Our in
depth investigation into the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly has come to a
natural conclusion… we have observed our last chrysalis go from beautiful
emerald green with golden dots to dark grey to transparent and then….. the
butterfly emerged before our eyes!!
Yifan
was reading our information book and was comparing the picture in the book to
our class chrysalis when all of a sudden the chrysalis split open and two
crumpled wings emerged.
Yifan – it open!
We
quickly organised ourselves into a circle to watch the rest of the process.
Mikayla – its wings are only
little
Jonas – it’s a butterfly
Alex – butterfly fly away
Tom D – It got wings
We
left it to dry its wings for the rest of the day and we were amazed to see them
getting bigger and stronger. The
butterfly showed us it was ready to fly when it started to open and close its
wings.
Patrick – its practicing
flying
Flynn – its got long legs
too
We
took our beautiful butterfly outside, flapping our own ‘wings’ to encourage the
butterfly to take off!
We
said a fond farewell and set her free. We knew it was a ‘her’ because our
information book said that the female butterfly has thick black veins on their
wings!
And
then the cycle begins again.
We
were thrilled to have so many Mums at the Princesses Tea Party on Monday – we
hope you had a relaxing day on Mother’s Day and an equally tranquil morning at
the Princesses Tea Party sharing cakes, creating tiaras and having a blissful
time having your nails painted!
Have a
great weekend!
Melissa,
Elodie and Rosalie
