--- title: "Nursery - Science - Observing Tadpoles" url: "https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-09-nursery-science-observing-tadpoles" school: "Darwen St James’ C of E Primary Academy" --- # Nursery - Science - Observing Tadpoles ![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/images/news/Collage_2025-05-14_23_02_18(1).jpg) 9 May 2025 ![](https://darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy.schudio.com/images/news/Collage_2025-05-14_23_02_18(1).jpg)Our observational topic this term is the life cycle of frogs! The children were very excited to see that we had lots of new class members this week in the shape of tiny tadpoles! The children explored the lifecycle of frogs through stories, props and pictures to support their new learning and further their understanding on how these tiny creatures will change over time. Nursery class made some observations about the tadpoles, noticing their colour, size, their environment and features that the tadpoles have. We have also discovered that tadpoles love to eat cucumber, the children found this fascinating to watch as the tadpoles swarmed over to the cucumber nibbling away at their dinner. We can't wait to watch the tadpoles change over time into froglets and then finally into frogs! [Nursery](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/nursery) [Early Years Foundation Stage](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/early-years-foundation-stage) [Science](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/tag/science) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/ba19754d-3b95-4418-98bd-19892ecec7bb.jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-08-year-5-tuesday-carousel-badminton-arithmetic-reading-and-spag) Previous ### [Year 5 Tuesday Carousel: Badminton, Arithmetic, Reading and SPAG!](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-08-year-5-tuesday-carousel-badminton-arithmetic-reading-and-spag) [![](https://files.schudio.com/darwen-st-james-c-of-e-primary-academy/imagecache/100x100c/news/Collage_2025-05-12_11_37_18(1).jpg)](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-12-year-2-maths-finding-three-quarters) Next ### [Year 2 - Maths - Finding Three Quarters](https://darwenstjames.co.uk/news/2025-05-12-year-2-maths-finding-three-quarters) ### 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/)