This session we bring to an end our Amazing Ancient Trees Ray with the ginkgo. I, for one, have been fascinated by the many roles ancient trees play in our lives and in the life of our planet. The ginkgo surely qualifies for being the most ancient tree of them all, as it not only can live for over 1000 years, but has existed as a species almost unchanged for 200 million years.
Session 5
Amazing Ancient Trees
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Crafts & Activities
About this Topic
A look at five trees that can live for 1000 years or more and that have had a significant cultural and spiritual effect on the generations of humans that have shared their company.
Religious groups, artists and writers have been inspired by the longevity and majesty of these trees, and the trees or their products have come to symbolise important ideas like peace, immortality, power, strength, and victory.
There are 5 Rays, which provide a programme for one year’s sessions for a children’s group running during term-time. For each Ray, there is a set of topics, each of which comprises a theme for a term or half-term.
The sessions are presented in a pick-and-mix way - some information, some games, crafts, videos, etc. You are encouraged to adapt the material to your own setting , the time you have available and the resources you have. Don’t think that you have to do everything on offer.