Student News
Chickens
by Venice
Do you remember the chicks we had in the Prep Room last year?
When they popped out of their shells and they were strong enough,
I took all six of them to my grandma’s house to live.
One of the chicks, unfortunately, died. Three of the chicks turned
out to be roosters and had to be given away. And two chicks grew
into chickens and now happily live at my grandma’s house with all
her other chickens.
My grandma named the two chicks Luna and Georgia. They are best
friends and always hang out together. They drink plenty of water,
they eat wheat, organic chicken feed, bread and vegetable scraps.
They go to sleep when the sun goes down and wake up when the sun comes up.
And best of all, they each lay one egg a day.
FUN CHICKEN FACTS:
- There are more chickens on Earth than people
- Chickens can remember 100 different faces
- Chickens are the closest living relative to the T-Rex
- Chickens can see and dream in full colour
- If chickens listen to classical music they lay bigger eggs
- Mother chickens talk to their chicks whilst they’re still in their egg and the chicks chirp back through their shells
- Chickens have feelings
- Chickens learn their names quite quickly
- Chickens can swim
- Research indicates that chickens are smarter than toddlers
CHICKEN JOKES OF THE DAY:
Q. What does a chicken lay on Easter Day?
A. An Easter Egg of course!
Q. Why did the chicken join the band?
A. She had the drumsticks!
Q. Why did the gum cross the road?
A. It was stuck to the chicken’s foot
Owen busy creating!
Ideas from SMPPSs Student Executive Team
WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT OUR SMPPS COMMUNITY
If you feel stressed out after lots of work you can meditate or just sit in a quiet spot and relax your shoulders, it will help you feel calm. If it’s a rainy day and you have sports you can just do some sports activities inside! You can scrunch up paper then you can throw it like a tennis ball!
Joshua, Director of Sports & Engagement
You can put a teddy bear outside your window to show that you are supporting our SMPPS community.
Lydia, Director of Community & Engagement
If you get stuck on a school activity, call one of your school mates and ask them what they did!
Matisse, Director of Marketing and Communications
ACTIVITIES TO TRY
Making snow
Henrique, Director of STEM Learning
You will need:
- White Hair Conditioner
- Baking soda
- Twigs, Cocktail Stick, Ribbon, Orange Marker, Pebbles (optional – these are for the snowman, but you don’t need to make the snow man if you don’t want)
First get a small mug and fill it up with baking soda. You need to do this three times!
Then get white hair conditioner and fill it up half way in your mug.
Then pour the baking soda and the white hair conditioner into a large bowl.
Then start mixing it with your hands until it feels soft. If it’s too sticky, pour some more baking soda and start mixing it together.
I hope you like it! For further information visit this link: https://youtu.be/AZbjrYcNpPs
And remember, SAFETY FIRST! Make sure you have an adult supervising you at all times and make sure you wash your hands and don’t touch or scrub your eyes during the process of making it.
Exercising
with Tom, Director of Sports & Engagement
Give these a go!
Schedule your Exercise
Aggy, Director of Sports & Engagement
Art
Spencer, Director of the Arts
Magical Moments from Team 1PYKB
- Reading the additional lines created by the students for The Wonky Donkey and The Dinky Donkey – they were so creative and funny!
- Our morning team meets, especially when we have a SCAVENGER HUNT!
- Gus – sharing all of his drawings and creative stories with us!
- Vivienne – for persisting and developing confidence with her reading!
- All the support our SMPPS community have shown to each other and to us – THANK YOU!
Here are a few snapshots showing what has been important to us
