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Resources for Primary Schools

Trees, Woods and Forests

Tree name trail - an online tree identification key

How a tree works - a poster explaining the role of each part of a tree

Trees and Climate Change

Information pack - background information for teachers on topics relating to trees and climate change such as carbon capture, carbon storage, wood fuel, wood products, mitigation etc.

The World is Hot Enough - This DVD, developed at Westonbirt is pWestonbirt SDF logoart of our new "Forests for the Future" education programme. Our thanks go to the Cotswolds Conservation Board who generously helped us to fund this project.

Climate change 

Download in Quicktime format (mov | 108MB)
Download in Windows Media format (wmv | 111MB)

Developing natural play opportunitiesChildren playing in the forest

The Forestry Commission is committed to encouraging and enabling natural play opportunities for all. To this end we have developed a range of Nature Play resources.

If you would like to talk about Westonbirt's natural play please email the Westonbirt Learning Team.