Youngsters receive baby chicks
Youngsters with the baby chicks. Picture: Shane Dean - Credit: Archant
Youngsters of a Tickenham Primary School has welcomed new arrivals to their classrooms.
Eight baby chicks have hatched at the school, in Clevedon Road.
The school plans to keep the chicks, who were donated by a parent, as they grow into chickens.
Youngsters will eventually collect the hatched eggs and sell them on as pupil-led business enterprise.
MORE: Primary school earns Government recognition.
The chicks will join the school’s popular dog, Gatsby, in being the pet animals kept on site.
The school, which has 79 pupils on roll and is part of the Clevedon Learning Trust, earned a ‘good’ Ofsted rating in January.
You may also want to watch:
Headteacher Tristan Merriam believes the animals have been a big hit with the youngsters.
He said: “These chicks are extremely popular with the pupils.
Most Read
- 1 £350k funds for North Somerset projects opens
- 2 Nailsea Bowls Club captains open season in usual style
- 3 New school to open in Yatton later this year
- 4 Events in Weston and beyond to look forward to this summer
- 5 How to order free Covid home tests
- 6 Group protests against new police and crime bill
- 7 Cycling routes added to Nailsea Charity Walks fundraiser
- 8 Restaurateur pledges to raise £5k for cinema
- 9 Rotary thanks shoppers for foodbank donations in lockdowns
- 10 Man charged with two counts of attempted murder
“Animals are wonderful for children, so we are very excited to have the chicks at our school.
“All the children can’t wait to take care of them and see them grow.”
