Nature at Chater Infant School

 Dubia Cockroaches We are learning about mini beasts in Nursery and this week we were excited to look after some Dubia Cockroaches .  We hope you enjoy the pictures and learning some facts about them!  Some children enjoyed holding them! We made charcoal observational drawings too! FACTS...... Dubia roaches live together in groups. 👋Dubia Roaches have their skeleton on the outside like a hard shell.  It is called an exo-skeleton. 👋As t he shell is hard a growing Dubia Roach will need to moult, coming out and leaving its exoskeleton behind.  It will do this 7 times before it becomes an adult. 👋 Dubia Roaches do not fly but they do have wings. 👋 Male Dubia can run faster than females. 👋 Males Dubia have longer wings than females.

I hope you all had a lovely half term, and saw lots of lovely wildlife and nature this week.   Mrs Spinage met and learnt about some quite different animals this week.  Have you ever heard or seen an alpaca before?!  Here are some photos and fun facts about these interesting animals!  💙Alpaca live in a group called a herd. 💙A baby alpaca is called a cria.  These cria are wearing coats to keep them warm at night.   💙This is a baby alpaca! He drinks milk from his mother.   💙Alpacas mainly eat grass.  They can also eat leaves, bark or stems.   💙 Alpacas do not have teeth at the top front of their mouth, just at the bottom! 💙 Alpacas have three stomach compartments.