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Hedgehog House
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Helping to Support Teaching and Learning
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Safe Retreat
Provide hedgehogs with a safe retreat from predators and harsh weather. The small entrance tunnel deters badgers and foxes, ensuring a secure environment.
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Encourage Wildlife
Encourage wildlife into your school grounds by providing a natural-looking shelter. The rattan finish blends seamlessly into the environment.
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Camouflaged Design
The dome construction fits naturally into the landscape. It can be further camouflaged with leaves or foliage, enhancing its integration into the surroundings.
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Observational Skills
Supports the development of observational skills. Children can document hedgehog activity, learning about their habits and survival adaptations.
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Science Learning
Supports Year 1 Science by helping children identify and name a variety of common animals, including mammals, through direct observation.
Hedgehog House
This dome-shaped shelter provides hedgehogs with a safe retreat from predators and bad weather.
Overview
Teachers will find this hedgehog house beneficial for their school garden, allowing children to observe wildlife closely. The dome-shaped shelter is roomy enough for mother hedgehogs and their young, with a small entrance to keep out badgers and foxes, ensuring safety. It helps develop observational skills and fosters an appreciation for the natural world.
Children can observe the hedgehogs and discover how different environments cater to the needs of animals and plants. Observing hedgehog behaviour and diet underscores the significance of food sources.
Constructed from a steel frame and felted roof, the house can be camouflaged with leaves or foliage. Place it within cover, out of the prevailing wind. Its natural materials may vary due to seasonality.
Supports the National Curriculum
Science, Year 1, Animals, including Humans
Identify and name a variety of common animals including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals.
Science, Year 2, Living Things & their Habitats
Identify that most living things live in habitats to which they are suited and describe how habitats provide for the basic needs of different of animals and plants, and how they depend on each other.
Science, Year 2, Living Things & their Habitats
Identify and name a variety of plants and animals in their habitats, including microhabitats.
Product Information
Overview
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Felt
,Plastic Rattan
&Steel
Material
Size and measurements
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460 mm
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1.55 kg
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Weight