Today was a mixture of excitement and sadness for Primaries 2 and 2/1.  All 20 of our butterflies successfully emerged from their chrysalis and it was time to set them free.  Miss Toner kindly offered to help us as she didn’t mind holding and touching the butterflies.  Miss Boyd was brave too!  At first, the butterflies were quite timid and needed encouraged to fly away.  Mrs Dymock tried her best to capture them on film as they fluttered into the sky but they were too fast for her to follow them with the camera.

We all agreed that this was an amazing learning experience watching tiny caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies.  We know that it was kind to set them free and allow them to start the life cycle again.

Here are our thoughts:

It was nice to have butterflies in our classroom. – Ethan

I liked learning about the life cycle as it was all new to me. – Lilya

I never knew that caterpillars turned into liquid in their chrysalis and then made a new body. – Milo M

I liked going on the minibeast hunt because we got to find out about other insects and what they looked like.  – Megan S

I enjoyed setting the butterflies free. – Megan H

I learned that a butterfly’s black tongue can curl. – Elijah

I liked being able to look at the caterpillars and butterflies up close. – Ellie

I was surprised to hear that a butterfly’s life only lasts around 2 weeks. – Emily

I learned that butterflies taste with their legs. – Rowen

Bye bye butterflies!