After 20 days in our care, today was time for our now adult butterflies to be released into the wild! We had 10 beautiful and healthy butterflies all of which survived the metamorphosis from caterpillar. I think our net was too comfortable for them as they didn’t want to leave! After some coaxing they flew up and away to find some flowers to get a much needed nectar snack. 🌺🌼🌸 Well
Primary 2 arrived into school for a wonderful surprise. We had 5 butterflies who have emerged from their chrysalises overnight! 🦋🦋 We were very lucky to see two more emerge during the day! What a wonderful experience it has been for the children. Lets hope the final three emerge before our holiday weekend 🤞. Photos by Theo (ICT expert)
All the caterpillars have changed into a cocoon. (Adam) During days 6 to 9 the caterpillars are going through lots of changes inside the chrysalis. We have to wait until they have hardened before moving them to a new habitat. On Friday, Miss Lalmy has removed all the silk surrounding the chrysalises and moved them into the netting in preparation for their metamorphosis into a butterfly. Primary 2 have discussed
Over the weekend we have had lots of changes! The pupils typed up their observations. The caterpillars have turned into cocoons. (Ross) Five of the caterpillars have turned into a chrysalis because they have eaten so much. (Eve) Photographs by Kyle (ICT expert)
Primary 2 had a wonderful surprise arriving into class on Thursday. We had 8 hungry caterpillars! We are going to be observing the changes they go through and writing about their life cycle. It was amazing because our class got to look after caterpillars. (Penny and Harry) They are brown and furry. (Eve) I was so surprised! (Theo)
We had a lovely time when Willie from The Clyde River Foundation came to deliver our trout eggs. The children were so excited to see the eggs up close. We are trying to keep the temperature cold enough. Soon we are getting a visit from Rhona from the Clyde River Foundation. Hopefully soon we can release our new trout.
Friday was a super busy day at the Science Centre for P6. It was the launch of our Clyde in the Classroom topic where we learned how to care for our fish. There was also some time to visit the different floors and explore the different activities.
Primary 5 have been working in groups to plan and prepare how they could investigate the speed at which mould appears on fruit. They discussed possible variables that could be tested and the five variables chosen are: type of fruit, moisture, temperature, exposure to light and size of fruit pieces. They had a busy morning yesterday as they carefully set up their experiments. Over the next two weeks they will
