Goodbye lovely butterflies

After 3 weeks of watching our caterpillars grow and change it was finally time to say goodbye to our butterflies on Friday. The children had carefully monitored the change as the caterpillars grew and grew until they were ready to make a cocoon. Once inside the cocoon each day the children patiently waited and watched hoping that today would be the day when the butterflies would hatch. Finally on Monday there was great excitement as the first butterfly appeared followed closely by the others. All week we have watched the butterflies making sure their wings were strong enough for them to fly freely. On Friday the Reception children watched with anticipation as the butterflies were released to explore and hopefully lay eggs of their own. Thankfully the butterflies flew off confidently into the bright sunshine.