This week started with the release of Peter Andre (blame Miss B for that name!) and Dave (Grohl), our butterflies. Sadly Taylor took up residence in my garden after his wings didn't open and Nate and Pat have not emerged from their chrysalides. But that is Mother Nature, the circle of life, and one of those things. Not to sound dismissive but it is a valuable life lesson and the children have been brilliant in appreciating that some of our butterflies did not make it. We LOVE

What a dreary, wet week we have had! Good job life in Nursery is full of fun and madness! This week we have been learning about snails as our Minibeast of the Week. We have learnt about the body parts of a snail, watched Jess from Minibeast Adventures with Jess who has told us lots of facts, and made own our reproduction of a piece of modern art! Did you know snails have thousands of teeth! No neither did we! Here are some examples of our snail masterpieces which have been in

Apologies for the delay! Wix was down...but here is a round-up of this week's adventures! Pyjamarama 2021 hits The Ark This week has been filled with the excitement of all five chrysalides forming in our caterpillar pot! Some were more eager than others… Peter Andre, for example, was STILL munching on Monday but is now a chrysalis. We have talked about how we need to just look at our “minibeast babies” as they perform their amazing transformation (metamorphosis) into butterfl

Dave, Taylor, Nate, Pat and Peter Andre are all doing well in their little pot/home courtesy of Insect Lore. LOTS of food has been munched and the caterpillar crew are HUGE in comparison to last week let alone the week they arrived. We were very excited today because Taylor (Hawkins) crept up to the top of the pot last night (Whilst having a sleepover at Miss G's) and has begun to hang from the lid as he metamorphoses into his chrysalis! This morning we watched our "babies" o