WHEN THIS team of high-flying pupils want a break from their A-level studies they wander down to their school's henhouse to check up on their new feathered friends.
Four chickens, with their own run and secure home, are the latest addition to the King Edward VI Grammar School community.
A team of six sixth-formers are in charge of caring for the coop, making sure they have enough food and water and are locked up safely at night.
They also collect the eggs which are sold in school with all cash going towards the hens' upkeep.
Adam Kania, 17, who keeps chickens at home, approached head Tom Sherrington with the idea when he was in Year 10 and was given the thumbs-up – but told to wait until he was in the sixth form.
He recruited friends Jaimie Clifford, Fred Forsey, Edward Friel, Deelan Vadher, and Josh Watts, and earlier this term they saw their dream come true.
Adam said: "We organised everything ourselves, from agreeing the site and making sure it was the right size and fit for purpose, and then sourcing the chickens and the hen house.
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