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Classes, Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

Butterfly news…

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 were very excited to see that more butterflies have emerged from their chrysalis.  P2a now have 7 butterflies and P2/1 have 4 so far.  All of P2b’s caterpillars are still inside their chrysalis transforming.  Miss Toner helped us to put some sugary water in a bowl at the bottom of the butterfly garden for the butterflies to drink.  We are also going to put some apple slices in for them to eat too.  The red liquid that you can see inside the net is not blood.  It is extra liquid that the butterfly uses to stretch its wings out.  It’s not very pretty to look at but it is important for the wing formation.

We hope to release the butterflies on Monday!

Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

Beautiful Butterfly

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Primary 2 have some very exciting news…one of our butterflies has emerged from its chrysalis!

Archie was heading back to his desk to do some maths work when he spotted the wings hanging on the silk paper.  He quickly came to tell Mrs Dymock who didn’t believe him at first as they had looked at the chrysalis’ in the morning and there was no change to them.  The hard work that Primary 2 were doing must have made the butterfly want to come out and investigate!

The wings were closed tightly, however they have started to open now and the red liquid from their wings are on the paper.  This means that its wings are getting stronger.

Primary 1 came over for a visit to meet our new butterfly and to learn lots of new interesting facts.

We know that we need to care for the butterflies before releasing them.  We need to put some sugary water and flowers into the butterfly garden for the butterfly to drink before it is strong enough to set free.

We can’t wait for the rest of them to join us!

Classes, Primary 1, Primary 2, School News

5 chrysalis hanging in a row…

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Primaries 2 and 2/1 would like to say a huge thank you to Miss Toner for helping us transfer our caterpillar chrysalis’ into their new environment.  She had to be very careful when moving them as they are extremely delicate and are in the process of turning into a butterfly.  Although they don’t look like they are doing very much right now, a lot of changes are happening inside the chrysalis.  The caterpillar’s body turns into liquid inside the chrysalis and then a new body forms.  We are excited to see the wings emerge from the chrysalis!

Yesterday, Emily and Ethan brought in a photo album containing photographs of the life cycle of a butterfly that their mum had taken in her own back garden.

We then made mobiles to hang in our classroom showing the life cycle.

We will keep you informed of what happens next!