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Activities / Resources

• Locating woodland areas near your school to explore.
• Setting up a Forest School as part of your school programme. See our courses Forest School Leader Training 
• Researching global rainforests. Finding out about what products and foods come from rainforests.
• Use this great resource to find out more about the importance of trees: ​https://www.52climateactions.com/trees

Working Woodlands
​KS2

Pupils will discover how important forests are globally and locally, they will take an informative tour of the site to see how we manage our woodlands, visiting our woodland hall, coppicing areas, natural burial grounds (if appropriate) and compost toilets. 

Pupils will engage in some exciting hands-on activities that focus on how we use our woodlands. Benefiting from our abundance of willow they'll practice weaving skills, as well as making their own charcoal from scratch and create a picture. One of our experienced tutors will lead them through a demonstration of how to make a mallet, illustrating knife skills, chopping techniques and the best suited wood. 

Pupils will learn that we need to give value to our woodlands in Britain and find wise uses for our native trees that enhance rather than destroy our forests.

Curriculum Links

• ​KS2 - Design and Technology - Make: select from and use a wider range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing], accurately.
  
• KS2 - Design and Technology - Make: select from and use a wider range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their functional properties and aesthetic qualities​