National Tree Week 2012

National Tree Day took place on the 11th of October. We spent the week learning about some of the trees that are native to Ireland. 

On Tuesday, we were doing art with Kate, our artist in residence. We made our own sketch book and then went walking on the main road. We turned up towards the mountain, and soon found a 'sketching point'. Using our viewfinders we all found something to draw. Here are some of the pictures we found!

  

We had great fun discussing and drawing our pictures. It's not as easy as it looks though!

On Thursday we had to sort our leaves. We made two groups: deciduous and coniferous leaves (that's evergreen to you and me!) 

  

Did you know that holly is an evergreen tree?

At two o'clock on Friday we went on a 'tree hunt'. We walked down the road and saw loads of trees. We saw ash, sycamore, hawthorn, willow, elderberry and lots more trees. 

We each picked one species of tree to answer questions on.

   

                                                        Some people were in no rush to get back to school!

I don't know about you but I'm already looking forward to next year.

Happy National Tree Day!