We are continuing to work with schools to integrate the annual tree cycle into the school curriculum so that each class can take an active role across the school year each year, all within an integrated tree plan for their town.

Activities include seed gathering, transplanting seedlings, creating a tree nursery, planting, tree care, coppicing and making with wood. Across the school year each year, all within an integrated tree plan for their town.

We support local woodland owners to engage with schools and the local community to implement their ambitions for tree planting.

Each year, Year 4 students will plant the trees and annually
Year 4 will visit the sites, replace any trees that may have died (normally 20%) and undertake tree care of those planted trees. For the next 5 years each Year 4 class will then have this role on an ongoing basis, with residents invited to take part.

The ambition is that across both primary schools each class will have an allocated role related to the annual tree cycle. So that students take an active role in planting and caring for new trees in their communities as part of delivering local carbon neutral targets.