Teachers Pack
PAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION: PLEASE CLICK ON SCHOOLS PAGE FOR ALL TEACHERS PACKS
Our Teachers' Packs all contain the following (click links to individual items)
A list of essential information
A booking form
A risk assessment form
A map of the wood
A suggested timetable
A description of the ranger - led activity
A relevant activity to do on your own
Relevant spotter or activity sheets for children to use
Click on each package to view and download a pdf file
RECEPTION
Minibeasts Ranger - led rummage in the wood finding creepy-crawlies; woodland art sculptures of bugs; spotter sheets and trails
Fairy Stories Do you know the storybook wolves? Can you find Red Riding Hood? Do fairies live here and can you make them a garden?
The Gruffalo Ranger-led Gruffalo hunting and home-building; look for signs of other woodland animals; spotters and trails
Senses Ranger-led sensory experience, touching, smelling, even tasting! Make a woodland rainbow; collect textures; spotters and trails
Bears Go on a bear hunt or build woodland shelters for your bears with a ranger; find signs of other animals; make a bear sculpture
Bespoke We can help you plan your visit around whatever topic you are studying - here you'll find the basic information and booking form
KS1
Growing plants Explore the plant life of the wood with a ranger with your particular focus; create collages of finds; trails and spotters
Uses of wood Ranger led exploration of how we use wood; shelter building and firelighting; hands-on demo; trails and spotters
Minibeasts Ranger-led investigation of minibeasts, contrasting habitats, looking at food chains, camouflage etc; spotter sheets, pond dipping, trails
Plants and animals / Living things. What plants and animals live here, how to identify them, what they eat and how they grow, parts of plants, life cycles, using games and activities , trails and spotters
Shelter and survival Shelter building, fire lighting and cooking, plus hands-on wood demo; survival foraging; spotters and trails
Seasons Discover the delights of the season and work out what will happen in the next; lotds of spotter sheets; art opportunities; trails
A walk in the woods Ranger-led storytelling and activities, based on traditional or modern fairytales, shelter building, trails and spotters
Bespoke We can help you plan your visit around whatever topic you are studying - here you'll find the basic information and booking form
KS2
Life cycles in a woodland Exploration with games and soil, tree id, food chains etc; activity sheets and trail
Habitats The ranger can guide you through the varied woodland habitat; construct shelters; habitat work sheets; trails and spotters
Fungi Ranger-led fungi hunt, with explanation of their part in woodland ecology; spotters and trails; spore printing and fungi art
Growing and using wood Discover how the forester cares for the wood, hands-on woodcraft; trails, activities and spotters
Mapping skills Use a map of the wood to teach scale, orientation and representation; navigate the trail; make a natural map
Shelters and survival Shelter building and / or campfire cooking; foraging and old uses of plants walk; trail and activities
Environmental issues / sustainable living How do we care for the wood; woodwork demo shows production and waste; trails
Robin Hood Just how did Robin live off the land?; build a wooden shelter to hide from the sherriff; woodland trails
Bespoke We can help you plan your visit around whatever topic you are studying - here you'll find the basic information and booking form
Secondary and Tertiary
Basic package We can help you plan your visit around whatever topic you are studying - here you'll find the basic information, details on how we manage the woodland, and booking form and risk assessment.
Recent topics have included: GCSE Geography "Impact of tourism" ; AS-Level Biology "Ecology of woodlands"; A-Level media studies "Film Opening Brief" (especially suited to horror / thriller theme)
We were recently asked to run a Dinosaurs and Jurassic plants day - here's the package we put together! Dinosaurs and Jurassic plants
