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 An new Education website is currently under construction by the Countryside Council for Education on behalf of the YORKSHIRE DIVISION of the ROYAL FORESTRY SOCIETY : www.teachingtrees.org.uk ROYAL FORESTRY SOCIETY EDUCATION FOR WOODLANDS PACK In partnership with the Yorkshire Division of the Royal Forestry Society, Leeds City Council's Forestry Section has been helping to create new educational material for use by schools throughout the Yorkshire region. The material contained here was produced in Leeds with the help of local schools and Leeds Tree Wardens. It has been trialled by schools in Skelton Wood, Whinmoor. The response from teachers and pupils who used the material has been very positive. With the kind permission of the Yorkshire Division of the Royal Forestry Society, this material can be accessed and downloaded, free of charge, from the Forest of Leeds website. This education work is on-going and more extensive material is being planned. To help with our work, comments from teachers would be of enormous help, so if you have sampled some of this material, please tell us on the form below what you and your pupils thought about it. Any suggested improvements will be welcome.  Download
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This website gives background information to all Leeds City Council owned woodlands, all of which have
full public access. If you wish to visit a privately owned woodland, remember to check with the owner
first. The Royal Forestry Society is encouraging its members to support educational activities in their
woods. A new website will soon be available to help schools locate private woodlands that are supporting
the education initiative. This will have a direct link with the Forest of Leeds website.
TREE SEED GATHERING AND AUTUMN TREES DAY LEEDS PRIMARY SCHOOLS This autumn, Leeds City Council's Forestry Section, in partnership with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (BTCV), will be holding four tree seed gathering events for primary schools in the Leeds area. Our aim is to involve youngsters in the collection of seed from local trees so that they can grow their own tree seedlings and plant them back into the local landscape (including school grounds) early in the new millennium. Trees planted from this seed will have real cultural and historical significance for the schools involved and the local communities who will benefit from the trees as they mature. Each event will involve three schools in a three hour package of activities :
Following this, children and staff will learn how to prepare their collected tree seed for sowing and be told exactly how to care for the young seedlings right up to the time of planting. The "Flying Slug Tree Workshop" will be run by staff from BTCV's Skelton Grange Environment Centre and offers a range of educational games and activities designed to aid understanding of trees and woodlands and how they interact with their ecosystems. There is no charge and all materials required for the collecting and transporting seed, plus sowing will be provided for schools to take back with them. In addition a selection of literature giving step by step guidelines will be available for schools to take away. Schools will be chosen on a first come first served basis, and will be asked to send one class of junior aged children (preferably Y5 or Y6). The day will include three overlapping three hour sessions :
The four events will take place at the following locations :
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