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‘The Man Who Planted Trees’ School Assembly - Woodland Trust

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Inspire your pupils with this uplifting story about tree planting. We provide a free PowerPoint presentation and teacher notes to help you to deliver it.

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Wind on the Hill by A.A. Milne - Answers

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Wind on the Hill by A.A. Milne - Questions and response sheets

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Wind on the Hill by A.A. Milne - Wind on the Hill Poem

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Winnie the Pooh & Christopher Robin's REAL 100 Acre Wood: The Ashdown Forest

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Pandora Discovered 9-11 - Teaching Resources

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Pandora Discovered 9-11 - Lesson Planning

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The Outdoors People Improvised Shelters Booklet, Key Stage 3-4

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The Russian Revolution of 1917 had a significant effect on everyone including artists and musicians. Prokofiev was greatly concerned with the political unrest in Russia and the effect it would have on his career. He was also interested in seeking professional opportunities outside his native country, and in 1918, traveled to the United States. He remained abroad for 20 years, accepting commissions from ballet and opera companies (first in the US and then in Europe) and also performing concerts in several other countries.

After the revolution, Joseph Stalin took control of Russia beginning in the late 1920's and remained in power until his death in 1953. During his rule, everything was controlled by the state including the creation of art and music. In the 1930s the Soviet government created a "Composers' Union" to keep foreign influences out of Soviet music. This union also kept a close watch over composers to make sure their work followed the government's demands-traditional Russian music with Russian themes and elements. No new or different music was allowed, and only composers who followed these rules would have their music endorsed by the government and performed.

Prokofiev had become somewhat more traditional in his composing over the years. After weighing the decision to either compromise with Russian authorities by sticking with traditional ideas, or be true to some of his more non-traditional musical ideas, did he decide to conform (to some extent) to the Soviet influence. "Peter and the Wolf" certainly fit with the more traditional style, and was written the year Prokofiev returned to his native land in 1936.

LINKS

* Watch of pictures and advertisements from the time of the Russian Revolution. The song, a Russian patriotic march, is sung by the Russian Army Chorus and has an interesting history which you can find .

* Learn more about Prokofiev at

* What would it be like as an artist or composer to be forced to follow the government's rules in order to create? Would you follow their restrictions so that you could stay in your homeland, or move to a place that allowed you freedom to create what you wanted? Discuss.

* The Disney movie Anastasia tells the fictional tale of a girl who is the only surviving member of the Russian royal family after the revolution. (In actuality, no member of the royal family survived.) Rent the movie and watch it with your class or family.

Many composers in Russia around the time of Prokofiev wanted to create music that sounded very "Russian". They were very proud of and inspired by their country. They used folk tunes, unusual scales, and techniques of their native land to create compositions that reminded their fellow Russians of the uniqueness of their country. One specific group of these "nationalistic" composers was called the Moguchaya Kuchka- "Mighty Handful", or "Russian Five". Their names were Mily Balakirev, Cesar Cui (pronounced kyew-ee), Modest Mussorgsky, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Alexander Borodin. They were, in some instances, privately taught and most had other careers prior to, or concurrent with, their musical ones.

The men in Trio Voronezh on the CD use three Russian folk instruments: the domra, balalaika and the bayan. The is a stringed instrument in the lute family. The most common one has three strings and it is often used to play the lead melody in folk ensembles. The is a type of accordion with buttons instead of a keyboard. See a virtuoso bayan player on this . The is a triangular-shaped string instrument also with three strings. There are many sizes of balalaika, from a tiny, seldom-used piccolo instrument to the large bass instrument with an endpin like a cello which is played by a member of the Trio Voronezh. Watch this to see another balalaika player.

Listen to music of any of these composers. Get CDs from the library or purchase them as MP3s from iTunes or another store. Here are some good suggestions with which to begin: Mussorgsky's " Pictures at an Exhibition " - This set of pieces is programmatic music, meaning it was composed to represent actual objects. In this case, paintings Mussorgsky saw. Draw a picture while you listen to some of these pieces.

