Age: KS2 (age 7-9)
Activities for: A forest visit
Curriculum links:
- Spoken word: Speaking audibly, giving descriptions, building vocabulary. Preparing and listening to poems, recognising different forms of poetry, participating in performances.
- Reading: Comprehension (increasing familiarity with a wide range of books, including fairy stories, myths and legends).
- Writing: Composition.
Forests provide plenty of inspiration to enable children to compose poetry and write stories. A forest visit also provides numerous topics suitable for non-fiction reading and writing.
Resource contents
- pre-visit activities
- a need-to-bring-checklist
- printable materials
- post-visit activities
- discussion pointers