Teachers Pack
Our Teachers' Packs all contain the following:
- 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
NURSERY PACKAGE New for 2012-13, a special package for 2-4 year olds designed with Forest School elements
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 Years 1-2
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; lots 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 Years 3-6
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
Robin Hood Just how did Robin live off the land?; build a wooden shelter to hide from the sherriff; woodland trails
Maths Trail In partnership with the Village Schools Association, we have produced a Maths Trail aimed at Yr6 pupils. There are tasks to last you all day, or just pick some you fancy to add to your visit. Pupils copy and Teachers' Copy.
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 - see clip here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyUHCLxgbV0
We were recently asked to run a Dinosaurs and Jurassic plants day - here's the package we put together! Dinosaurs and Jurassic plants
