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Our Landscape Learning topics are: All About Me Minibeasts

This week we have two swan plants in our class. There are eggs on the leaves and some tiny caterpillars.
 * Week 3 **

After the weekend we were surprised to see the swan plants all bare. The caterpillars have grown really big. We got a huge swan plant and moved all the caterpillars to the new plant.
 * Week 4 **

One caterpillar climbed on the wall and formed a chrysalis there. We thought this was really strange.

The caterpillars are eating and eating. They are getting bigger and bigger. In the mornings we find the caterpillars all over the floor. They make a huge mess. The new plant does not have any leaves left but we do have many chrysalis.
 * Week 5 **



We are waiting to see some beautiful Monarch butterflies. How exciting!

We completed our self portraits this week. Can you tell who they are?

media type="custom" key="8590418" On Monday morning we were very excited to see two beautiful monarch butterflies in our class. Ashton and Isla set them free in the senses garden.
 * Week 6 **

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These are some of the stories that the children wrote.

Ashton got a butterfly on a piece of paper. Ashton put the butterfly in the senses garden so it can dry its wings. I felt happy to see the butterflies.
 * By Jamie **

In our class we had butterflies. I held a monarch butterfly on the paper. We took it to the senses garden.
 * By Isla **

3a's Monarch Butterflies In the morning we were surprised that two chrysalis split open. One butterfly went on Nadine. Do you know why we put the butterflies on the tree?
 * By George **

‍Room 3a's Butterflies We are excited we have two monarch butterflies. Nadine and Aston picked up the butterflies.
 * By Sydney‍ **

The butterfly flew on Nadine's sleeve. We are very excited. The butterfly flew on the black box.
 * By Luna **

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The children had hands-on experiences of being scientists. They searched for minibeasts in the compost heap and had help identifying them. Thanks to Mrs Warburton's help the children became experts at finding bugs. Have a look at their experiences. Look out for their recounts of their experiences!!! First we talked about the sign. We found some bugs in the tray. I felt happy because we found some bugs. By Isla
 * Scientists at Work **

We went to the compost heap and got the soil. We found a centipede. By Guinivere

Last week we were scientists. First we went to the compost heap. Next Mrs Warburton got some soil. We were scientists looking for minibeasts. I was happy to be a scientist. By Ashton

Last week we went to the compost heap. We got some worms, earwigs. a slater and a centipede. We caught three worms. By Varick


 * Week 7 **

This is an exciting week because we are visiting Butterfly Creek. Look at our photos.

Our day started off with a talk about Minibeasts. We watched a scary crocodile, named Scar, moving about. Then we went on a train ride. Next we visited the butterfly house. It was very hot in there but we saw some beautiful butterflies. Some children tried every trick they could, to get the butterflies to land on them. The lucky people were George and his dad. George had the butterfly on his finger for a while. We saw some alligators. In the bug house, the children saw cockroaches, bees, spiders and many other bugs. The girls decided to meditate in the bug house. The farm was fascinating. The children got to touch many animals. The favourite was the rabbits. The playground was also a great attraction. What a lovely day!!!

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The year one and year two children are so keen on minibeasts, we have decided to have an Insect Hotel at our school. It is next to the junior adventure playground. Mr Rhodes has built the framework. The children will help to furnish it with tiles, rotten wood, pine cones, plant pots, pipes, etc.
 * Week 8 **

We are also very busy this week preparing for our assembly on Friday. The children will be dressing up as minibeasts. We cannot wait for Friday! Look out for our a video clip and photos.

This week we have been writing explanations and information reports about some minibeasts. Here are some of the explanations and information reports.

What is a minibeast? It is a small creature. By Heydi

A minibeast is an insect and a small creature. It can camouflage itself to hide. By Breanna

I t is a small creature and some minibeasts can camouflage and that is how they protect themselves. Minibeasts can live in many places. By George

It is a small creature. It can live in dark places and in trees and wood. Worms have zero legs and they don't have a backbone. By Yan Yu

This is how we looked on Friday for our assembly.
 * Week 9 **

media type="custom" key="8846078" Come in and read what we wrote about our assembly. This week we were learning about bees. Come in and have a look at what we made. We also wrote many facts about bees.

**This morning Varick brought his pet turtle to school. It walked around the class.** **We asked Varick lots of questions.** **`**
 * Week 11 **

On Thursday we had a snail race. Scarlett's snail was very active and it moved around. The others were very lazy.