A tribute to fallen trees
| Links to the story | Key Stage 2 and 3 programmes of study | Possible learning outcomes | Big ideas |
| A tribute to fallen trees |
gain historical perspective by placing their growing knowledge into different contexts, understanding the connections between local and… cultural… and social history; and…between short- and long-term timescales. History National Curriculum, KS1 and 2 |
To realise that the loss of the trees will have impacts beyond the wood, it will affect all those who visit the wood and the appearance of the wood for decades to come |
being and becoming what is life? |
It is the fate of all organisms to die; it is part of the journey of being and becoming. We can, of course, mourn the loss of the ash trees in Nowhere Wood as something more than just routine woodland maintenance.
This is an unusual story, but it is an important one – we need a sense of history to understand the importance of these trees to the area, which is why using the history National Curriculum as an anchor is so important.
The robin just gets on with the business of being and becoming – looking for new opportunities amidst the debris.