Here are the happy little chickens, (also known as P1b) working hard.  We spent an afternoon doing chicken related things.

Our activities included :

Working with our shoulder partner to record a chicken related fact.

Making chickens.

Playing a chicken game on the smartboard, (we had to rescue the baby chicks from the foxes).

Sequencing the life cycle of a chicken, (the pictures were muddled up, we had to sort them and put them in the write order).

Practising our fine motor skills to colour in a chicken picture, (Mrs Macdonald said our clolouring looked like P2 colouring in !).

We had a fun, active and constructive afternoon.

Thank you to Miss Boyd and Primary 2 for allowing P1a and P1b the chance to help you. We loved watching you set your butteflies free.    We felt sad and happy at the same time because it was nice having butterflies in St Nicholas, but we know that butterflies belong outside.

We learnt that :

Butterflies start off as caterpillars – Kai.

After a wee while the caterpillars change into a chrysallis – Jacob.

They then turn into a butterfly – Fallon.

Butterflies only live for two weeks – Aoibhe.

Before they die, butterflies lay hundreds of eggs and these turn into caterpillars.

Butterflies like to eat leaves and fruit – Harry and Chloe.

Once we got back to class, we completed  a couple of butterfly themed activities.  We wrote a report on butterflies and we made a symmetrical stained glass window butterfly.

Today, Primary 1 learnt all about chickens thanks to Mrs Hesketh. Mrs Hesketh has four chickens altogether and she told us all about these. We learnt that her chickens have a special hut in her garden to shelter them and she also told us that they have a long run to let them stretch their legs.

As a special treat today, Mrs Hesketh brought in two of her chickens to show us, Gryffun and Charmander.  They are both girls.  Gryffun is the white chicken, Charmander is the brown one.

We learnt that :

Chickens normally live until they are five years old – Zach.

Chickens lay eggs – Carson.

A chicken’s favourite colour is red – Finn.

Chickens sometimes eat tiny stones – Ronan.

Chickens like to eat apples – Jacob.

When chickens are small their little yellow feathers fall off – Fallon.

They eat insects – Finlay F.

Some chickens lay blue eggs – Aoibhe.

They eat meal worms, these are like sweeties for them – Harry.

They eat other types of fruit – Ciaran.

Chickens sometimes get eaten by foxes – Emily.

Chickens can be called hens – Christy.

Chickens babies are called chicks – Poppy.

Thank you so much Mrs Hesketh for bringing in your lovely chickens. We learnt lots and lots. We were especially pleased to see the egg that Gryffun lay whilst we were outside.