Resources To Support Your School's Tree Pack
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 1/10Resources to supportyour school’s tree packTEACHER NOTES: INTRODUCTIONThis resource pack is designed to accompany the Woodland Trust’s free trees for schoolsand provides additional activities associated with the planting of your trees. It containsteacher notes and pupil worksheets as well as factsheets for the species in your pack.There are many more activities and ideas available on the Woodland Trust websitewoodlandtrust.org.uk. Where appropriate, curriculum links are provided, but each giveplenty of scope for adapting resources, particularly for younger age groups.We hope these materials help you enthuse and inspire your pupils about the natural world.WorksheetSuggested time of useWhere to use1. Twigs all look the same.Winter (same time as planting hedgeIndoors or outdoorsor copse pack)(easier indoors)Or do they?Curriculum areasScienceSpring to autumn after planting.2. Exploring a hedgePlease take special care to avoidnesting birds during the peak birdOutdoorsScienceOutdoorsScience, MathematicsOutdoorsScience, Mathematicsnesting season 1 March to 31 July.Spring to autumn after planting and3. Measuring your hedgeongoing. Please take special care toavoid nesting birds during the peakbird nesting season 1 March to 31 July.Any time in spring to autumn. Please4. How species rich isyour hedgetake special care to avoid nesting birdsduring the peak bird nesting season 1March to 31 July5. Food chainsAny timeIndoorsScience6. Wild talesAny timeIndoorsLiteracyThese sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 2/10Twigs all look the same.Or do they?TEACHER NOTESThis activity is designed to be carried out inwinter so it can be used at the same time asplanting your trees. It involves close observationand drawing of twigs so it is ideal for classroomuse, but it could also be adapted into an outdoorobservation and discussion exercise during yourplanting activity.If desired, the saplings from your tree pack canbe used for this exercise. The saplings shouldonly be kept in the classroom for a couple ofhours and then returned to a cool area if not tobe planted immediately. It is important that theroots stay moist at all times.Each species in your free tree pack is identifiedby a coloured label. These labels correspondto the information sheet in your plantingpack, attached to your tree pack. You canalso download lots of useful hints and tips forsuccessfully planting and caring for your treesat woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/advice/If you are doing this activity with youngerchildren, you may choose to use just the twigidentification sheet and some simple guidequestions from the pupil worksheet. Some ofthe latter questions can be used for more ablechildren.When examining the twigs you may see markswhere last year’s leaves fell off. You may also beable to see tiny holes in the bark (lenticels) whichallow air to move in and out of the tree’s tissues.Question: Can you think why some trees mightlose their leaves in winter?Answer: The most obvious response to thisquestion is that trees lose their leaves becauseit is too cold for them to grow. In fact, trees losetheir leaves in winter mainly to preserve water.In winter when the ground is frozen no watercan move up the tree and it effectively suffersdrought.Losing leaves in winter also helps trees conserveenergy. Lower light levels limit photosynthesis(the process used by plants to convert sunlightinto energy), so trees have less energy duringthe winter months. By moving into dormancyand shutting down a lot of its activity, the treecan survive through the winter. Evergreen treesnormally have waxy needles which are speciallydesigned to save water. They do have theadvantage of being able to photosynthesise inwarmer, sunnier days of winter.Twig ID sheetThe twig ID sheet at the end of these notes is areally useful tool to help children identify wintertwigs. It features many common British treesand can be used as an extension activity.Curriculum links: SCIENCEYear 1: Plants – identify and name a variety of commonplants including deciduous and evergreen trees.Seasonal changes – trees in winter.Year 2: Living things and their habitats – identify andname a variety of plants.Plants – find out why plants need water to grow.Year 3: Plants – identify the functions of differentparts of flowering plants and explore the requirementsof plants for life.Wild cherryThese sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 3/10Exploring a HedgeTEACHER NOTESThis activity is designed for use with your newlyplanted trees and should be carried out whenthe shrubs are in leaf.If your trees have plenty of healthy leaves,children can work in pairs and pick a leaf tostudy. Otherwise, suggest they make theirobservations without picking leaves.ElderHawthornHazelBlackthornDogwoodHollyCan you find out more?The last exercise on the worksheet gives pupilsthe opportunity to make their own investigationinto a chosen species.Further information about British treescan be found atwoodlandtrust.org.uk/learn/british-treesLeaf ID sheetThe leaf ID sheet at the end of these notes isanother really useful resource. It features manycommon British trees and can help childrenidentify trees by their leaves.Curriculum links: SCIENCEYear 1: Plants – identify and name a variety of commonplants and identify and describe the basic structure of avariety of plants including trees.Year 2: Living things and their habitats – identify andname a variety of plants in their habitats.Plants – find out why plants need water to grow.Year 3: Plants – identify the functions of differentparts of flowering plants including leaves.These sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 4/10Measuring your hedgeTEACHER NOTESThis worksheet can be used on several repeatvisits to a newly-planted hedge to monitor itsgrowth and progress in its first few months andyears. It also encourages observation of anywildlife in and around the vicinity (birds etc). Ifthe hedge is visited two or three times over thefirst year, it should have grown a little betweenmeasurements, but it may be worth checkingthis before taking your class back for repeatvisits.According to the age/ability of your group themeasuring activity can be a simple exercisewhere pupils estimate the height of the hedgeand then measure it. For a more advancedactivity pupils can measure each shrub, thenwork out the average height of each species.Year 6 Mathematics includes ‘calculate andinterpret the mean as an average’. Pupils cantake a series of measurements across the lengthof the hedge and explore mode and range of thedata before estimating the average height of thehedge across its length.Working in groups, pupils can each measurea