Part of Forest School is raising awareness of our natural
environment. Learners can be involved in helping to care for the natural
woodland environment by looking after the trees and nature in their forest
school setting. As children start to develop knowledge and love of flora and
fauna, the forest school leader can help teach them about maintaining and
protecting their woodland. This can be done by looking after habitats,
replacing large logs that have been overturned, keeping piles of leaf litter
for small animals to live in, creating log piles,
A sustainable forest is a forest that is carefully managed
so that as trees are felled they are replaced with seedlings that eventually
grow into mature trees. This is a carefully and skilfully managed system. The
forest is a working environment, producing wood products such as wood pulp for
the paper / card industry and wood based materials for furniture manufacture
and the construction industry. Great care is taken to ensure the safety of
wildlife and to preserve the natural environment.
Activities linked to Woodland Management – Science, Citizenship and Design Technology
- " Making bird and bat boxes
- " Make woodpiles
- " Use secateurs and loppers to coppice any hazel or willow in the winter
- " Bug hotels - creating mini eco systems
- " Log piles
- " Bird areas
- " Learn about which trees are good at coppicing – to regrow and produce side shoots
- " Litter picking
- " Planting trees and bulbs
- " Thinning and planting trees,
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Mini-bug hotels Child led ideas elicited through
discussion about looking after the woodland.
How can we do this?