Program music is music that tells a story or is associated specifically with something outside the music (a painting, character or event). Peter and the Wolf is obviously wonderfully composed program music. Absolute music, in contrast, is music that was simply written for its own sake, without trying to express anything but the music itself. In visual art, paintings, drawings or sculpture that do not try to represent something specific are called "abstract". Wassily Kandinsky (mentioned above) thought that art should be able to exist for its own sake - simply for color, line and shape- just like music can. Listen to these examples of program music and absolute music:

Examples of Program Music

* Symphonie Fantastique "

Prokofiev wasn't just passionate about music, he was also crazy about chess. He followed the world of chess and chess champions very closely, and was even famous for once beating a friend of his; famous chess champion Jose Raul Capablanca. Do you know how to play chess? If you don't, now's a perfect time to learn!

This link includes rules of play and printable, make-your-own chessboard and pieces.

​Read more about Prokofiev and his passion for chess on .

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Peter and the Wolf Curriculum Guide - Maestro Classics

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Click on a subject to view its corresponding curriculum guide The Russian Revolution of 1917 had a significant effect on everyone including artists and musicians. Prokofiev was greatly concerned with the political unrest in Russia and the effect it would have on his career.

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Year 1 Science - Plants

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https://www.naturalcurriculum.co.uk/

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https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/03/nature-detectives/

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Wight Conservation's Woodlands

Apart from the large Brighstone Forestry Complex on long term lease to the Forestry Commission, we have seven separate woodlands in-hand, totaling 265 acres. They have been gradually acquired since 1990.

The woodlands are all broadleaved in character, although with the exception of Wroxall and Rew Copses, there have been limited conifer plantings over the last 60 years. Wroxall and Rew Copses are entirely Ancient Woodland sites, while four of the others have important Ancient Woodland elements.

Despite a few indicators and the presence of wych elm, there are no records for the origin of Coombe Plantation, and the wood does not appear in any of the older maps. Wroxall Copse and Rowborough, both of which are important for their veteran trees, were obviously wood-pasture and sheep grazed until WWII. The Brighstone Forestry complex, on a 999 year let to the Forestry Commission, is all less than 80 years old.

Wight Conservation Management

Woods need management, otherwise they quickly deteriorate and become largely barren of many forms of wildlife. At purchase, our woods had all severely suffered from the 1987 storm and lack of management. Many rides were blocked and impenetrable, and the canopies had closed over, cutting out most of the sunlight. There was a dearth of birds and butterflies. The shade severely suppressing much of the valuable vegetation. Few hazel stools bore nuts and hence there was a shortage of an invaluable food source for both the red squirrel and the dormouse.

Now, after several years of conservation-led management, and with the assistance of Forest Enterprise grants, there has been a transformation. The woods are increasingly open to sunlight and there has been a welcome resurgence of woodland flora, including many Ancient Woodland indicators. Silence has been replaced by bird song, and the hazel is fruiting. Butterflies are returning.

Due to their importance for veteran trees and wild flora, in 2008 Natural England accepted Wroxall and Rew Copses under our new Higher Level Scheme, thereby increasing funds for maintenance and badly needed capital works.

It is, however, a continuing and unrelenting process and it will be at least another decade until the full benefits become apparent. In the meantime, we believe that for its size our woodland estate is the most actively managed for conservation in the south of England.

Rides

Our core philosophy is to let in more sunlight, - then everything benefits. Existing rides have been widened and scalloped to increase valuable woodland edges. Ideally a ride width should be 1.5 times the height of adjacent trees, but this is not always possible. Our main rides have all been widened, given shape and lead on to the occasional glade. There are regular over-head pinch points for the red squirrel and the dormouse to travel over.

New Rides

Several kilometres of new rides have been created largely for timber extraction or hunt passage purposes. Some are narrower and often damper than the older ones, but all rides bring benefits to wildlife, regardless of whether they are dry or wet, narrow or wide.

Ride Management

There is vigorous summer vegetation growth in the damp main rides. Hence they have to be mowed up to three times a year instead of the usual once, otherwise the tall growth would completely deprive the shorter species of badly needed light. Furthermore, with improved woodland edges providing it with more foraging, the red squirrel enjoys the security of small open spaces allowing it to quickly detect and evade any predator.

