH60Ptyhj0%2Bnkjq9YMJeo%2FK7F8jCR%2FGF7dNSR1Ue6BgjdNNE%2FSKysAEZU62XEKW8mN3i7MMX5jSUmsgHd%2BzCVJJmAgfyEAqsUGYBILQDXVIQ6QzgsMBw48PAAmyxoXdynOSWVLo4qhqGJqNeMd8HTruwYEakBuWA0qKR5asamwzFSlZMPIYPZVekeHSwpNlWD4ggON%2B%2FPqZ5bQ3L5rJyl3kXUieWZ5HiUaFub0fDolzDzUaT3PIFbCVAWCyFUztp4ZFjZFtM5N5zlqfEHiXZAxmBsx7U91syYrxiEG%2BiPqhX%2Fx%2FZkYVOlBcCPY2Yv5lNYqxX%2FeOUWFPjXreaMbpOo0vZkMfwZWnz9a6c0NO1CxKP3gn1mzVF5F%2B7v5t03KmL1mywd8z3okKhp1b55iH5CoAZhjebKdOmeknCfgl%2FvTK2ChmEtunGKcxzH5XT4%2FpqSl60vaQ3FjJ7a8KxGN9Mw501fQwGk3Tcl1gz82gshyfMODC3QBjCt3RFLrgSMotm6Yl5FZq4nMrZlWBO4SEb2UJN0YWTkKqOE%2FS7K26lzTCzrzOLOwgNuS3FLVXZCeZTYWgMt%2B3%2Foboh%2BONIutzZzXKAwTNovhh3AHmo3zWn%2F49lm5UKw7Pf30zgDFuqNhbsT%2BCHUHv%2BitoLs1caGij4CW8OSXHFuAMn8Bhpj5tvsi%2Fyvki%2BqnIROsEjJ%2F0RxvzCv%2FoC0BjqyAQJJgfqLaDwCHiLevfeBkzxPK99%2FkMe8L8VtQOUNO7dCfB3a8PWgYEwLEq%2B3O4ADBh3da3kbOFMLWjR3fY6dwdyWFFXIjwDLumyPkkHK6Gm%2B%2Fd85mR3yA3yq1gh%2FPzm5Zy6%2FxZcnzT3jA6Fbc9u9Ov3UQw9kjK0tyhQDOn%2BXJuMAg4Z87y4zOe67UQ%2Biqf7WsYY4JLsGc9fxWEUecBbNwkDbZ8u3TWhJMOZW093%2BHjnPAzI%3D&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47U7NJBYR2S%2F20240629%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20240629T180001Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=900&X-Amz-Signature=d245c6f2e295c44302c128bdc068528374724897c733fd6fc6b65c7b5ce8c12f)
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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