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Spring Term

Growing pips and seeds in school
12 February 2009
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
You will look at how a variety of seeds and vegetable peelings, regularly discarded in our daily lives from fruit pips to carrot tops can be grown in the classroom to support the primary science curriculum.
Throughout the day you will be given the opportunity to investigate different types of seeds such as apple pips, conkers and acorns and given advice on how to grow them successfully. To get your seeds off to a good start, try your hand at making a propagator out of waste materials, providing seeds with the perfect environment to get them growing.

 

Developing the ‘Growing Potential’ of your school ground and its investigative and learning opportunities.
26 Feb 2009
Holt Hall Field Studies Centre
To enable teachers, teaching assistants and those responsible for growing fruit and vegetables, to share their own experiences, promote best practice and to investigate further opportunities to develop their potential in growing skills and promote investigations and learning opportunities within the school grounds.

 

Gardening in schools; further steps
11 March 2009
Assington Mill
This course will help you to develop more confidence, in order to extend your school gardening plans and activities, which already exist in your school. The course will include some practical growing techniques and will cover plants which fit in the school year, as well as how to maintain the garden in terms of resources and sustainability. Some curriculum related activities will be included.

 

Growing fruit and vegetables in schools
25 March 2009
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Encourage teachers and children to learn outside the classroom and think about healthy eating by setting up a ‘food producing’ garden in your school.
Learn how to set up and maintain an organic garden
Learn the simple techniques for successful growing of fruit and vegetables in school.
Discover the RHS Top Crops for Schools that can be sown, grown and harvested in the school term times.
Discuss and share ideas that link the garden with the school curriculum.

 

Summer Term

Gardening in schools; extending expertise
20 April 2009
Assington Mill
Your pupils are already involved in school gardening, but you would like to know more in terms of gardening techniques, in order to feel more confident. This day will extend you gardening skills, as well as look at organic methods of keeping plants healthy. There will be some curriculum-related activities for you to try out.

 

Running a successful growing club in school
28 April 2009
Thornham Walled Garden
A School Gardening Club is a great way to kick start growing in school. It allows children to learn about growing flowers, fruit and vegetables in a fun way in the lunch hour or after school club.
A successful school gardening club will encourage and support teachers who are interested in growing in school lesson time, leading to curriculum learning opportunities within the school day as well as after school.

 

Let’s enjoy growing in the early years
19 May 2009
RHS Garden Hyde Hall
Encourage young children to enjoy eating fruit and vegetables by enabling them to grow the food with help from you. However small the space in your setting, you can grow food. Develop the skills and knowledge needed and discuss and share ideas that link growing with the EYFS. Go away feeling enthusiastic about growing!

 
 
 

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