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For most young children Easter eggs come wrapped in foil, delivering little more than tooth decay and tummy ache.

For the children of one South Oxhey primary school, however, things have been very different this year.

Pupils at Warren Dell School, in Gosforth Lane, welcomed 11 living Easter eggs' into class last week to learn more about nature and the true origins of their food.

The eggs arrived in class last Monday and, after a period of incubation, soon developed into living, breathing chicks for the children to study and enjoy.

Deputy headteacher Jenny Howlett explained: "This was a way of teaching the children about natural science while keeping them interested. We also made a video of the chicks hatching for the children's media project."

After learning how to care for birds the children were left to come up with names.

Worryingly for the feathered class guests, however, theses included Korma, Tikka, Kentucky, Dippers, Nugget, Cajun, and Kiev.

Not everything, however, was quite as straight forward.

Ms Howlett added: "We had quite a lot of explaining to do to tell them these weren't the same as the eggs you get in Tesco and that there was no danger of a chick popping out at breakfast.

"But it really made them think about nature and where food really comes from. Some of them said they would stop eating chicken but most just accepted that was how things were. It was a great exercise and they really took a lot from it."

7:46am Monday 24th March 2008

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