School Visits

Teaching Trees offers fully funded woodland visits for schools and groups with children aged 3+. Led by our highly experienced Education Officers, our visits are curriculum linked and create knowledge and understanding through experience of the natural world.

Our free school visits programme is currently available in 9 regions across England. To find out if we have sites in your area, go to "Where are we?".

To book your visit, please contact your local Education Officer for more details and to discuss availability.

Programme 2020 - 2021

Each of the topics below is a 2 hour session filled with games, activities, story telling and discovery to inspire your group. At some sites we are also able to offer a full day visit, please check availability with your local Education Officer.

Woodland Ecosystems

EYFS and KS1

Signs of the Season
Seeds and Life Cycles
Sounds of the Forest
Little Red Riding Hood (Tree and Animal ID)
Minibeasts
Food chains
Hedgehogs, hibernation and homes

KS2

Seeds and Life Cycles
Surviving in the woods
Hunter Gatherers
Treasure hunters ID challenge
Contrasting locations – rainforests and native woodland
Contrasting locations - broadleaf and coniferous woodland
Climate Change
Producers, Predators and Prey

Woodland Management

KS1

Mapping and symbols
Conservation and Sustainability
Active woodland management

KS2

Woodlands under Attack
Mapping, co-ordinates and scale
The Forester Challenge (Numeracy)
Active woodland management
Junior Foresters Award

Forestry and Timber

EYFS and KS1

The Three Little Pigs (Timber construction)
The Billy Goats Gruff (Bridge building)

KS2

What have forests ever done for us?
Careers: the role of the forester
Materials – properties of timber

Please note that not all topics are available at all sites and some may only be available at certain times of year. Please contact your local Education Officer for more details.