We have been carefully watching the tadpoles over the last week - they are certainly getting bigger but they have not started to develop any more.  Did you know it can take up to 70 days for the tadpoles to get their back (hind) limbs?!

The chicks stayed in school this week - all of the children got to have them in their class for a day and those children who wanted to got to hold them.  They were all very excited and were SO gentle with them - well done everyone! It has been lovely having the chicks in school; we hope to do the same next year!

The tadpoles have changed lots over the weekend too -can you look at the pictures from Friday and explain what has changed? Do you know which part will develop next?

I was very surprised to see the chicks this morning -their wings have developed so much over the weekend!

Luckily, the Covid - 19 restrictions do not apply to chicks and they were able to go and stay at Miss Ferdow's house for the weekend.  She told me that they liked going for walks around the house with her!

Do we have tadpoles today? Were any of the classes right? Take a look....

The chicks have been moved out of the incubator now - they still like to huddle together to keep warm though! How many chicks can you see?!

We were very surprised when we came in this morning - the frogspawn have started to change shape already! Some classes predicted when we will see tadpoles... some said tomorrow, some said Monday, some said the end of next week.  Who do you think will be right?!

Today, we started the day with 2 chicks and ended with 5! Year R looked carefully at the colour of the chicks to try and work out which ones are boys and which ones are girls.  Do you know which are which?

We don't just have chicks in school - we have frog spawn too! We can't wait to watch the life cycle of a frog in action!