This morning when we came into school we got a very pleasant surprise!

One of our caterpillars has developed into a cocoon and many are preparing to as well!

We can’t wait to see the transformation and we will keep you updated on the progress right here on our blog.

By Shannon

 

This year Ms. O Connell’s class decided to get a butterfly garden school kit which includes:

A reusable butterfly pavilion hatching habitat with super clear mesh for easy viewing and dual zippered entry for access. We also received caterpillars and their food.

All of our caterpillars have been named.

Here is a selection of just some of the names:

Joe Tony Browne,

Aoife Junior,

Shannon Goylie Schniederlitchen Peterson Junior,

Flippin’ Jam Scatter bug,

Prince Junior,

April,

May,Vegetable,

Muiris Junior,

Friday,

74,

Alfie,

Steve,

Genie Mac

And Pete

We have had them for two weeks and they are making great progress.

So far only one of our caterpillars passed away (Nellie the 1^st) and has been replaced by Nellie the 2^nd..

We are delighted with our caterpillars and can’t wait to see them as butterflies (hopefully!).

BY SHANNON

Many thanks to Sarah, Mum to Tallulah, Oliyen and Micah for donating a wormery to the school.   Wormeries (or vermicomposting) is a great way of diverting a huge amount of waste away from landfill, as well as gaining high quality compost!   We commenced our latest project on the 25th of April.

 

We have three new window bird feeders outside all classrooms.

We see lots of different types of birds. We have seen Wagtails, Bullfinches , Robins, Longtailed tits, Blue tits, coal tits and a Chaffinch.

We are delighted to feed them these cold mornings.

We are learning the names of the birds by using our bird chart “Garden Birds”

Written by Eoin and Tallulah

As part of Science Week, we were delighted to welcome Padraig Whooley from the Irish Heritage Council. He spoke to us about whales and dolphins.