Kaitlyn Coldicutt and Jordan Keeys did an outstanding job this term at looking after the monarch butterflies. When the caterpillars got quite big they would transfer them into the shade house which they kept supplied with fresh swan plants. The swan plants were planted in to pots this year and they were kept rotating so that there was always plenty of food. The caterpillars were put into the shade house and shut in so that they would go in to their chrysalis in a safe place. Once the butterfly hatched it was left untouched for 12 hours and then it was carefully put in to the butterfly garden, where there was a lot of orange dahlia, orange zinnia for it to drink the nectar from. We also have these flowers growing in the shade house so the butterfly doesn’t go hungry waiting to be freed. There are also a lot of swan plant growing around the school. This year the girls would have freed over 100 Monarch butterflies. Very few butterflies were damaged.
A Fantastic Effort!!
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