Low Carbon: Woodland Trust provides free trees for children in Shropshire
PUPILS in three North Shropshire schools are getting busy planting free trees thanks to the Woodland Trust.
Cockshutt Primary School, the Thomas Adams School in Wem and The Park Pre-School near Whitchurch are all involved in the Trees for All Project set up by the Woodland Trust, the UK's leading woodland conservation charity.
They are among a host of schools and youth groups receiving free 'hedge and copse' packs containing either 30 native hedge trees including hawthorn, hazel, holly, dog rose and dogwood, or 30 native copse trees such as birch, rowan and wild cherry.
As a result almost 1,000 trees will be planted across the county in the next few weeks.
The Tree for All project is the biggest children's tree planting initiative across the UK, and helps children to learn about the importance of the environment from an early age.
The Woodland Trust's Karen Letten, schools development manager, said: "This season has shown another huge response from schools and youth groups requesting free packs of trees.
"These packs are a great way to improve the biodiversity of school grounds and community areas.
"The trees are specially selected to provide food and shelter for a wide range of wildlife and are a practical way for young people to learn about their local environment."
The tree planting can also be used to contribute to the National Curriculum's key Stage 2 in science, numeracy, literacy and art and design.
So far the campaign has led to more than 6.6 million trees being planted across the UK involving more than 1,600,000 people. More than 8,900 hectares (22,000 acres) of new woodland has been created so far, equivalent to over 10,000 football pitches.
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