If you are interested in attending a Teaching Trees session, please email us info@teachingtrees.org.uk

Mrs Birch the class teacher from St Jospeph's said she would be happy to talk to anyone thinking of coming to a Teaching Trees session.

"We all enjoyed it so much and the children haven't stopped talking about it.

The venue was superb. Many thanks for your friendly approach and for such a well organised range of activities.

I will certainly download the resources from the Teaching Trees website and we would be very interested in attending a subsequent Teaching Trees session."

 

 

 

  

Picture from a Deighton Gates Primary pupil above and below some poems from the children.

In autumn down the beech wood path, the leaves lie thick upon the ground. It's there I love to kick my way and hear the crisp and crashing sound. I am a giant and my steps echo and thunder to the sky. How the small creatures of the woods must quake and cower as I go by!

Tall trees touching the sky, rustling leaves under my feet, everywhere a golden glow. Everything covered in leaves, sunshine glistening through the branches.

The trees have a autum glow. The trees have branches. The trees have leaves. The trees have colour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

Teaching Tree Sessions


"Thanks for a wonderful morning. We all enjoyed it so much. What a wonderful opportunity for the children to run around and enjoy the wood and learn so much at the same time.

We have ditched our original lesson plans and spent the rest of the week learning more about trees. You really inspired us! We are going to plant our new trees in the school grounds next Monday and also make a huge collage of a tree on the school field."
June Evans teacher at Deighton Gates Primary


"It was a perfect morning and an excellent stimulus for our literacy recount story writing and a great follow-up for our science topic on habitats. With the help of the Teaching Trees resources, I would feel confident enough to carry out my own woodland visit."
Moira Rennoldson teacher at
All Saints Primary, Featherstone





Based in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, the aim of the Teaching Trees project is to encourage teachers to bring children of all ages into the woods. The woodland environment provides many opportunities for learning across the range of the National Curriculum. By kind permission of RFS woodland owners, we seek to introduce schools to woods in their vicinity. Our aim is to help broaden and consolidate regular classroom work by using woods as occasional outdoor classrooms.

One of our Education Officers will organise and run a free of charge initial Teaching Trees session, but it is hoped that, with the help of our free downloadable resources, teachers will feel confident to manage subsequent visits on their own. The Teaching Trees sessions will vary, but the children will learn about woodland management and carry out a variety of hands-on activities.

Teaching Tree Session - example

St Joseph's RC Primary in Pontefract brought their Y5 children to woods on the Ledston Estate, West Yorkshire in October 2009. The session lasted for 2 hours with the children learning about woodland management and undertaking a number of activities.

Here are some of the letters that we received from the children.


Some acrostic poems that the children sent in using the words TEACHING TREES.



Trees tall as giants
Enjoying all the fun
Adults came with us
Catching the coach
Happy memories
Interesting facts
Never stop the fun
Grabbing soft moss

Teaching Trees is fun
Rough trees like a carpet
Exciting finding leaves in the wood
Especially learning all the time
Seeds scattered and sewn.




Bat and Moth Game



Tremendous trees all around us
Everyone enjoyed themselves
Adults having a great time too
Conker planting was brilliant
Having a lovely time in the woods
Interesting facts about trees
Nobody wanted to go back to school
Great time with Barbara and Hugh

Team work was used
Riding on a coach to Ledston woods
Every single second was fun
Extra special place
SUPER TIME AT TEACHING TREES




Leaf Identification activity



Trees are wonderful
Everybody loves them
Adults helping us
Children everywhere
Happiness is flowing
Insects hiding under the leaves
Nature all around us
Giggling children in the woood

Tremendous colours
Rabbits in the night
Exciting activities
Everywhere's an adventure
So sorry to leave




Shapes in the woods



Teaching Trees was terrific
Everyone enjoyed it
An adventure you'd never forget
Conker planting was ace
Hugh and Barbara were fun
Interesting facts were learnt
Nature everywhere
Golden leaves crunched under our feet

Thank you for inviting us
Running around as quiet as mice
Every second it was lovely
Everything so wonderful we
  had such a brill time
So sorry we had to leave




Conker Planting



Terrific trees
Excellent hosts
Amazing wildlife
Colourful leaves
Having a great time
In the wooods
Nature surrounds us
Green moss

Tangling branches
Rustling leaves
Everyone planting conkers
Exciting activities
Super trip




Build a Tree



                               

If you are interested in attending a Teaching Trees session, please email us. info@teachingtrees.org.uk