Autumn Walks
Category: HWB
The Dog’s Trust
The Life of a Braidbar Butterfly…
Our first batch of butterflies have emerged from their cocoons a little earlier than expected!
We are soooooooo excited!
Liam – “They look beautiful!”
Noah – “Awesome!”
Olivia – ” They have beautiful wings!”
Jamie – “They can fly now!”
Luca – ” I am excited to see them!”
Ethan – “They’re coming out the cocoons!”
A cosy wee home…
We have officially moved onto stage 3 in the life cycle of our butterflies – the cocoons have developed and they are hanging upside down in our nets!
Isobel – “They’re not wigglin’ anymore!”
Murray – “I can’t see them – they are playing hide and seek.”
Freya – “They are sleeping.”
The caterpillars will stay, snuggled in their cosy new home for up to 2 weeks where they will then emerge as beautiful butterflies – we can’t wait!
We will keep you posted when we have arrived at stage 4!
On your marks, get set – go!
It was our Sports’ Day yesterday (May 20) and we were all sooooooooo excited as our Mummies, Daddies and family members all came to watch us!
We had to listen very carefully for the whistle as this meant we could go!
We ran a flat race and a novelty race – we had so much fun!
Waiting our turn!
Our families were so proud of us – as were our teachers!
The Mummies and Daddies even had a turn too – they were so fast!
Well done to everyone who participated!
The Very Hungry Caterpillars
Some new class mates arrived in the playroom last week – some very hungry caterpillars!
We have been learning about life cycles and living things. The life of a butterfly has four stages:
Stage 1 – the mother lays an egg
Stage 2 – caterpillars hatch
Stage 3 – cocoon developed
Stage 4 – a beautiful butterfly emerges.
Currently, we are at stage 2 and our new friends are growing by the second – they are very hungry!
Thomas – “All they seems to do is munch, munch, munch!”
Maisie – ” I can’t wait to see them turn into butterflies – we will let them go in the secret garden.”
Sophie – “I think we should name them.”
We will update you when they move onto stage 3!
Pink!
On Friday 8 May, Hopscotch Theatre Company came to visit the children to perform Pink! The Musical.
In class, we had been busily practising the song “Slippin’ and a Slidin'” and were able to join in the festivities on the day!
The story is about Patrick the penguin who wakes up one morning and is pink from head to toe.
We learned that everyone in the world is unique and it is this uniqueness that makes us special.
Here are comments/observations from some of the children –
Cameron – “I liked the lady singing ‘smarty pants’!”
Lewis T – “I loved when the penguin turned pink and fell on the ice – so funny!”
Isobel – “It was funny when Patrick said ‘pink stinks!’ It’s ok for boys to like pink too.”
Rayyan – “One morning poor Patrick woke up pink!”
Beth – “The flamingos stood on one leg – I liked that!”
Arlo – “I liked the music and I liked when they jumped over the ice and snowy bits.”
Sophie G – “Everybody’s different – cool!”
Planting up a storm – literally!
Christian – “I brought my own tools – I am with my Mummy!”
A huge thank you to the green-fingered parents and family members who attended our planting sessions last week.
We were very lucky with the weather until the afternoon but everyone soldiered on regardless!
We planted some fir trees, snowdrops, daffodils and an apple and pear tree.
Hopefully they will yield some fruit in the next 2 years!
Smile Too
Thank you to all who attended our Brushathon event.
Over the course of a month the children had been learning about the different ways of keeping healthy – brushing teeth and eating a balanced diet to name a few.
To add to the children’s knowledge we were very lucky to have Benjamin’s Mummy come in to talk us – she is a dentist.
She brought two very cheeky monkeys with her to show us how to brush our teeth correctly.
We all brushed our teeth, listened to stories and watched a special video about ‘Dudley the Dinosaur’ who had to go for a check-up.
Jamie – “The toothpaste is minty – we had to brush for 2 minutes – my arm was sore!”
Mina and Marni looking at what healthy teeth and gums should look like
The children also kept charts of how many times they brushed their teeth over the month and received a certificate for taking part. Well done all round – keeeeeeeeeep brushing!
