Releasing our butterflies in to the wild!

Date: 9th May 2021 @ 5:20pm

Over the past 3 week Reception have been closely observing our classroom caterpillars.  We have be watching how they have grown and changed and talking about the lifecycle of the butterfly.  When the caterpillars first arrived they were tiny, so small we had to use our magnifying glasses to look at them.  Each day they have grown bigger and bigger because they have been eating the caterpillar food.  Last week the caterpillars hung upside down and made a chrysalis around their body.  At this point we carefully transferred them into out butterfly net and waited patiently for the butterflies to emerge.  Finally on Thursday morning we watched as a butterflies emerged from their chrysalis.  It was amazing!  Their wings were very wet so we had to wait for them to dry.  The we put some orange segments in the net for the butterflies to feed on.  On Friday afternoon we talked about the importance of the butterflies being free so we let them go in the garden.  They were very friendly and they enjoyed perching on the children's hands before flying off.   Have a look at some of the amazing pictures of the children holding them.