Mini Beasts

Year 1 students participated in the Mini Beasts Wildlife Incursion. Here are some recounts and reflections of this great incursion:

“We had a mini beast incursion. We learnt about mini bests. I learnt about garden snails. They eat people’s plants in people’s gardens. My favourite mini beast was the millipede because it was long. The millipede was very fat! When we touched the stick insect the brown stick insect was very wiggly and it also had spikes on it. The green stick insect was sitting still and it was calm. I also held a red back spider. It was in a jar. There was also a centipede. He was angry. We also learnt about poisonous and venomous insects.”

By Xavier. K

“I learnt that snails can be a boy and a girl. I also learnt that millipedes are poisonous. My favourite insects were the sails and the stick insect. I felt happy.”

By Tanya

“I learnt about mini beasts. I had a touch of a litterbug. It felt nice and I liked the rainforest snail. The shell felt hard. The tarantula was scary. The centipede was cool. It was big and it had antennae and lots of legs.”

By Bonnie

“I saw lots of spiders. Some were little and some were big. I saw a big beetle and its back was green. There was a stick insect and I saw snails.  It felt very excited. It was very fun.”

By Pauli

“I went to see mini beasts. My favourite was when I touched the litter beetle. It was brown and it had prickly legs. The snail was slimy but the shell was hard. I also held a red back spider. It was scary. I also held a stick insect and I patted a millipede. It was black and smooth.

By Diya

 “I learnt about bugs that have venomous fangs. An arachnid has eight legs. Spiders and scorpions are arachnids and some of their venom come from their creepy tails. My favourite one was the stick mini beast. It was very greeny and very smooth and the leaf insect was cool too!”

By Son

“I touched a snail. It felt slimy and slippery. I carried a spider in a container then I touched a stick insect. It felt bumpy and soft.”

By Eva

“I learnt that mini beasts have eight or six legs. I touched the snail and I got to hold the spiders and they were in a big container with holes on top of the container. I got to pat a millipede and a centipede. I got to pat a stick insect and I saw a lot of spiders.”

By Hayley

“I saw a redback spider and I also saw a big spider and it looked scary. WOW! I saw lots of kind of bugs. With the spiders that was the most scary insect ever! I saw a big millipede and stick insect and a green beetle. The millipede was in the middle of the room.”

By Christian

“I learnt about insects. I saw a big insect that was sharp. It was the sick insect. My favourite part was when I looked at the creatures and the big ones were scary and the little ones were not scary. I liked it a little bit.”

By Shaan

“I met mini beasts. I held a snail. It felt slimy. One was big and one was small. I only touched the big one. I learnt snails can be a girl or a boy. Some mini beasts were in containers. There was all kinds of mini beasts. My favourite one was the green rainforest beetle because it was nice and shiny.”

By Kiara