Tadpole Adventures at Chater 2025

 Tadpole adventures at Chater



At the end of last term we were surprised to see something exciting in Nursery and Reception classrooms.  Each class now has a tank of tiny tadpoles.

Mrs Spinage has collected some frogspawn.  It was laid in a pond by a female frog.  Each egg was a black spot inside a ball of jelly.



Here is a picture of the frogspawn when it started to come out of the jelly eggs.  Can you see how the 'black spot' changed shape?  This was the tadpole beginning to grow.


After a day the tadpoles came out of the eggs and rested at the bottom of the tank.  

The next day they started swimming around.  



 You could see some feathery gills at the head end.  This was how the tadpole could breathe under the water.  The teachers have been feeding them some cucumber.  The tadpoles seem to like it!



Maybe you can find out more about tadpoles and how they will eventually turn into frogs.  Check back on this blog to see how they grow and change.


In the meantime here are some things you could talk about with your family:

How are frog eggs (frogspawn) different to the duck eggs we recently showed on the blog?

Do you know about any other baby animals that come from eggs?

Can you think of any other baby animals that look very different to their parents?

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