27 Sep
2010
"Bliain na Beithe". "Year of the Birch ".

On Thursday, 7 October 2010 primary school children all over Ireland are encourage to put away their school books and spend the day learning about trees in a fun, relaxed and engaging environment. The aim of ‘Tree Day’ is to create a learning experience that will enthuse and enlighten all children by making them aware of the magic, beauty and importance of trees and the wider environment. The event is sponsored by Tetra Pak
and supported by the Department of Education and Science. Many schools take the opportunity to
participate in guided woodland walks at over 120 locations throughout the country. These walks are hosted by Tree Council member organisations including Coillte, the National Parks & Wildlife Service, the Heritage Service of the OPW, the Dublin local authorities and private owners.
Tree Day was first held in 1997 and has since grown from strength to strength with hundreds of thousands of pupils estimated to have taken part in a woodland walk for the day. It ensures that each child who passes through the primary school curriculum will have eight full days of education about trees during the primary school cycle.

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To arrange a walk for your school please click here for details of a contact in your area
Each year a different tree is celebrated on Tree Day. Tree Day 2010 will celebrate one of our most common natives, the birch tree. A poster with the theme “The Year of the birch” has been circulated to all primary schools with a factsheet about birch.
To support Tree Day, the Tree Council has developed a comprehensive resource pack on the subject of trees. It is complimentary to the science syllabus of the school curriculum and covers over 40 topics on the subject of trees such as “why trees are planted,” “wildlife in woodlands” “trees in poetry” and a range of interesting and fun science experiments and worksheets to stimulate project work and practical activities, both in the classroom and in the school grounds. The Tree Day Manual is available in all schools and is also free to download from the left column of this page.
Eanna Ni Lamhna, Vice President, Tree Council of Ireland with some schoolchildren at the National Botanic Gardens where details of Tree Day 2010 were announced. Posing with a birch tree above and the broom called a besom - a broom made from birch twigs.
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