Increasingly our main rides are managed on a two or three tier system. The central strip is regularly mown. The second tier, bordering the centre, consisting of tall grasses and herbs, is cut on a two year rotational basis, and the scrub third tier, (the outer edges) every three to five years.

Thinning and Skylighting

We clean out the spindly, weak and poorly formed trees and remove a proportion of trees to afford more growing space to those retained. About 25% of the stems are thinned each visit. It results in a quality improvement in the remaining stands, permitting their canopies to develop, and allows more sunlight into the lower forest to benefit the under storey, particularly hazel, and the ground vegetation. By this method, we should also be able to encourage natural regeneration and avoid both clear felling and replanting.

Skylighting is similar to thinning except we are clearing around the finer specimen trees, giving them more space and light for development.

Harvesting Operations

We take great care as to how the operations are carried out. We appoint contractors for their sympathetic understanding of woodlands. Chosen thinning seasons reduce disturbance to the woods ecology. Care is taken not to cut down trees containing red squirrel drays (nests) and not to remove conifers used as squirrel food sources. Care is also taken to avoid soil compaction and rutting. No timber is extracted until soil conditions permit and much is left in situ to rot as dead wood.

Coppicing

Hazel coppicing is carried out in rotation. It involves cutting wood to ground level and allowing it to reproduce itself by the shoots growing up from the stumps (stools). We coppice hazel on a chequer board basis in areas of half to one acre. There is no ready Island market to accept the better five/seven years growth, and there is a growing shortage of coppicing skills. Hence our policy is to rotate at 15-18 instead of 5-7 years. Although less beneficial for the ground flora, birds and invertebrates, it is more helpful to the red squirrel and dormouse, providing good shelter and an improving food source. It is then cut for fire wood. A local hurdle-maker is allowed to "shave" off some of the suitable sticks from the maturing coppice.

Dead Wood and Brash

Timber not used for firewood or processing is left as lying dead wood, naturally breaking up with time. If practical, fallen veteran trees are left lying whole. Dead wood is an important part of conservation management, because it provides good habitats for a whole assemblage of invertebrates, mosses and fungi. It is also visually attractive.

If trees die standing, then unless there are safety reasons. They deteriorate as dead wood, giving homes to birds and bats.

There is no burning in our woodlands. Brash (i.e. small branches and twigs) is gathered up and rowed into "dead hedges". These might be several feet high and again provide habitats for small woodland mammals, invertebrates and fungi, whilst keeping the browsing mammals away from the new shoots.

Veteran Trees

Veteran trees are a special feature of Englands woodlands, hedges and parks. They are important for biodiversity and add much to the landscapes visual appeal. They are generally defined as trees in ancient stages of their life, and trees that are old relative to others of the same species.

Two of Wight Conservations woodlands are important for veteran trees and some 150 exist. They are principally ash, field maple and crab apple.

Proper management of veteran trees is important to Wight Conservation, as is identifying trees that might become potential veterans in future centuries. For more on the management and importance of veteran trees click here..

Isle of Wights woodlands benefit from the absence of grey squirrels and deer, which, through browsing, could cause immense damage to the countrys woods and the form of individual trees.

Certification

UKWAS (The UK Woodland Assurance Standard) has been introduced in the last decade. It is a voluntary scheme, largely motivated by some of the bigger stores and some conservationists. It is a wide ranging qualification, subject to audits by independent certification bodies. It embraces silviculture management, planning, conservation, Health & Safety, access, use to the community, community involvement, Trades Union membership etc. It is an expensive process and largely irrelevant to the small woodland owner who finds that its annual cost might well exceed his woodland income. The carrot offered by the large stores, such as B&Q, is that they will only buy timber from certified woods. Wight Conservation has decided not to participate but instead formally follows the principles of good silviculture, conservation and Health & Safety.

Access

Wroxall Copse can be seen from two bridle paths - one going up a steep hill from north-south through the middle of the wood and the other west-east near the top side. They are particularly attractive when the wild flowers are out in late April and May.

