2. As a school we have been very fortunate in receiving 430 trees from the Woodland Trust. This pack of trees is specifically designed to attract wildlife to our school. On Wednesday and Thursday this week all children in our school plus children from the Nursery and some High schools will be planting these trees together.
3. The hashed area show where we will be planting our trees. Your teacher will tell you later in the week where and when you will be planting your trees.
5. The Importance of trees in our World Trees Produce Oxygen – All animals need this to live Trees play an increasing role a natural resource Trees add aesthetic value to the landscape – make it more attractive. They act as a visual screen Trees Clean the Air Trees help cleanse the air by intercepting airborne particles, Trees Clean the Soil Trees Shade and Cool Shade resulting in cooling is what a tree is best known for. Shade from trees reduces the need for air conditioning in summer. In winter, trees break the force of winter winds, lowering heating costs. Trees provide a vital habitat for wildlife - plays a part in the survival of butterflies, moths, dormice, hedgehogs, birds, insects Trees Are Carbon Sinks To produce its food, a tree absorbs and locks away carbon dioxide in the wood, roots and leaves. Carbon dioxide is a Green House gas. Suppress noise pollution, an ever increasing problem in urban environments. Trees stabilise soil and act as a windbreak, shelter
7. Friendship Needs Love interest Care Time Respect cooperation Space listening interaction Fun happiness honesty Trust/ being reliable compassion Patience
9. Things you will be doing this week Planting trees with friends from your class. Adding a friendship tag to each tree. This will be a message to a friend or a wish for the future Designing Posters – ask people to care for our trees. These will be added to a fence next to the wood area. Creating the leaves a tree of friendship in the corridor , each one of you will design a colourful leaf with a quality that make a good friend. Whole class art work or poetry around friendship .
10. Throughout the week members of the assembly committee will also be filming the different activities. They will be asking you what make a good friend, how we can become better friends. Perhaps you could add your thought to the Committees Blog – Wall wisher. We will be using all your ideas and work to make a follow up assembly towards the end of term.
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Editor's Notes
The same can be said for friendships. Friendships needs Time to growNeed respect between each personHonesty and truth – you need to be honest with each otherNeed trust – each person has got to believe in the other. And earn that trust Sometimes friendships need space – everybody is an individual sometimes they need to do their own thing or want to spend time with other friends. This doe not mean they are not your friends.A good freindship will involve listening to each other – this way we learn to strengthen our friendship.
As it is friendship week we have decided to make these trees into Trees of friendship. We hope that as the trees grow into stronger trees so will our friendships with each other, as long as we give them the things we needs.
