The Eagley animals are an important part of our school life and provide our children with a valuable learning experience.  Under the direct supervision of Mrs Richardson, our children are encouraged to take shared responsibility for the care of the animals.  They learn to nurture and respect life.  The animals frequently appear in our curriculum and their presence supports us in delivering activities which motivate, excite and enthuse our children.

The school has implemented measures to ensure our animals are well cared for.  This information is available from the school on request.

Our Ducks

Our two Cherry Valley ladies ( the white ones ) came from the Little Nest Rescue Centre after being rescued from a commercial breeders along with 250 others. They are called Puddles and Quackers. Our duck pen has a spring that runs down into a bath, so the ducks can have a nice swim and because the spring never stops running, they have constant fresh water.

    They will be looked after by the children in year one. 

Our Hens

Our hens moved into their new enclosure early in 2018, it was kindly built for us by one of our children’s grandparents. we have a Partridge Wyandotte called Dotty, a Buff Orpington called Dixie. a Black Araucana called Doris and an Araucana x called Rosie. Rosie is a bit of an escape artist and can be found every day walking round the playground interacting with the children. All the hens are very quiet, allowing the children to get close up and hands on. They are used in lessons to help the children practice measuring, weighing, and comparing………..

In Spring they start to lay eggs which we use in DT  making omelettes, egg and cress sandwiches, buns and cakes. We use them in scientific experiments looking at the shape and what makes them so strong.

Our Rabbit

Mushroom

Nursery and reception look after our Lop Eared rabbit, Mushroom. She is very friendly and loves to be stroked. She provides nurture sessions for the children helping them to adjust to school life. They take part in her day to day care and learn the importance of kindness to animals.

Mushroom

Our Sheep

Our sheep

The sheep are called Catlemilk Moorits. The Castlemilk Moorit is a rare breed of domestic sheep originating in Dumfriesshire in Scotland. Created as a decorative breed in the 1900s to adorn the parkland of Sir John Buchanan Jardine’s estate, it is a mixture of several primitive types: Manx Loaghtan, Shetland and wild Mouflon. Our two ewes are called Tempe and Peoria, this year (2019) they gave birth to their first lambs, a female called Molly and a male called Josh.

Our sheep help in lessons with measuring, animal categories, life cycles, the importance of preserving rare breed animals, people who help us, farm animals etc….

Each year the sheep are sheared, and the fleece is then used in school to allow the children to try spinning and felt-making.

We were also joined this year with two orphan lambs called Lambert and Daisy. The children put into practise what they have learned in numeracy about weights and measures when they make up the bottles every morning and afternoon.

Our Pony

Our Pony

Chewy is our Miniature Shetland Pony. She is 67cm high and loves lots of attention. She was born in April 2017 and has lived here from being 7 months old.

Chewy comes into class to listen to stories, she helps with Measuring, positional language, mammals, farm animals, people who help us and is great with nurturing.

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