Dear Families,
There was great interest in our new resident caterpillar
this week. The children wanted to know what the little green dots were on the
bottom of the enclosure, how many legs he has, which end his mouth was and when
will he turn into a butterfly? So many questions! We decided to watch some
short youtube clips on caterpillars and found out so many interesting facts
that we didn’t know previously.
There are hundreds and thousands of different
caterpillars - Sebastian
They shed their skin like a snake - Lewis
They eat
their egg when they come out of it - Charlie O
They eat leaves and then get
fat - Angus
They turn into a chrysalis and then a beautiful butterfly - Zara
They lay thousands of eggs at one time - Henry
Zara, Henry and Charlie were fascinated with the concept
of a lifecycle, which was introduced in one of the videos, and decided to make
their own poster on the lifecycle of a butterfly. We will eagerly observe our
caterpillar over the next few weeks to see what wonderful changes might take
place. They are amazing little creatures!
Following on from our investigations into balance the
children have been attempting to use their favourite yoga poses to inspire
clay sculptures. Using wooden body models, they have positioned the body parts
into the correct yoga positions and then attempted to mirror these in clay.
There has been a little bit of frustration from some at how they could make the
clay look like the body, but with support they realised that if they start with
one body part at a time (usually the head) they could then add the other body
parts one by one! Come and have a look at the results - the children have done
an amazing job.
With so much interest of late in writing and drawing we
added envelopes, stamps and a letter box to our writing table this week. The
children have written and drawn so many special letters to loved ones and
posted them off. Archie even sent one to his old friend Isaac in England and
added a special kiss to his letter before he posted it. The postman will be very
busy this week delivering all our letters.
Best wishes,
Emma, Mel and Cris
