Examples of work produced by the schools project.
Poems and pictures from Puddletown School
Examples of work produced by the schools project.
Poems and pictures from Puddletown School
Examples of work produced by the schools project.
Poems and pictures from Puddletown School
SCHOOLS PROJECT
“MY LIFE, MY TREE, GROWING TOGETHER”
The Schools Project was set up five years ago.
We have one paid environmental Project Officer and, with CRB-checked member volunteers, we
now visit five Dorset rural First Schools through the school year.
In
autumn,
with
Years
1
and
3,
we
collect
local
tree
seeds,
name
them,
sow
them
in
pots,
and
collect
autumn leaves for identification.
In
spring,
Year
3
plant
out
their
seedlings
into
tree
nurseries
we
have
created
in
each
school.
We
grow
trees from willow cuttings.
Also,
with
Year
4,
we
plant
out
their
saplings
from
the
nursery,
creating
hedges,
shade
areas
and
at
Milborne
St
Andrew
a
small
community
woodland
has been started.
Lulworth school, learning about twigs and buds in
winter.
In
summer,
Year
4
visits
a
local
bluebell
wood
and
learns
first
hand
about
the
web
of
life
trees
support.
Learning to recognise what are edible and
poisonous plants in woodland.
Measuring the girth of an Oak to estimate it’s
age
Putting together what they have seen and learnt
they can construct a food web for the life around a
tree.
During
the
year
there
are
classroom
sessions,
and
experiments
may
be
carried
out,
eg
to
find
which
leaves
worms
prefer!
A
sound
understanding
of
the
life
cycles,
roles
of
trees
and
recognition of native species is established and it is FUN!
A
child
in
a
First
School
sees
and
takes
on
a
tree
through
its
first
years
of
growth
and
finally
plants
it out in the community.
A wormery to see what leaves are eaten by earthworms
Sorting leaves (above) and naming them (below).
