Schools

For information on places to visit including farms, city farms, community gardens, countryside events and participation in countryside activities, and for help and advice on organising a visit, go to the Growing Schools website.

Young people of all ages benefit from ‘hands on’ experiences. By seeing, hearing, touching and exploring the world around them and experiencing challenge and adventure, they find out how what they learn at school relates to their life outside it.

To help schools provide more of these essential experiences for young people, a Quality Badge for providers has been launched as part of the ‘Out & About’ package. This enables schools to identify easily organisations and settings providing quality learning outside the classroom experiences. These include, for example, venues such as field study and adventurous activity centres, museums, historic houses, places of worship, theatres, galleries, zoos, botanic gardens and farms, as well as organisations providing expeditions and cultural, language and study visits abroad.

It is hoped that the Quality Badge will overcome some of the barriers preventing schools from providing out of classroom experiences for their pupils, as it should simplify the school’s task of planning and running activities when they choose to use an external provider. For more information about the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Badge, please visit http://www.lotc.org.uk/
 

The information for schools is separated into the three areas below:

Farmers and Growers

Support and Training is available to Farmers and Growers through the Countryside Educational Vists Accreditation Scheme (CEVAS).  Go to the CEVAS Distance Learning website or contact Farming and Countryside Education (FACE) for more information. Details on training courses can be found on the regional pages of this website.

Other projects and organisations you may be interested in are:

NFU 'Changing Attitudes' Roadshow

The NFU Roadshow will be visiting agricultural events, town centres and shows throughout 2009.  Featuring giveaways, competitions and helping you to find out more about British farming.

A list of dates and venues is available on the NFU Website - find and event near you!

For more information about the roadshows, email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

  Educational Access Sites
  Growing Schools
  Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
  LEAF
  Kids Connect
  Food for Life Partnership Mark for schools
  Soil Association Organic Farms Network