Mayersbrook Park
Over a long hot summer Trees for Cities community and education team worked with pupils from Manor Junior School in Barking on a climate change project, looking particularly at the role of trees and plants in regulating and protecting our urban climate.
Students worked under the shade of the trees in their local Mayersbrook Park with the community and education team over three sessions. The first session introduced the basic principles surrounding the international climate change debate and also introduced some of the trees in the park. The second enabled the students to investigate plant adaptation and the impact that trees can have on mitigating the effects of climate change.
The final workshop applied their knowledge to their own school grounds, focusing on practical steps and ideas to improve the environment surrounding the school and protect it from climate change. A teacher's pack was also created through the project to support the continued use of the park by the staff and their classes.
This project is supported by Natural England.
