Hedgehogs

We listened to the story of the helpful hedgehog and thought about how he carried the apples on his prickly spines. You can listen to the story here. 

We made hedgehogs in the forest, moulding clay for a body and adding small sticks for the spines.

We searched for small sticks to put in our forest bags. 

The Oggles Hedgehog Rescue and Rehabilitation centre came to see us. They brought in two hedgehogs which they had recently rescued. They were very small and if they hadn't been rescued they sadly wouldn't have made it through the winter! Luckily, they were spotted and rescued by Vicky and Steve who run the centre and the little hedgehogs are now doing very well. They are happy and healthy and very very cute!

They told us what hedgehogs like to eat and drink. We learnt that they definitely do NOT like milk! 

They talked about how to keep hedgehogs safe around Bonfire night.  And we read a story about Hovis the Hedgehog who lost his home on Bonfire Night. 

We also watched A cold, Dark Night, a story about Ned the hedgehog looking for a home.  Click on the images to revisit the story.

There is also a free app so children can interact with the story. 

Click here to find the app.