Nature at Chater Infant School

Egg-citing News  We have some very egg-citing news to share with you. The Nursery Class will have a very special delivery today from a farm in Norfolk.  We will have some real eggs delivered to Nursery.  We will keep them warm in an incubator and wait to see if they will hatch.   Facts about eggs: Did you know lots of animals lay eggs?   Can you name some?  Here are some pictures of animals which lay or hatch out from eggs.     Which animal do you think will hatc h from the Nursery eggs? Challenge:  If you would like to draw an animal which lays eggs or hatches out from an egg, give the pictures to your class teacher to pass to Mrs Spinage and some of them can be added to the blog!  

  Tadpole adventures at Chater At the end of last term we were surprised to see something exciting in Nursery and Reception classrooms.  Each class now has a tank of tiny tadpoles. Mrs Spinage has collected some frogspawn.  It was laid in a pond by a female frog.  Each egg was a black spot inside a ball of jelly. Here is a picture of the frogspawn when it started to come out of the jelly eggs.  Can you see how the 'black spot' changed shape?  This was the tadpole beginning to grow. After a day the tadpoles came out of the eggs and rested at the bottom of the tank.   The next day they started swimming around.    You could see some feathery gills at the head end.  This was how the tadpole could breathe under the water.  The teachers have been feeding them some cucumber.  The tadpoles seem to like it! Maybe you can find out more about tadpoles and how they will eventually turn into frogs.  Check back on this blog to...

  Everyone has been thinking about the environment and taking part in activities to remind others about looking after the planet. Here are some examples of the work we have done at Chater Infants. I was really impressed with these models and posters-Well Done!!

 We have put food out for birds  in case they are hungry in the cold Winter months.

  We have been learning about birds and feeding the birds. We took part in the RSPB schools bird watch.

       Happy New Year everyone ! I can see lots of birds out of my window and they are busy looking for food. In the cold Winter months it is a good idea to feed the birds and also give them a bowl of water if the ground is frozen.  The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ( RSPB ) are running a Garden Bird Watch event from the 28th to the 30th of January. They are asking us to keep a record and report back to them how many birds and different species that we see over those 2 days. Even if you have not got a garden then you can watch out for birds from a window or balcony. Take a look at their website - rspb.org.uk where you will find details of this activity and be able to order a bird identification poster.  The Woodland Trust also have a good website where you can find out about nature. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2018/12/top-15-winter-birds/