Nungurner Primary School Presents The Nungurner News Nungurner Primary School 17th September, 2015 Waiting For Our Ducklings Written and Published by Grade Prep One students Chief Editor: Bronwyn van der Velden Reporters: Scarlett Fyfe Amara Fyfe Sarah Martin Tahlia Tincknell Trinity Whitfield Jordan Van Dam Rusty Thorn Amber Kleinitz Katie Bourke Jack Eastley Incubator full of eggs by the Preps Tuesday September 1st We have 27 duck eggs in an incubator. We got the eggs from Rusty s farm. Rusty said, When I go near my ducks they go QUACK, QUACK, QUACK!! Baby ducks are growing in the eggs. The ducks will hatch in 32 days. We put water on the eggs and turn them every day. Inside this issue: Waiting for the ducks 1 Duck timetable 2 Duckling Observations 3 SPECIAL POINTS OF INTEREST Ducklings feel the sunshine Looking after the ducklings How to name a duckling Duckling stories
Duckling Timeline. Monday Sept Ducklings 6, 7 and 8 hatched: Marlo, Melissa and Martin 14th Saturday Sept Duckling 5 died: Poor Marmalade 12th Friday Sept 11th Ducklings 3, 4 and 5 hatched: Mustard, Max and Marmalade Thursday Sept Duckling 2 hatched: Molly 10th Week 5 Wednesday Sept 9th The big kids went off to camp in the morning. After recess Ms V checked the incubator. Oooh look! she said, We have a duckling! Duckling 1: Marmaduke Week 4 Week 3 We turned the eggs each day. Phoebe and her family came and looked after them on the weekends. Week 2 Week 1 Friday Sept 7th Eggs go into the incubator. We marked them with an X on one side and a O on the other so we would now if they had been turned each day. Page 2 The Nungurner News
Seeing the Ducklings Hatch...observations from our Science Journal Wednesday September 9th Our first duckling hatched today. Our Observations: It s legs were stuck in the egg It was wet It was yellow and brown. The egg shell was broken. The duckling cheeped. We saw it move; it looked weak. Friday September 11th We have four ducklings now. We held our ducklings today. Our Observations: They used their milk tooth to crack the egg. They were jumpy They felt fluffy They have webbed feet. Their beaks are pink. We saw it move; it looked weak. While we were working today our fifth duckling hatched. We noticed a crack in the egg. Then we saw the top of the shell breaking. Then the top of the duckling s head came out. Then we saw his body and then he came completely out of the shell. Nungurner Primary School Page 3
How to Name a Duckling By Scarlett Fyfe We had four ducklings on Wednesday. I met Mustard. I like Mustard. They all start with M.. Mustard Molly Marmalade Max Note from Editor: We read a book about a duck called Marmaduke so decided to name our first duck a er him. That s how we decided on M names. We all thought of names star ng with M, wrote them down and put them in a container and as each new duckling hatched we pulled out a name. Our ducks are Muscovys Page 4 The Nungurner News
Our Ducklings Jordan The ducks are fluffy. Marmaduke, Mustard, Molly, Max, Marlo, Melissa and Martin Jack The ducks were in the incubator. The ducks were fluffy. Nungurner Primary School Page 5
Our Ducklings By Tahlia We have one duck today. It is cute. We love it. We have four ducks now! We held the ducks today. I held Mustard. He was cute. He is fluffy. What Does a Duckling Weigh? Duckling Predicted Weight Weight Marmaduke 75gms 59gms Molly 127gms 76gms Mustard 70gms 60gms Max 9gms 73gms Marlo 71gms 64gms Melissa 75gms 52gms Martin 71gms 60gms We put the ducklings in an ice-cream container and then put them on the scales. They were a bit jumpy. Most of the ducklings weighed less than we predicted they would. Molly was the heaviest and Melissa was the lightest.
By Amara One of our ducklings hatched. We were excited. It is our first duckling. It is cute. It s name is Marmaduke. It looks fluffy. By Amber Today the eggs hatched. Two chicks hatched today. They are cute and cuddly. By Katie We held the ducks. I liked it. I held Mustard
NPS DUCKLINGS...BY SARAH MARTIN The NPS has 7 ducklings. They are so cute. Lara, Ethan, Phoebe, William, Holly, Tahlia, Amara, Scarle%, Trin, me, Jordan, Jack, Amber, Ka(e, Rusty, Ms V and Emma get to hold them. One has an ear piercing quack. I kept saying Be quiet, but she kept on doing it. My ears hurt a lot! We s(ll have lots of eggs to go. The end.
Ducks enjoy the sunshine
Our Ducklings By Rusty When I go down to my ducks they go QUACK QUACK QUACK By Trinity One duck today, Marmaduke duck. Four ducklings. Five today! Seven ducklings!!!