CHILDREN have visited a future woodland as part of their education, with funding from their local community engagement forum (CEF).
About 90 children of all ages from Selby Community Primary School visited Three Hagges Woodmeadow near Escrick.
Woodmeadow Trust created the nature reserve in 2012 and is developing the site into a woodland and meadow ecological system that it hopes will in future centuries become ancient woodland.
Rosalind Forbes Adam, its project leader, said, “This project was part of our outdoor education programme - we feel strongly that inner-Selby schools need to have the chance to benefit from the interacting with nature here.
“These pupils enjoyed learning outside the classroom about habitats, tree identification, seed dispersal and food chains at the woodmeadow.”
The central area CEF paid £520 transport costs for the visits.
Its chair Cllr Ian Chilvers, said, “One of the CEF’s overall aims is to encourage positive attitudes towards the environment so this project was a perfect fit.
“We were delighted so many local school children had this opportunity to come down to this wonderful wildlife reserve.”
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