Recently Reception have been busy exploring amazing animals and the habitat that they live in.

Our children are confident at explaining that a habitat is a place where animals live and find their food. We have discussed why certain animals are suited to different habitats. An example we discussed was squirrels living in the woodland so they can collect nuts for their food and climb trees.

Reception have become amazing habitat explorers as they created their own shoebox habitats!

Using their creativity and lots of fantastic ideas, the children changed ordinary shoeboxes into three different environments: a polar habitat, an ocean habitat, and a savannah habitat. They carefully thought about the features of each habitat, including the landscape, different colours in the habitat and the animals that live there. The children had to make choices about which materials they would use to create different effects in the shoebox habitat. 

Our polar habitat were filled with snowy scenes, icebergs, icicles, igloos and animals such as polar bears, penguins, and seals. The ocean habitat included colourful sea creatures, seaweed, coral reefs, sand, shells and pebbles, while our savannah habitat featured a beautiful sunset, tall green trees, a pool for the hippos and an African plain with animals like elephants, rhinos and giraffes.

As they built their habitats, the children talked about why different animals live in different places and what they need to survive. This hands-on activity encouraged creativity, problem-solving and teamwork while helping to develop their understanding of the world.

We are so proud of the effort, imagination and care that everyone put into the fantastic habitat projects. Well done, Reception!