Sustainable Site Management- Tree Climbing and Tree Management
Earthtime’s Forest School Nursery staff share some ideas and examples of how to manage climbing activities whilst minimising damage to trees. https://youtu.be/Q0djspmzE1Q
Trees, People and the Country Estate
The Trees , People and the Country Estate resource is an introduction to the Enlightenment and the role trees and forestry played in the development of modern Scotland. It is designed to support curricular work delivering People in the Past and People in Place Experiences and Outcomes. Relevant topics supported by this resource include the Jacobites, slavery and its abolition, the Agricultural Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, the New Town of Edinburgh and Scotland at the time of Burns. This resource is supported by the shorter companion resource Trees and the Scottish Enlightenment.
Trees and the Scottish Enlightenment
This resource, Trees and the Scottish Enlightenment is an outline of the story of the Enlightenment and the beginnings of modern forestry and is intended as a brief introduction to a complex subject, which is complemented by the more detailed stories told in Trees, People and the Country Estate. Links to this resource are given through this text and are highlighted in yellow with page numbers.
Scotland is the home of modern Forestry. Forests here are managed now very differently to how woodlands were managed in the past. This resource tells the story of how Scottish forestry developed during a particular historical time period, known as the Enlightenment and in a particular sort of place, the Scottish Country Estate.
Wolf Brother’s Wildwoods
This resource has been produced to support teachers who are reading the novel Wolf Brother by Michelle Paver with their classes. Set in Mesolithic times, the novel is not only an exciting read but also reveals much about the lives of hunter-gatherers who lived in Scotland 10,000 years ago.
The resource aims to:
Bring the Mesolithic period to life through a series of woodland and classroom learning activities
Encourage pupils and teachers to enjoy spending time in their local woodland
Support teachers in delivering Curriculum for Excellence outcomes through outdoor learning
Wolf Brother’s Wildwoods (coastal resources)
Annotated poster to support Scottish Forestry’s Wolf Brother’s Wildwoods resource, showing how Mesolithic people used the coastal landscape for food gathering and campsites.
Wolf Brother’s Wildwoods: Every part of the deer (poster)
Annotated poster to support Wolf Brother’s Wildwoods resource, showing how wild boar and deer are skinned and used in a Mesolithic camp.
The Wee Tree Name Guide
The Wee Tree Name Guide is part of the Identifying Trees resource, also created by Outdoor & Woodland Learning Scotland. The Identifying Trees resource along with others highlighted within, such as the Woodland Trust Tree ID app, will help provide further information on how to identify trees and should be used together to gain a deeper knowledge and insight into this topic.
Learning to identify and name trees and putting that skill to use gives a positive context and provides key tools for addressing two of the most pressing concerns of the climate emergency: loss of biodiversity and inequality. It also brings Learning for Sustainability through Outdoor Learning to life.
Sustainable Site Managment- Clothing and Independance
Cambusbarron Village Nursery show that clothing is an essential element of outdoor learning and play to ensure children can fully embrace and explore the outdoors no matter what the weather. By encouraging independence and ownership when preparing clothing for, and during their outdoor adventure’s children are learning vital lifelong skills from an early age. https://youtu.be/2dNUj5fOrl4
Sustainable Site Managment- Handwashing Outdoors
Not sure where to start with handwashing in the outdoors. Staff from Willow Den and Earthtime run through some easy techniques to wash hands and to minimise the impact on the environment.
The video can be viewed at the following link
https://youtu.be/cLAaOStjvzY
Our Scots Pine: Poster
A beautiful poster of Scotland’s national tree “Our Scots Pine”, illustrated with a selection of the flora and fauna associated with the tree, as well as uses.
Identifying Trees
A new resource which is suitable for both experienced and novice practitioners guides you though how to teach about identifying trees.
The activities are classified for beginner, intermediate and experienced users.
Tree Measuring
A range of activities to involve children in estimating and measuring the height and girth of trees. Curriculum for Excellence: Early to Third and Fourth Levels