As eggs are a significant symbol of Easter, Year 3I and 3/4G at Rochedale State School, participated in an integrated study examining this topic. Our unit covered the Key Learning Areas of Science, SOSE, Language, Maths, Art and Technology.

During the orientating phase of the unit, the children engaged in meaningful activities including egg experiments, identifying parts of an egg and animals that lay eggs.

In order to enhance these activities we organised to have an egg hatching program delivered to the classroom. This program gave the children first hand experience in observing the first stages of the chicken life cycle.

The Henny Penny Egg Hatching Program was set up for two weeks, beginning Monday, 17^th March, 2003. The children were responsible for the monitoring the incubation unit, observing the hatching of the chicks, and feeding the chicks as they grew.

While the program was set up the children were actively participating in relevant activities including written observations, chicken descriptions, growth timelines, egg-cellent egg words, and the part they enjoyed the most being the chicken jokes which they brought along each day to share with the class.

To celebrate the children’s chicken rearing success we organised an EGGSTRAVAGANZA DAY. On this day parents were invited to view the children’s work, in particular all their egg work, and bring an eggstravagant delicacy to share for lunch. To comply with the Eggstravaganza theme these delicacies were made of egg or chicken. The children wore Easter hats which they had made for homework.

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