Outdoor Learning

Caterpillars to chrysalises

Caterpillar moving

This week I found 5 poplar hawk moth caterpillars eating leaves on an apple tree. I’ve got them in a butterfly net cage and I’m hoping to watch them turn into chrysalises and then emerge as Poplar hawk moths. 

Watch how the caterpillar moves its back feet first then each segment along its body.

This week I had a go at making a corn dolly - a plaited set of corn stalks. Ask a local farmer if you can have a few stalks from the very edge of the field and have a go at creating a corn dolly. These were used as part of the traditional harvest celebrations in years gone past. 

A daily activity to complete.

This week we are looking for butterflies and moths. Can you snap any photos of some? 🦋

Butterflies we have seen...

Butterflies we have seen...

Some nature poetry..