Apple Tree Class
Summer 1 Topic Letter – Hungry Caterpillar
We launch this topic with the story of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. From this story we will be
exploring healthy foods, the life cycle of a caterpillar and different minibeasts. We will be hatching
our own butterflies in class and Zoo Lab will be visiting us with lots of minibeasts!
Literacy
N & R – We will be sharing the stories The
Very Hungry Caterpillar and The Very Quiet
Cricket. We will be looking at some nonfiction books too to find out about
minibeasts
R – We will be writing about the life cycle of
the caterpillar and facts about minibeasts
Understanding of the
world
N & R – We will be watching our
own caterpillars and talking
about their life cycle. We will be
going on minibeast hunts and
talking about the things we see.
Look out for the letter about our
Zoo Lab visit on 17th May.
Home Learning Ideas:

Numeracy
N – We will be playing counting
and number recognition games and
constructing with 3D shapes
R – We will be solving problems
based on halving, doubling and
sharing. We will be describing the
properties of 3D shapes and we
will also begin to explore time.



N=nursery age
R=reception
(school age)

Hunt for minibeasts in your own
garden or when you are at the park
and talk about the things you find
Use this game to create a
minibeast:
http://www.ictgames.com/minibeast
s.html
Create a butterfly, caterpillar or
any other minibeast using art any
art/junk modelling materials (please
bring them in as we’d love to display
these in our classroom!)
Share this time lapse video of the
life cycle of a butterfly and talk
about what is happening:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
ocWgSgMGxOc
Practise counting amounts and use
these to find half or double it!
Songs and Rhymes
Bugs!
B-b-b, bugs,
B-b-b, bugs,
B-b-b, bugs,
B-b-b, bugs,
bugs, bugs
bugs, bugs
bugs, bugs
bugs, bugs
They can fly, they can crawl, and some can hop.
They might be black, brown or green with antennas
on top.
You can find them in the water, on plants or rocks
We're talking bugs, bugs, bugs.
B-b-b, bugs,
B-b-b, bugs,
B-b-b, bugs,
B-b-b, bugs,
bugs, bugs
bugs, bugs
bugs, bugs
bugs, bugs
Here are some of the songs
we will be singing this topic…
“Wiggly Woo”
http://musicbus.com/resources/song-words/song-wordsw/wiggly-woo/
Tiny Caterpillar
http://stphilipsmarshnursery.co.uk/sounds/theres-a-tiny-caterpillar-3/
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf (wiggle, wiggle)
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf (wiggle, wiggle)
There’s a tiny caterpillar, tiny caterpillar,
There’s a worm at the bottom of my
garden and his name is “Wiggly Woo”
There’s a worm at the bottom of my
garden and his name is “Wiggly Woo”
He wiggles all night, he wiggles all day
The people round here, they do say
There’s a worm at the bottom of my
garden and his name is “Wiggly Woo”
There’s a tiny caterpillar on a leaf (wiggle, wiggle)
He will eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full (munch,
munch)
He will eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full (munch,
munch)
He will eat the leaves around, eat the leaves around
He will eat the leaves around him ‘til he’s full (munch,
munch)
Many bugs are useful making healthy ground.
They are a yummy food for creatures all around.
Thousands and thousands can be found,
We're talking bugs, bugs, bugs.
We're talking bugs, bugs, bugs.
A cocoon is what he’s spinning for his home (spin, spin)
A cocoon is what he’s spinning for his home (spin, spin)
A cocoon is what he’s spinning, cocoon is what he’s
spinning,
A cocoon is what he’s spinning for his home (spin, spin)
Then he’ll be a butterfly and fly away (flap, flap)
Then he’ll be a butterfly and fly away (flap, flap)
Then he’ll be a butterfly, be a butterfly,
Then he’ll be a butterfly and fly away (flap, flap)