{"id":58003,"date":"2026-09-09T07:35:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/?p=58003"},"modified":"2026-09-09T07:35:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T07:35:28","slug":"exploring-biodiversity-and-habitats-in-p4-and-p5-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/2026\/09\/09\/exploring-biodiversity-and-habitats-in-p4-and-p5-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring biodiversity and habitats in P4 and P5\/4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, our P4 and P5\/4 classes have been exploring biodiversity and habitats! We have been learning about the amazing variety of living things around us and thinking about the different habitats they call home.<\/p>\n<p>We took our learning outdoors and headed to the woods to become biodiversity detectives! \ud83d\udd0e\ud83c\udf33 We worked together to see how many different living things we could discover and identify where they lived.<\/p>\n<p>We found lots of exciting things along the way, including squirrels, spiders and even spider eggs! \ud83d\udd77\ufe0f\ud83e\udd5a\ud83d\udc3f\ufe0f We loved getting up close to nature and making connections between the animals and their habitats.<\/p>\n<p>It was fantastic to see everyone showing such curiosity, teamwork and enthusiasm as we explored the natural world around us! \ud83c\udf31\ud83d\udc9a<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073243\/IMG_3472-rotated.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"58004\" 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data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073435\/IMG_3468-rotated.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"945,1260\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 14&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1788878910&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0093457943925234&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3468\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073435\/IMG_3468-225x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073435\/IMG_3468-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-58008\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073435\/IMG_3468-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073435\/IMG_3468-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073435\/IMG_3468-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/public\/stmaryspolbeth\/uploads\/sites\/1342\/2026\/09\/09073435\/IMG_3468-rotated.jpeg 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, our P4 and P5\/4 classes have been exploring biodiversity and habitats! We have been learning about the amazing variety of living things around us and thinking about the different habitats they call home. We took our learning outdoors and headed to the woods to become biodiversity detectives! \ud83d\udd0e\ud83c\udf33 We worked together to see &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/2026\/09\/09\/exploring-biodiversity-and-habitats-in-p4-and-p5-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Exploring biodiversity and habitats in P4 and P5\/4<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31440,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[537],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31440"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58003"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58003\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58009,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58003\/revisions\/58009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/stmaryspolbeth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}