In Year 2 we have been looking at 'Animals including humans' and during 'Science Week' this week, we looked at the theme ‘adapt and change’ by focusing on animals that can camouflage.

We now know that camouflage is where an animal has a certain colour or pattern on their fur/skin that helps them to blend into their environment. Animals use camouflage to help protect them from predators or to be able to sneak up on their prey without being seen.

A good example of camouflaging is the leaf butterfly as it resembles a dead leaf. Other colourful butterflies advertise the fact that they are poisonous or taste bad to their enemies by their vivid colours.

We then had a go at making our own butterflies and hid them around our classroom for our friends to find!