different species of shrub. This will buildup a long-term picture of the differentrates of growth of the different shrubs. Thisinformation can then be pooled and exploredin class according to age and ability. As well asmathematics, this information can form thebasis of a scientific enquiry.Curriculum links: SCIENCEYear 2: Plants – observe how seeds grow into matureplants.Year 3: Plants – explore the requirements of plants forgrowth and how they vary from plant to plant.MATHEMATICSYear 1: Measurement – compare, describe and solvepractical problems for lengths and heights eg longest/shortest and measure and begin to record heights.Year 3: Measure and compare lengths (cm).Year 6: Statistics – calculate and interpret the meanas an average.These sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 5/10How species richis your hedge?TEACHER NOTESThis outdoor exercise encourages pupils toimagine what their trees will look like in a fewyears time. A mature hedge in your schoolgrounds, nearby park or local woods can beused for this activity. It will be a more rewardingexercise for children if it contains a mixture ofdifferent shrubs.Hedges are habitatsThe worksheet questions ask the children todescribe the habitat, predict what animals theymight find, and then explore the habitat.Places to direct them to look for animals include:The surrounding area: are there any birdsnearby?On leaves: any caterpillars, other insects, oreven evidence of insect damage of leaves orfruit?Under leaf litter: a good place to find manyminibeasts. Ask children to replace any leavesthey have overturned.Curriculum links: SCIENCEYear 2: Living things and their habitats – identify andname a variety of plants and animals in their habitats.MATHEMATICSYear 3: Measure and compare lengths (cm).These sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 6/10How species-richis your hedge?TEACHER NOTESHedges are an important part of the UK’slandscape. Many were planted during a series ofenclosure acts in the 18th and 19th centuries,when the concept of common use of landwas replaced with enclosed fields in privateownership. But at least half of our hedgesare older than this. Some are hundreds, eventhousands of years old!For this exercise pupils need to count thenumber of different types of shrub in a 30-metrestretch of hedge (estimated at about 40 pupilpaces, but a long tape measure could be used foraccuracy).The more species found in a 30-metre stretch,the better the hedge is for wildlife. Pupils canrepeat this exercise on different hedges indifferent locations and compare results.One of the aims of this exercise is for pupilsto look closely at the difference between theshrubs in the hedge. By collecting leaves, theyshould be encouraged to describe the differencebetween them. Pupils should be shown thedifference between woody shrubs like hawthornor hazel, and herbaceous plants like grass ordandelions (woody vs soft stem).Question: Why do pupils think a hedge is betterfor wildlife if it has more shrub species growingin it?Answer: More species of shrub will be able tosupport a greater variety of insect, bird andmammal.Extension activityTo find out more and get advice on how tocomplete a more comprehensive hedgerowsurvey, please go to www.hedgelink.org.ukThere is lots of helpful information hereand pupils can upload their findingsto help build up a picture of thehedgerows around the UK. Youcan then also see how yourhedge compares to others inyour region and around the UK!These sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 7/10Food chainsTEACHER NOTESIt would be helpful if the paper-based activitycould be followed by an outdoor experience,perhaps searching for wildlife in the vicinity ofthe newly-planted hedge, or in and around amore mature hedge or group of trees.Food chainsGreen plants caterpillarbluetitfoxGreen plants snail thrush foxDead leaves wormbadgerQuestion: Explain why you think plants are suchan important part of food chains.Answer: Pupils should describe how food chainsall start with a green plant, or something thathas come from a green plant like leaves or fruits.This material gives the possibility to develop anunderstanding of food webs if wished, startingwith the idea that animals such as foxes rely onseveral food sources. One additional conceptthat is introduced is the different parts of plants(leaves, living and dead and fruit) that may beeaten by animals.Curriculum links: SCIENCEYear 4: Animals, including humans – construct andinterpret a variety of food chains.These sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 8/10Wild talesTEACHER NOTESThese folk tales are a starting point for creativewriting and could form a useful literacy exercise.An alternative/extension activity is for pupilsto carry out their own research about other folktales linked to trees and woodland creatures.Pupils can find folklore and facts about Britishtrees at or art ideasMaterial harvested from your free trees could beused for craft activities in future years, but untilthen you’ll need to collect materials from othersources. Why not try your local wood, park orschool grounds. We have some great ideasfor outdoor art activities /These activities include leaffaces and muddy smiles, leaffireworks and ice art. You canalso encourage your pupils tocreate some fantastic art in thestyle of Andy Goldsworthy.HazelHawthornOur seasonal play booklets are designed to inspirechildren with outdoor play ideas. There are lotsof great activities to engage children throughthe seasons, with plentyof craft activities to getinvolved with.Our Green Tree Schools Award scheme includesthe Woodland Ambassador challenge.This activity involves visiting a local wood,learning about trees and creating a display,assembly or presentation to tell your wider schoolcommunity why woods and trees are so important.Find out more at woodlandtrust.org.uk/awardThese sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 9/10Winter twig ID sheetAshOakFieldBirch AlderElderHazelBeech Horsemaple chestnutLimeLilacHawthorn Blackthorn LarchSycamoreRowanDog roseElmThese sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
Teacher notes to support your tree packsPage 10/10Leaf ID sheetAlderAshElderField MapleHollyHorse se sheets have been designed to be shared. Feel free to photocopy and provide to colleagues. The Woodland Trust is the UK’s largest woodland conservation charity.We want to see a UK rich in native woods and trees, for people and wildlife. woodlandtrust.org.ukThe Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales no. 294344 and in Scotland no. SC038885. A non-profit making company limited by guarantee.Registered in England no. 1982873. The Woodland Trust logo is a registered trademark. 10928 11/17
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