Creative

Use this activity to look at habitats in more detail. Consider where animals live and the reasons they live there. The children will choose a minibeast that has taken their interest and create a profile for a minibeast habitat estate agent.

You will need to decide as a team how you will sort the cards, giving reasons for your decisions and labelling the categories.

Bobby and his mum Betty find their school has been damaged by the farmers’ machinery cutting back the hedgerow. Betty is a teacher at the school, and she asks Bobby to help her find a place for a new bee school. Bobby is keen to help, and he thinks about the most important features needed for a new school. He ventures away from the hive out into the countryside to find the perfect spot – he wants to make his mum proud. Did he find the perfect spot? When he returns, he shares stories of his adventures with the whole hive. 

Use the presentation to teach the children about different types of homes. Encourage the children to think about their homes.

Children to work in groups to brainstorm different ways that a range of items could be reused.

List all the possible jobs related to this hobby/ interest. Pass the sheet to the next table once the timer goes.

Match Betsy's profile to a suitable job. Work together as a team to decide on the job, giving reasons for your ideas.

Set the challenge for the children to help Betsy come up with an invention to allow Lady Scarlett to be able to walk her children to school safely.