Year 5 Iveson Blog

  This week, we are reviewing some of the trickier spellings from year 3 and 4.  Practise spelling these words in preparation for our spelling test on Friday, 2nd July: accidentally appear breath breathe caught decide disappear favourite February heard

When we last updated you, we only had two chicks. However, since then, there have been some exciting developments... Updates The next day, we gasped in surprise after receiving the news that six more eggs had hatched! We now have eight chicks because two of the eggs sadly didn't hatch (this is quite common). Their names are: Hinata, Dove, Ivey, Lord of the Chicks, Yarsha, Erin, Percy and Joshua (who you already know about). They all settled in nicely and were happy to see their siblings. Holding the Chicks for the First Time Holding the chicks was a very fun experience. We were all talking excitedly until we realised that we needed to talk more quietly otherwise the chicks would become scared. Also, beware of them pooping on your hand! The chicks were quite frightened at first, which made it difficult to hold them in our hands. However, eventually we all started to become accustomed to each other. Now we are much more attuned to their nature. When we we...

As you know, the last time we updated you on the progress of the chicks, we had just four from the ten eggs. We are both excited and delighted to announce that we now have nine chicks! Sadly, the tenth egg didn't hatch-this is actually quite common and could have been for many reasons. However, the ones that have hatched are called: Naruto, Elly, Sam, Donkey, Binx, Noodle, Shrek, Fiona and Trouble. They are growing as they now have developed adult feathers and are eating and drinking quite a lot. Consequently, we are now having to clean their brooder box much more regularly! Despite their bodily functions, the chicks are actually rather fragile, soft and adorable. When holding them for the first time, we found that they were very warm and trembling like jelly! It was important that we didn't squeeze them, otherwise it could damage their delicate bodies. We had to keep the noise down so that we didn't petrify them. This was a big task for our cracking class...

 This morning, we walked into the classroom and wondered, what had happened to the chicks wings? The chicks from Hawks class had a sleepover at Mrs Fawcett's house this weekend, but they come back looking very different! We wanted to know - what has happened to the feathers on their wings? Do you know what is happening to our chicks?

Today, at approximately 11.15am, Doves returned to their classroom after drumming, shocked. They were astonished to hear the delightful sound of a chick's beak rapidly pecking from the inside of one of the eggs in our incubator.They soon discovered a little chick's head had found its way out of its egg. At present, we cannot tell if the chicks are male or female. Despite this, we named the first chick, Joshua. Joshua the chick looked exhausted from its hard work escaping the shell. Surprisingly, it was not the yellow fluffy chick you would imagine. In fact, Joshua looked wet, slimy and was covered in blood. Soon after, Joshua became more stable and able to walk and soon started to hug the remaining eggs. Excitedly cheeping, Joshua seemed to be calling for the other siblings to break free and join them. After lunch, Joshua's calls were successful as another chick hatched. The atmosphere was one of excitement as we all huddled around the incubator watching ...

Have you ever seen a miracle? Have you ever witnessed the magical event of a beautiful creature hatching right before your eyes? Well, today in Hawks class, we were lucky enough to see this for ourselves as we were present for the birth of FOUR baby chicks!   As we entered the classroom, we heard screaming. The room was embroiled in excitement. Gasps and chatter filled the air. At first, we thought someone had won the lottery. But when the excitement settled down, we could hardly believe it as we laid eyes on the newest member of our class. We were astonished to discover the chick that had emerged from the once-perfectly intact egg. After a few minutes, you could hear the delicate cheeps of the im'peck'able chick. It was chirping gloriously over the shouts of amazement from the children, which was 'egg'cellent. Our first chick was named Naruto. With bright yellow fluff, we saw the chick stomping around the incubator. Little Naruto was quite drai...

When Mrs Fenske, Mr Edwards and Mrs Fawcett arrived at school this morning, we discovered that one of the chicks in Hawks class had hatched! The chick was cheeping loudly and still damp from being inside the egg.  Lots of the other eggs in both Hawks and Doves class were beginning to move and to show cracks.  By the time the children arrived in Hawks class, another chick had hatched!  Here is a picture of the chick that had just hatched - doesn't it look tired?

  Year 5 have some exciting visitors - 10 eggs arrived for each class on Monday morning and we are incubating them. This involves keeping the temperature in the  incubator as close to 37 ° as possible and ensuring that the eggs are safe and not moved at all. We hope that on Wednesday they might start hatching! Mrs Fenske and Mrs Myers definitely heard some tiny peeps after school today, so there might be signs of chicks very soon. Here is the incubator setup and the brooder box, which will house the chicks once they are hatched, dry and fluffy.