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Tag Archives: farm
How are birds adapted for flight?
Year 6 asked this question this week so on Tuesday we had two visitors to Lab_13 – Stella and Matilda the chickens. Unfortunately chickens aren’t very good at flying but as Miss Hogan does not have a pet eagle we had to … Continue reading
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Happy 2nd Birthday Lab_13 Irchester!
As you all know, recently, it was Lab _13’s 2nd birthday!!!!!! It was stupendously stupendous. The day kicked off with an amazing assembly hosted by us, the committee. It was exciting and interactive and we wowed all 350 children with mindblowing … Continue reading
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Science Cinema in Irchester
Last week there was a second movie night and this time the movie was for the little ones: Chicken Run. We thought this would be good because we are raising money for an incubator and chicken eggs. Also, there is food science … Continue reading
Which came first- the chicken or the egg?
Today we have had some very special visitors named Lily and Ginger. They came to answer the question, “Do brown chickens lay brown eggs and white chickens lay white eggs?” Well, you’ve probably guessed, we got chickens earlier today! Some of … Continue reading
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And this little piggy…..
Irchester’s year 3 and 4 Farmers have just taken their second trip to Spinney Barns. The last time we visited they were only 2 days old and not out of their pen yet. But now they are out running about … Continue reading
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Irchester Update
Hi! Jess and Jayden here! It’s Jayden’s first time writing a blog for the committee. We have just run a very successful book sale. We rescued a lot of old science and geography books and posters from being put in the … Continue reading
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