This week class 1 have been learning about the life cycle of a butterfly.  We watched an amazing class clip which shows how a caterpillar hatches from a tiny egg.  Did you know that the caterpiller eats the egg that it hatches from?  We watched carefully as the caterpillar transforms into a chrysalis, and then how the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis.   Miss Barrie had the most fun of all, watching our facial expressions during the class clip!

The Life Cycle of a Butterfly

‘The egg is on the leaf.  The egg is tiny’ – Joe

‘The egg hatches and then it hatches more and more and more.  A caterpillar comes out’ – Cameron

‘The caterpillar likes to eat the egg’ – Yolie

‘The caterpillar eats leaves’ –  David

‘Inside the chrysalis the caterpillar is busy and will turn into a butterfly’ –  Lewis

‘In Jake and The Neverland Pirates the golden caterpillar turns into a golden butterfly’ – Jayden

‘Out of the chrysalis comes a butterfly’ – David

We created life cycle posters by sticking the different stages of the life cycle in the correct order.  We also demonstrated our understanding of the life cycle of a butterfly during drama. 

Miss Waddell taught us a butterfly dance; we tried hard to remember the steps and used colourful scarves as props, to represent our wings.  We enjoyed recording and watching our dance routine to help us self-assess our work.