Teacher Resources
Year 4-6 and 7-8 Education Resource available now!
TfS have worked with Core Education to produce a resource for use by teachers for curriculum aligned learning around the resources and opportunities provided by the TfS programme.
We have sent an email to all of our schools sharing a link to this resource - please be in touch if you have not received this.
Teacher Resources to Download
We welcome teachers at TfS schools to please download and use the guidelines and checklists to support planting days, potting on, growing unit care and irrigation.
School Web Badge
Are you a proud Trees for Survival School?
We would love for your school to display our web badge
If you would like to use our web badge on your school website please let us know and we can send this to you info@tfsnz.org.nz
General
Planting Day
Potting On Seedlings
Irrigation
Student Certificates
We would love you to acknowledge those students who really shine and dig deep on planting day or those who show responsibility and care for the plants in your growing unit.
Plant Health Checklist
We want to help our schools engage in the TfS programme throughout the year. Your school can take more responsibility for your plants by encouraging/reminding students (and teachers) to regularly check on your plants!
Our checklist will help you know what you can be checking in the shadehouse; what is great and what could be indication of a problem that your facilitator can help with.
Print and laminate the checklist and make it a regular part of classroom activity.!
Thanks for a well organised and inspirational day for our children. It really brought out the best in them and will leave them with lasting memories and thoughts about how to make our community and planet a better place.”
– Deputy Principal, Puni School
What does success look like?
We have a range of criteria to set your school up for success so you enjoy the Trees for Survival programme and your students have a great experience. Here's what we're looking to achieve:
The Trees for Survival programme was integrated into the curriculum
Seedlings were potted on as soon as possible after receiving them
Shade house plants are tended throughout the growing season
Planting day dates were set and shared with your Facilitator and Landowner before the end of March
By May, all plants were a minimum of 30cm and sturdy enough for planting between May-Aug
Your planting day may not go ahead if your plants numbers or size are insufficient
If there were substantial numbers of undersized plants or plant losses the reasons for this would be identified with your Facilitator and a plan put in place to prevent this in future
A successful planting day was held with your community and sponsors.
