In Nursery we have been looking after some baby caterpillars as part of our new topic about ‘Growing and Minibeasts’.
Our Caterpillars
We have been learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and have been looking closely to see how the caterpillars are changing. The caterpillars we have are still very small, we are waiting for them to grow, then form into cocoons and finally emerge into butterflies. We have been measuring the caterpillars and will continue to do this every week to see how much they will grow.
Here are some of our life cycle pictures.
By Ummeh Zahra
By Qaisar
- By Almas
We used non-fiction books to find out information about the caterpillars, we now know that a butterfly drinks a special liquid called ‘nectar’ which they get from flowers. We have been using our investigation table to find out lots of information about the caterpillars and have enjoyed making predictions and recording our findings.
Our Investigation Table
Dear Nursery
Wow you have been very busy! Thank you for the pictures they helped me learn all about caterpillars and butterflies. What clever scientists you are.
Ms Payne
Headteacher
St Mary Redcliffe Primary School
Bristol
Did you like the caterpillars or not?
I think Nursery has worked really hard learning about Caterpillar.
How did you find Caterpillars?
How did you take care of them?
Did you have fun?
Did you see the Caterpillars turn into Butterfly’s?
How many days did it take the Caterpillars to turn into Butterfly’s?
Wow,nursery. I love your work, I would like to ask some questions.
Where did you get the caterpillars from? How did you get them,like did you put a piece of paper underneath it and put a jar or a glass on top if it? Also do you feed them,if you do then what do you feed them?
Wow! Those caterpillars look amazing and your work is very colourful and it looks like you worked really hard. I bet you all are very excited to see the caterpillars emerge from the cacoon and turn into a buterfly.
Wow those caterpillars look amazing I wonder what colour they might be when they turn into butterflys.
Wow nursery, you have been working really hard.I like your diagrams of the caterpillas life cycle.They are very artistic.
Well done.
I am really impressed with your investigative work Nursery, as well as your fantastic pictures of the life cycles. It is exciting to see the next stages in a caterpillars life cycle – I can’t wait for more updates!
WoW who found the caterpillars?
It would be great to look after caterpillars but who would clean the poo.
wow when you said catapillars i was a bit iffy about it, but when i saw the pictures it completly changed my mind. Keep up the good work.
Wow the life cycle pictures are fantastic. Have you seen them turn into butterflys?
This looks like a very interesting topic nursery children.
It reminds me of my favourite book – The very hungry caterpillar. It is a fantastic story!
Mrs Long
Keighley St Andrew’s CE Primary School & Nursery
I think caterpillars are one of my favourite insects. When we were over at Drummond Road recently we spotted some furry caterpillars. I think its amazing how they turn into butterflies. I’m looking forward to seeing some pictures of the cocoons.
Mrs Zito
Wow those Catapila’s are fantastic keep it up.
I love your life cycle pictures and would be really interested in visiting your wriggly caterpillars. The children in Year 6 are doing some revision at the moment on lifecycles and they would love to come and visit too. You could teach them a lot about caterpillars I’m sure.
Wow,nursery your very own investigation. You should be proud. Where did you get the catipillars from? What do you feed them? I am very excited for more uptades.
Growing caterpillars is so exciting because you want to see what happend and what colours the butterflys woing are going to be.
I dont like caterpillars because of the way they move
Excellent work! They are very interesting creatures.
Mr. Davie
Harden Primary School
Thank you for all your comments.
We got the caterpillar’s from a special store, they are in a special sealed container that includes the caterpillar’s food, so we do not have to feed them. They have enough food in the container, to last them until they emerge into butterflies. Then our job will be to release them. We have been looking after the caterpillars by handling them very carefully, without shaking them. We have been learning about what caterpillars eat in their habitat through non-fiction books and on the internet. We have found out that they eat different types of leaves. Please feel free to come and look at our caterpillars and ask us questions about them.
Wow nursery! I like the pictures of the lifecycle about the caterpillars.
I bet you worked really hard to look after them.