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Jun 2021
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A family of ducks have made themselves at home waddling through the corridors of a Ripley primary school.
The mother duck and her four ducklings were first spotted by staff at Ripley Endowed C of E Primary School earlier this week.
The animal family is thought to have nested in the school garden over half-term.
The staff expected them to have made their way down to the river but instead they have made themselves at home; wandering the corridors and hanging out in the playground.
Mrs Walker, key stage one teacher, said:
The children have been learning about ducks since they arrived and four has become the youngest class's number of the week.
The school is not unfamiliar to sharing its space with other birds. A family of Swallows regularly return to nest above a classroom door.
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