In Class 2 our children have been very creative making Spring bunting to decorate our school. We also went on a walk around our school grounds looking for signs of Spring.
Signs of Spring
Category : Class 2
Farewell to our furry friends… 
Yesterday we said goodbye to the 13 chicks we have been looking after for the last ten days. The children have been fascinated watching them hatch and develop in such a short space of time. When they left yesterday most of the chicks had started to grow their wing feathers and some were even beginning to take flight!
The children in EYFS have helped with cleaning their brooder boxes, changing their water and replenishing their food. Best of all, they’ve loved taking it in turns to hold them. We have been so impressed with how kind and gentle the children have been when handling them.
The chicks were collected by The Happy Chick Company who will now take care of them on their farms where they will produce free range eggs for the supermarkets. We wish the chicks a very happy life roaming the countryside .
It’s Bearly Believable…
But yes, Norton Infant School has it’s very own Bear Cub – Crewso!
A short while ago, I launched a competition to design a limb or part of a large fibre glass bear cub in aid of raising funds for Leeds Children’s Hospital, who are currently supporting one of our families. Below is Bruce, who has found the very first bear on the Leeds Bear Hunt Trail, at Leeds Hospital whilst receiving his treatment.
We have received some beautiful, thoughtful and intricate entries for the competition from most year groups across the campus and I am very proud to announce the artists taking part in the design and decoration of our very own bear cub are…. Ava from 6SO, Evelyn from 4TE, James from 3LG, Olivia in Class 4, Isla in Class 2, Alarna in Class 1 and Lily-Mai in Nursery. As the project forms part of a legacy from our 2022 Foundation Stages Autumn Expedition of “How do we care for the bears?” Every child in the Foundation Stage and Nursery will be contributing their hand print to the final design also.
The artwork on the bear has commenced and each child has been carefully following their designs to produce an outstanding piece of art, which will be displayed in Leeds City Centre over the summer. Everyone is invited to visit our bear and take part in the Leeds Bear Hunt and feel proud that we have contributed to this fantastic event in aid of such a worthy cause. These children are activists making a difference to their community and we are incredibly proud of them. With teamwork and collaboration anything is possible! Here is a sneak peak of what has been happening….
Star Bakers this week are…
Elvio, Eden, Mollie and David who made delicious vanilla and chocolate buns that even had an Easter chick on top! 
Day 4 – Our little chicks
The chicks have now been moved into a brooder box. They have settled beautifully into their new home.
The children have shown real care and consideration for our little chicks, which has been really lovely to see.
We are so happy watching them grow 
Day 3 in the Norton Incubator…
The chicks have started to hatch! We came into school this morning to find six chicks had made their way out into the world. Two more have joined them this morning too which the children were able to watch.
We’ll be transferring them into their brooder boxes this afternoon so they can enjoy more freedom and allow the other chicks to hatch in peace.
Cheep cheep Our chick’s have hatched 
We have had an exciting start to the day. We have discovered that some of our little chick’s have hatched and we have even watched one of them coming out of the egg 
We are looking forward to watching them grow over the next week 
Day 2 in the Norton Incubator…
We’ve noticed some of the eggs wobbling and watched the first crack appear… The children have loved taking care of the chicks so far and can’t wait to meet the first one that hatches. We’ve set up a video recording over night in the hope that we can catch it on camera .
Our star bakers this week are…
Isaac, Tayla, Arya and Noah. They created delicious butterfly buns to share with their crews! 
We have some special visitors…
The children in EYFS are very excited by the arrival of 14 chicks that are two to three days from hatching!
We are going to be watching them very closely to see if we can see any eggs with cracks or wobbling meaning the chicks are starting to make their way out into the world. It’s going to be great fun looking after them over the next two weeks!
