School woodland copse inspiration needed

[stuckinthemud]

Well here’s a twist, my school is situated in a smallish woods. Not sure on exact size, maybe 2/3 of an acre. We don’t have enough room for playing fields, just a small triangular copse on a steep slope down to a river. The twist is that in a staff reshuffle, developing outdoor activities (turn that woods into a resource) might fall at my classroom door. The woods is unmanaged, full of ash dieback, downy birch and brambles . Any suggestions on where I can look for inspiration on what to do with it? Oh, this is for a school of 11 to 16 year olds, almost all of whom are boys.

 

[okeydokey]

This sounds like fun to manage - how good are you at preparing and getting approval for risk assessments.

The Scouts 60 years ago would have been a good source of information starting by making sure everyone had a knife complete with the getting stones out of horses hoofs attachment.

 

[toolsntat]

What a wonderful opportunity to get the next generation on point.
There must be a hedge ready for laying?

https://ncfed.org.uk/

https://linktr.ee/dcsg?fbclid=PAZXh...95Hrt7bIjeYDbZivag_aem_rZMSLVEsgeYkURHNOpiKfQ

If you do Instagram and look into any of these groups it should open up a world of information .
Cheers, Andy