Bugs and butterflies – Dawn Till Dusk kids have an absolute ball

A GROUP of pre-nursery children have celebrated their end of term by holding an Ugly Bug Ball and releasing butterflies into the air. 

The Dawn Til Dusk class at Middleton-in-Teesdale Primary School have been learning all about insects over the past term.

Gemma Wallace, of the school, said the children had nurtured their own butterflies which were released as part of the ball.

She added: “We have had caterpillars which have hatched out into butterflies.

“The children have watched them go into cocoons and then come out as butterflies.”

The caterpillars, which were bought over the internet and came with their own special food, took about three weeks to meta-morph into butterflies.