Schools’ Tree Planting

• Risk assessment (2024)

• WHAT TO WEAR - illustrated!

• Location of the planting site - DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING FORTNIGHT (What3Words: https://w3w.co/cigar.lend.stump)

6 Trees & 6 Flowers

• How many trees do you know (pptx)

• How many flowers do you know (pptx)

• The 6 Wildflowers (jpg)

• Wildflowers - Which is which? (pdf)

• Tree ID - Leaves 1-8 (pdf)

• Tree ID - Leaves 9-13 (pdf)

• Tree ID - Leaves 14-19 (pdf)

• Tree ID - Leaves 20-22 (pdf)

• Tree ID - Leaves - KEY (pdf)

• Tree Challenge - creating content for the ‘Trees in Harmony’ book (pdf)

Finding Out about Dr Jane Goodall

• Gombe 60

• Gombe 60 research sites

6 Trees & 6 Flowers - links to the National Curriculum

• Subject Map (pdf)

Out and About!

Nature Spots and Nature Activities…
In your School Grounds, your Gardens or on your Daily Walks…

Spotter Sheets… take us with you on your walk

• 4 Trees… What are we? Can you find us when you are out and about?

• Can you find us growing anywhere? What are we?

• Butterflies

• Garden Birds

• Minibeasts

• Wildflowers in May

• Trees

• A bit of a mix!

• I Spy Scavenger Hunt

• Blackbird’s Lunch - How many bird snacks can you find?

• Know Your Natives

Out and About

Things to do…

• How to Find Your Tree Twin

• How to Make a Measuring Stick

• Making Elf Houses

• Making Woodland Stories (thanks to Muddy Puddles)

• Journey Stick

• How Tall is that Tree? How Old?

• Sticks! (Not just for woodland walks)

• Landart…
  Some rules!
  1) Collect natural objects that are no longer living… a fallen leaf, a feather, sticks, stones, an empty snail shell
  2) Sometimes it’s OK to pick living things… daisies and dandelions IF there LOTS… but please be careful and only take a few
  Visit Richard Shilling’s website for some inspiration

• Paper Dove template

Something to Inspire...

• FutureLearn - a website offering online courses led by university professors on a wide range of topics.

• Interesting Podcasts:

  NewScientist Weekly

  The Life Scientific

  even more podcasts…

• Interesting environmental and scientific websites:

  The Guardian - Environment

  Nature

  The British Ecological Society

  Science mag

• Interesting people and organisations:

  Common Ground: Common Ground is an arts and environmental charity based in Dorset

  The Children’s Forest: A network of outdoor places dedicated to connecting children to nature

  The Sylva Foundation: helping forests thrive for people and for nature

  Plantlife: Plantlife actively campaigns on a number of issues affecting our wild plants and fungi

  Richard Shilling: Landart – Richard makes sculptures from natural materials.

  BugLife: An organisation devoted to the conservation of all invertebrates.

International Day of Peace on 21st September (Annual Event)

Peace Day Activity

Download the dove template.

Write a message of peace and hang your dove from a tree at Harmony Wood or another tree of your choosing.