Easter Chick Hunt

This afternoon, we decided to organise an Easter chick hunt. It was a bit of a faff but it was well worth it - if only for the giggles we got out of it. :)

The children were assigned a chick [numbered] with a card [numbered] to write down their clues. They had to hide it somewhere in the school grounds [which are beautiful by the way, as the school is surrounded by farm land and a forest!] and then write down a clue. All the clues were compiled in a box and dished out at random, so the children could follow a clue to reach a chick. Simple enough.

Some of the clues were priceless!
- 'Up here' with an accompanying arrow.
- 'On the grass' [helpful when there is enough grass to fill a football pitch lol].
- 'Left of the garden' [which, as the children discovered, could be any which way lol].
Etc. [There were too many to list!]

Watching the children search and then support each other with the trickier clues [like those above lol] was really sweet. They seemed to work well in teams and were all running about the grounds with little hats and sunglasses. So cute! My teacher and I just enjoyed being out in the sunshine, though I did help a few children - particularly with working out what the clues actually said, due to some inventive spelling and rushed handwriting lol. My teacher decided that a plenary was necessary [the first one I've ever seen her do lol], so we all sat around on the grass, in the sunshine, and talked about clues. What makes a good clue? What isn't so good? How had they found it? Etc. It was a wonderful way to spend an afternoon and even the children had a laugh at some of the clues [without upsetting anyone, thankfully]. At one point, I nearly lost it - which in turn made my teacher nearly lose it - retaining your composure is hard when things are that funny! Goodness knows what the chickens thought as they watched from their hutch lol! :D