Our chickens have arrived!

Firstly a huge thankyou to two of our school parents, Bernadette and Greg and to the students and teachers who gave up their time during the holidays to build the chicken coop. We came in well under time even with the rain and IKEA instructions. Last Thursday after a lot of investigation and planning we joined the mass of schools on the Far North Coast who already have introduced animals into their schools  by providing six Isa Brown chickens with a new home at our school. Students and staff are very excited as is the canteen as they are the happy recipients of the fresh free range eggs and they are also able to direct a majority of their fruit and vegetable scraps to the chickens. The introduction of chickens to Pottsville Beach Public School will provide invaluable learning opportunities and experiences for the students across the whole school with Stage 3 in particular learning about the care and keeping of chickens through authentic hands on experience.

Tamara Keyes - Coordinator