The Man Who Planted Trees: Film & KS2 Education Pack
Click on either document download link below (the document is available as a Word file with clickable weblinks or as a PDF) to download the Key Stage 2 education pack for academic year 2024-2025, which contains information on how to watch the film of our play, further resources and some activities for the classroom across English, Science, PHSE and Art & Design Technology.
The film of Hebden Bridge Arts’ stage production is available for Calderdale schools to stream online (until the end of July 2025) from vimeo.com/roguerobot/hbartsthemanwhoplantedtrees using password SchoolsHBA24!
The film of Hebden Bridge Arts’ stage production is available for Calderdale schools to stream online (until the end of July 2025) from vimeo.com/roguerobot/hbartsthemanwhoplantedtrees using password SchoolsHBA24!
The text of The Man Who Planted Trees by Jean Giono, in English translation - a beautiful and short read - is available to read online here or download using the file below.
The Bookcase independent book shop in Hebden Bridge is selling the Vintage Earth edition of the published short story in English translation.
The original short story - listen
Click on the audio file above to listen to the short story 'The Man Who Planted Trees' by Jean Giono, in English translation. With huge thanks to our former trustee, actor and voice artist Claire Storey for her reading of the story, and to Mark Marrington who composed and played the original guitar intro and outro music.
Background to the original story & further resources
The background to the writing of the story is covered in this wikipedia article.
The short story has been used as inspiration in other ways in the past.
This 30 minute animation of the story from 1987 by won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
In 2021 this String Quartet No. 1 - The Man Who Planted Trees by Noah Max was premiered by the Brompton Quartet - it features words from the story.
For educators, try this The Man Who Planted Trees resource from the Woodland Trust: a Key Stage 2 Assembly:
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/act/your-school/green-tree-schools-award/assembly/
The short story has been used as inspiration in other ways in the past.
This 30 minute animation of the story from 1987 by won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
In 2021 this String Quartet No. 1 - The Man Who Planted Trees by Noah Max was premiered by the Brompton Quartet - it features words from the story.
For educators, try this The Man Who Planted Trees resource from the Woodland Trust: a Key Stage 2 Assembly:
www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/support-us/act/your-school/green-tree-schools-award/assembly/