Weta's and Honey

Well today was an interesting day! In the morning we had an unexpected visit from a weta that decided to climb onto Hayden and jump onto the table. I quickly caught the weta with my hands (no not really I calmly put a cup over the top) then we put it into a container so we could all have a closer look at it and check out all its features - long antennae, hair on its legs, black eyes on the side of its face and wings. Then we released it back into the bushes - well away from the classroom so it hopefully will not return.

Last week a child from another room brought in a small piece of honeycomb and we got to have a little look at it and this created a lot of discussion and some researching to find answers to our bee questions. So Lucy mentioned that she had beehives at her home and we were very lucky to have Lucy's mum bring in a frame from a beehive filled with honeycomb!! All the children got to look at it and taste it. We all decided that the runny honey tasted delicious (the classroom smelled amazing too). The children even got to bring a little piece home to share with their family however I think most of it will be gone by the time they get home.