--- title: "Nursery - Maths - Science - Using Magnets To Create A Caterpillar" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-06-10-nursery-maths-science-using-magnets-to-create-a-caterpillar" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Nursery - Maths - Science - Using Magnets To Create A Caterpillar ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Screenshot_2024-06-12_09.33.09.png) 10 June 2024 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Screenshot_2024-06-12_09.33.09.png) The children in Nursery class have really enjoyed using the magnets to create their own caterpillars. During this activity some children noticed that their caterpillar wasn't sticking together, with perseverance and problem solving skills being used, they were able to adjust the magnets accordingly so they would link together. We also discussed the colours used, identified big and small caterpillars and some children joined in with counting the links on their caterpillars. [Nursery](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/nursery) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Maths](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/maths) [Science](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2024-05-28_13_06_33.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-28-year-1-science-day-our-bodies) Previous ### [Year 1 Science Day - Our Bodies](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-05-28-year-1-science-day-our-bodies) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/friendly-competition.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-06-12-fair-play-and-friendly-competition) Next ### [Fair Play and Friendly Competition](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2024-06-12-fair-play-and-friendly-competition) ### Academy Life - [News](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news) - [Events](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/events) - [Clubs](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/basc) - [School Council](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/school-council) - [Attendance](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/attendance) - [Charities and Fundrasing](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/academy-life/charities-and-fundraising) - ![School Games Gold](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Gold_Logo_25-26(1).png) - ![Healthy school](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/healthy_school.png) - ![Picture News](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/6_Years_of_Picture_News.png) - ![AP smilestar](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/partners/Screenshot_2026-07-27_10.26.27.png) ##### Location St James Crescent Darwen Lancashire BB3 0EY ##### Contact Us 01254 703260 ##### Stay Connected - [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/Darwenstjames) - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/darwenstjames/) © Copyright 2021–2026 Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy School & Trust Websites by [ ![Schudio logo](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/img/logo/light.png) ](https://www.schudio.com/)