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Outdoor classroom installed alongside 280 trees and shrubs
This planting season, the Mersey Forest worked with several schools. Among them was Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School in Liverpool where 280 trees and shrubs were planted in early March.
The school initially enquired about the possibility of converting an old playground into a Forest School. While it was not possible to do this, a visit to the school highlighted another area which was unusable for play but would be suitable for a Forest School area.
This area became a key discussion point, and it was agreed with the school to plant 280 trees and shrubs alongside the installation of a new outdoor classroom space which will be used to deliver Forest School – with local charity, Everton in the Community, helping to deliver these sessions. 142 of these trees were planted by pupils at the school (including 60 students across two year 6 classes, and 31 pupils from year 4) which proved to be hugely enriching.
Laura Callaway of Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School said: "The project has enabled us to create our own forest school site, which will have huge benefits for our children. We will now be able to provide outdoor, forest school sessions for all of our pupils, providing brand new experiences for our children. Experiences that we believe will help our children to learn new skills and support their wellbeing. Forest school will also help our children to develop confidence, self-esteem, creativity and independence. We can't wait to get started!"
The project is part of the Green Recovery programme that aims to kickstart a Green Recovery across Merseyside and Cheshire, boosting nature recovery and connecting more people to nature across the area.
The project has allowed The Mersey Forest to work with 14 schools and community projects to create outdoor classrooms within their grounds. The trees provided for this project have been funded by the Trees for Climate programme, part of the government-led Nature for Climate Fund.
Interested in planting trees for an outdoor learning space? Get in touch by emailing: mail@merseyforest.org.uk
The school initially enquired about the possibility of converting an old playground into a Forest School. While it was not possible to do this, a visit to the school highlighted another area which was unusable for play but would be suitable for a Forest School area.
This area became a key discussion point, and it was agreed with the school to plant 280 trees and shrubs alongside the installation of a new outdoor classroom space which will be used to deliver Forest School – with local charity, Everton in the Community, helping to deliver these sessions. 142 of these trees were planted by pupils at the school (including 60 students across two year 6 classes, and 31 pupils from year 4) which proved to be hugely enriching.
Laura Callaway of Holy Trinity Catholic Primary School said: "The project has enabled us to create our own forest school site, which will have huge benefits for our children. We will now be able to provide outdoor, forest school sessions for all of our pupils, providing brand new experiences for our children. Experiences that we believe will help our children to learn new skills and support their wellbeing. Forest school will also help our children to develop confidence, self-esteem, creativity and independence. We can't wait to get started!"
The project is part of the Green Recovery programme that aims to kickstart a Green Recovery across Merseyside and Cheshire, boosting nature recovery and connecting more people to nature across the area.
The project has allowed The Mersey Forest to work with 14 schools and community projects to create outdoor classrooms within their grounds. The trees provided for this project have been funded by the Trees for Climate programme, part of the government-led Nature for Climate Fund.
Interested in planting trees for an outdoor learning space? Get in touch by emailing: mail@merseyforest.org.uk
