Beautiful butterflies

This morning we were learning all about butterflies and something that's very special about them - the pattern on their wings is symmetrical! We talked about what this means and looked at some examples to help us understand. Miss Ayres showed us how to paint on half of a piece of paper and then fold it over to make a symmetrical picture! We then tried our own, either doing patterns or a butterfly.

We also had some butterfly templates to decorate, either by colouring or using sequins and buttons. We had to think carefully about where each one would go so the butterfly was symmetrical. Then we added straws for feelers and put them on lolly sticks to make them look like they're flying!

We used the symmetry tool on the iPads to create symmetrical pictures.

We also used the interactive whiteboard and decorated a butterfly, looking carefully at the picture we had to copy to make sure we chose the correct colours.

We also looked at some funny pictures of monsters - only half the monster was there! To see the whole picture we had to use mirrors. When we put the mirror next to half of the monster, we could look in the mirror and see the whole picture.

We also explored size with our butterfly puzzle. To fit the pieces in you have to make sure the smallest one goes in first, and then the next smallest - if you don't put them in in the right order they won't all fit!

In maths we continued to explore symmetry and worked together to put coloured stacking counters on a butterfly picture.