‘Perfect for Primary-aged children – from the Nursery upwards. Even the local Community is often involved’.
‘Supported and enhanced delivery of Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum.’
‘EYFS planning was very useful.’
The Living Eggs Programme ‘is an amazing visual aid and that the children were very engaged in the Life Cycle process. For some it was the first understanding of where chicks come from!’
‘We usually have Living Eggs every year. Beneficial for children’s language development and talking about changes observed with the chicks. It fits in well with ‘Understanding and Knowledge of the World. In our setting the nurturing is invaluable.
Engaged the children in learning and also engaged some of our ‘hard to reach ‘ families and brought them into the setting.
There was an amazing response from pupils and it enabled social communication skills amongst peer groups. Some groups who find communication difficult came out of their shells too.’
‘All pupils at the Centre were involved – brought out the softer side of our more troubled pupils’
‘A very enjoyable and educational resource – the children were enthralled, Engaging older Children and Raising the Profile of Science Within The School’
’Very educational, created lots of awe and wonder as well as good questions.’
‘Brilliant! All children were engaged. It was emotionally and academically a success’ ‘We have had a truly amazing time, thank you for the opportunity.’
‘I would like to thank you for our amazing chick experience. The whole process has been very professional and incredibly enjoyable’.
‘Always wonderful as the ‘Wow’ factor. It encourages children to talk and is a platform for much learning.’
‘Has brought the whole school community together. All ages have identified with the whole Programme – adults, parents, children, siblings, nursery…Perfect!
‘The whole school became involved watching the progress on our school learning platform, video clips and regular visits.’
‘This has been an amazing experience for our school. Thank you for providing this service. It has not only brought our whole school community together, it has generated many discussions both in school & for our families at home.’
‘Helps support our Creative Curriculum.’
‘Created ‘awe and wonder’ for children, particularly less able. Promoted good writing experience, especially for boys’
‘Brilliant! We made a film about the life cycle.’
‘Wonderful for language development, Science, writing inspiration, caring for each others/animals…’
‘The Programme impacted on the children’s speech development & awareness of the wider world.’
‘Gave an insight into the reproductive cycle of animals & increased enthusiasm for this area of Science leading to a higher quality of questioning.’
‘Great educational tool. Children were really engaged.’
‘Adds value to the Curriculum & experiential learning.’
‘Supported all of our EYFS Curriculum.’
‘Great learning experience for all the children which created great use of language, understanding of the world & number work & writing.’
‘Beneficial with Understanding the World for EYFS and we got brilliant writing from the children as they were so interested.’
‘Lots of ‘Wow’ moments – used to reinforce life cycle, animals and their young.’
‘Children’s education literally coming to life’
‘Delivery was friendly and helpful. The Programme was easy and well planned with great information. It was absolutely fantastic. We had parents in each day as well! We put the chicks on a live link to our website each night. ‘Children across the school have been in awe of the programme’.
‘Created ‘awe and wonder’ among school community.’
‘The whole school benefited, great talking, learning, care & respect, super PSE… Brilliant, love it!’