What is Schools Tree Day?
National Tree Day is celebrated annually, which started and has grown into one of Australia's biggest community events since 1996 as the community gather in tree-planting and nature care event.
As we should be educating and encouraging taking are of our mother nature everyday, we celebrate Schools Tree Day to the last Friday in July.
When is Schools Tree Day?
Wednesday, 28 July
Activities:
- Centre project - Getting the children involved in planting a tree around the service and learning the importance of playing an active role in the community.
- Intentional teaching - Learning and discussing the life cycle of a tree, how it grows and what it needs to grow
- Creating a poster
- Create an ongoing tree and plant care program with your children. - Seed experiment - Children plainting their own plant and watching the plants grown and taking care of their plant by ensuring it is watered, recieving enough sunlight reflecting off their life cycle of a tree - https://www.pre-kpages.com/science-kids-growing-plants-experiment/
- Reading books regarding taking care of our environment
- Have a week dedicated to environmental awareness. Download our educational lesson plans for your students to learn more about the environment.
- Arrange a visit from a ranger or local council representative. They may be able to provide you with information and tools for your event or to arrange a demonstration on how to plant correctly and what native wildlife may be attracted to the plants.
- Creating a recycling corner to save trees!
For further information regarding how to get involved in School Tree Day click on the following link: https://treeday.planetark.org/get-involved/schools