Media Release

Mangaluru, Sep 5: St Aloysius Gonzaga School organised a virtual trip to Sammilan Shetty’s Butterfly Park, Belvai on September 2 for classes III and IV.

The field trip was a part of the British Council’s International Dimension in Schools project, “Rainbow Butterflies flitting in the world”.

The resource person Sammilan Shetty, founder of the Butterfly park shared a presentation with the students of class III and IV and spoke on scientific classification of butterflies and importance of butterflies in food web, ecological balance and pollination. He explained the young learners how to identify a moth and butterfly. He emphasised on conservation of natural habitat of butterflies as their number is decreasing due to the destruction of their natural habitat.

Students watched a screening on life of butterflies, an amazing documentary shot at the 7-acre Sammilan Shetty’s Butterfly Park, Belvai. The students had an interaction with Sammilan Shetty and the curiosity of students to know about butterflies had no boundaries during the question/answer session.

The principal Fr Melwyn Anil Lobo SJ addressed the students and appreciated their interest and involvement in the virtual field trip. He also congratulated and appreciated the resource person for his unique efforts to create awareness on conservation of butterflies among public.

Aparna Suresh welcomed the gathering. Nikita D’Souza proposed the vote of thanks and Jyoshna Pinto compered the programme. Vice principal Laurel D Souza, teachers, students of class III and IV along with their parents were present on this occasion.