We’ve been learning so much about creatures this half term including how they come out and hunt at night and are nocturnal, or in the daytime so they are diurnal. We created collages to show which animals come out at the different times… Can you spot them and name them..?
The French composer Camille Saint-Saëns created some music about creatures using lots of different musical instruments. Listen to the different pieces about animals such as a lion, swan and chickens.
Listen to this delightful story by Jill Tomlinson about Plop the barn owl who is too scared of night time.
Listen to and watch the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra telling the story of Peter and the Wolf using instruments like clarinets, violins and oboes.
Try sorting the different shapes correctly into the table:
Are the shapes, patterns or letters symmetrical – do they reflect..? Sort them in this game:
How quickly can you remember your number facts? Play this game!
The Painted Lady Butterfly larvae (caterpillars) pupated at the weekend… They will transform over the next few days. Three of them didn’t manage to hang themselves up properly but we hope they will still hatch healthily. Take a look at shape and colour of them… What do you notice..? Watch the clip using the link below to remind yourself of the cycle so far and how they will change.
These are 2Ms caterpillars ready to pupate. They are making a ‘j’ shape with their bodies.
Click on the link for a short clip that shows their whole life cycle:
Wow! Look at the size (length and thickness) of the caterpillars at the end of this week!!! They’re about 5 centimetres long now – How quickly they have grown!!! There is so much caterpillar poo called ‘frass’ in the pot now (the small and larger dark green balls) and lots of rolled up old skin that they have shedded (the small black spiky balls). We think that they will be pupating very soon….Take a look at the photo:
Just look at the size (length and thickness) of the caterpillars today!!! They’re about 3 centimetres long already!!! They’re also really spiky. There are a lot of small, green balls at the bottom of the pot… This is actually caterpillar poo called ‘frass’! Take a look at the photo:
