Blog 20 - 22nd March
This week we re capped, discussed and named some common insects and minibeasts and wow I was so impressed with the knowledge that most children had remembered from previous weeks!
Together as a large group we made out own ‘MAGICAL MINIBEAST.’ Well, it was actually an insect as the children decided it needed 6 legs! We initially started with a grasshopper-like body, with no head and three eyes! We then added two wings so it could fly and covered it in spots like a ladybird and finally it has a straw like straw to suck up the sugar nectar! Such fun we had creating our magical insect.
At home, I'm wondering if you could create something similar? Things to think about:
What features do we like?
Can our creature fly like a butterfly - how many wings does it have?
Does it have legs - is it an insect?
What colour is it? Is it red like a ladybird?
Can it hover over water like a dragonfly?
Has it got spots or stripes on?
Does it carry its home on its back like a snail?
Lots of our thinking came from these enquiry questions this week... Does a caterpillar know it is going to become a butterfly? Where will our butterflies go… what will they do?
Have a great weekend everyone - I wonder how many different bugs and insects you can find!
Remember our last day in Apple before we break up for Easter is Thursday 28th of March! We are closed Good Friday (29th March!)
Mrs Farrar