Their adventures are part of PAW's new 'Critters in the Classroom' program and this is the first school to jump on board. “My favourite thing about the guinea pigs is they’re cute, but they smell bad,” said student Amar Al Aawar. Taking a field trip from the People for Animal Wellbeing Shelter (PAW), the piggy pair joined the classroom on Monday. “It’s just been a bit of another incentive to get our kids to read.” “Some of our kids are reluctant to read to others or even adults to hear them read one-to-one, so it’s a nice way for them to practise either reading aloud or even just a quite space to spend some time with something that’s really calm,” said Hall. However, the boys have an important task outside of group lessons as well. She says she has been able to incorporate the pigs into the normal curriculum. “In math, we’re measuring how much food we’re giving them daily and we’re going to use that to sort of graph and chart.” “We’re using them for stimulus for all of our writing at the moment, so we are turning our pet guinea pigs into super heroes and what crazy adventures they’re going to go on… let’s wait and see,” said teacher, Tracy Hall. Nestled quietly in the corner, the duo has an important job and a lot of responsibility. “We’re so happy to have them because they’re really cute and friendly,” said student Aubrey Pilaspilas.

The new students have four legs instead of two and are guinea pigs instead of human, but their classmates aren’t complaining. Hall’s fourth grade class at Beaverbrook School in Moncton, N.B. Two new names have been added to the attendance sheet in Mrs.

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