For Schools, Families and Community

Schools’ Tree Planting

• Risk assessment (2024)

• What to wear (Illustrated!)

• Map of planting site (image)

• What3Words location (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)

Find Out about Dr Jane Goodall

• Gombe 60

• Gombe 60 research sites

6 Trees & 6 Flowers

• The National Curriculum - Subject Map (pdf)

Out and About! (Spotter Sheets)

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)

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...

Learn

Structured courses, explainers, foundational knowledge

• Introduction to Biodiversity - a learning resource recommended by Hannah, a passionate 15 year old at an Environmental Science Camp.

• FutureLearn - university-led online courses

Listen

Audio learning, science storytelling, interviews.

• NewScientist Weekly

• The Life Scientific

• even more podcasts… 

Explore

People, organisations, magazines, environmental charities, places to go deeper.

Environmental and scientific websites

• The Guardian - Environment

• Nature

• The British Ecological Society

• Science mag

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

A simple activity to mark Peace Day with your class this year.

Peace Day Activity

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

Download the Dove Template