At Rowborough, the shooting rights retained by Wight Conservations landlord limit our scope to allow access. In our other managed woods, there is only access on an organised or individual permission basis. We believe it is important to leave the woods as quiet as possible to allow the wildlife to flourish. Our own visits are restricted to management purposes and no dogs, except on leads, are allowed. We are managing for wildlife, not people. CLICK for walk details.

Woodland Biodiversity

In 2000, Jonathan Cox, a well known freelance ecologist and nature conservation adviser, author of several English Nature publications and consultant to the The Peoples Trust for Endangered Species at Briddlesford, gave talk on "Priorities for Woodland Biodiversity on the Isle of Wight" to the Isle of Wight Woodland Forum. It was later published by the Isle of Wight Farm and Woodland Conservation Trust.

CLICK HERE for a brief history of woodland evolution and development, with special reference to Wight Conservation's own woods.

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History of woodland on the Isle of Wight

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Apart from the large Brighstone Forestry Complex on long term lease to the Forestry Commission, we have seven separate woodlands in-hand, totaling 265 acres. They have been gradually acquired since 1990. The woodlands are all broadleaved in character, although with the exception of Wroxall and Rew Copses, there have been limited conifer plantings over the last 60 years.

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The Woodland Trust is a charity registered in England and Wales (No. 294344) and in Scotland (No. SC038885). A non-profit making company limited by guarantee. Registered in England No. 1982873. Woodland Trust (Enterprises) Limited, registered in England (No. 2296645), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Woodland Trust.

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About

The island is renowned for its scenic beauty and diverse landscapes and the Forestry Commission manages over 1000ha of woodland and associated habitats. These are 6 distinct areas; Bouldnor, Burntwood, Brighstone, Parkhurst Forest, Firestone Copse and Combley Great Wood.

Many of the woodlands are covered by statutory conservation designations and comprise a mixture of freehold and leasehold areas providing a challenging and dynamic background to the successful management of the area.

It is home to a population of red squirrels thanks to its separation from the mainland by a body of water. The Isle of Wight has a mild maritime climate and contains many areas of ancient woodland.

The woods are popular with locals and tourists alike, and attract dog walkers, ramblers and cyclists in particular. Some areas are also used for organised events such as orienteering and drag hunting.

Objectives

The objectives of management here are to:

* Maintain and increase the native composition of ancient semi-natural woodland.

*Initiate restoration of planted ancient woodland sites to native and honorary native woodland.

*Maintain and enhance the favourable conservation status of a nationally important wildlife sites.

*Maintain and enhance where possible the recreational capacity of the woodland.

*Maintain and increase the species and age diversity of the woodland. Provide a regular supply of quality timber to support local employment and local timber processing industries.

What we'll do

Approval has been granted for the operations to run from 2017 to 2027.

Map point:

Bouldnor: SZ 3807 9022

Burnt Wood: SZ 4431 9269

Brighstone: SZ 4193 8489

Parkhurst Forest: SZ 4729 9100

Firestone Copse: SZ 5557 9119

Combley Great Wood: SZ 5475 8877

The species composition will change from 57% broadleaf, 22% conifer, 16% mixed woodland and 5% permanent open space in 2017 to 63% broadleaf, 26% mixed woodland and 11% permanent open space in 2117.

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About The island is renowned for its scenic beauty and diverse landscapes and the Forestry Commission manages over 1000ha of woodland and associated habitats. These are 6 distinct areas; Bouldnor, Burntwood, Brighstone, Parkhurst Forest, Firestone Copse and Combley Great Wood.

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Credit: Michael Heffernan / WTML

Why take learning outside?

Outdoor learning has so many benefits, both for individuals and your class as a whole. It improves team working, problem solving, communication and self-esteem. It boosts physical and mental health. And it's a brilliant way to encourage a lifelong love of trees and nature.

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Outdoor Learning Resources For Schools - Woodland Trust

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Credit: Michael Heffernan / WTML Why take learning outside? Outdoor learning has so many benefits, both for individuals and your class as a whole. It improves team working, problem solving, communication and self-esteem. It boosts physical and mental health. And it's a brilliant way to encourage a lifelong love of trees and nature.