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Year of Food and Farming in Education

September 2007 to July 2008. Year of Food and Farming in Education. What is the Year all about?. Linking together key government agendas around: learning outside the classroom healthier school meals developing healthier lifestyles sustainable farming and food production.

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Year of Food and Farming in Education

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  1. September 2007 to July 2008 Year of Food and Farming in Education

  2. What is the Year all about? Linking together key government agendas around: • learning outside the classroom • healthier school meals • developing healthier lifestyles • sustainable farming and food production

  3. Who is the Year for? • Everyone in the food and farming sectors – including food producers, processors, distributors, retailers and caterers. • All children in all schools (primary, secondary and special) in England • Their teachers, parents and carers • The wider education sector - colleges, training providers, voluntary sector bodies

  4. What will it achieve? We hope that the Year will result in: • More understanding about the food chain and the countryside • Increased and sustainable links between schools and sector • Healthier lifestyles and better nutrition choices • Production of new, high quality resources • Greater awareness of careers • Enjoyment!

  5. Organisation • Patron – HRH the Prince of Wales • Steering Group • Working Groups: • Education • Food and Farming • Communications • Finance • Countryside in the Park (3 major events) • Regional Steering Groups • Overall Project Manager • Secretariat – hosted by RASE

  6. What are our aspirations? Primary: • Every pupil will have undertaken a growing activity • Every pupil will have first hand experience of food being grown • Every pupil will have the opportunity to prepare at least one food plate

  7. What are our aspirations? • Secondary: • Every pupil will have taken part in a countryside activity • Every pupil will have the opportunity to undertake work-related activities

  8. What are our aspirations? • Schools: • Every teacher is aware of the curriculum opportunities • Every school will be participating in local food procurement initiatives • Every school will be promoting healthy living through experience of food, farming and the countryside

  9. Scale of task ahead Number of schools and pupils in England Nursery 455 37,000 Primary 17,504 4,418,950 Secondary 3,367 3,306,780 Special 1,105 89,390 Other 2,748 363,570 Total 25,179 8,215,690

  10. Why will schools be interested? Context of the experience e.g. curriculum requirements Context of the location e.g. working farm Professional development e.g. learning from experience Good learning design e.g. novel teaching strategies or ideas

  11. What are schools interested in? • Resources and activities that: • would otherwise be difficult to deliver • are credible i.e. ‘by teachers, for teachers’ • clearly fit into the curriculum • help raise attainment • are easy to access (universal marketing, single source) • are available across the country • remove barriers to participation (cost, H&S, time, expertise of a facilitator) • can be written into long term plans (not ‘one-offs’)

  12. What is already being offered? • Pledges • Current and new activity being offered by individual national or regional organisations and businesses • Opportunities will be placed into themes and marketed to schools • Examples include: • BPC ‘Grow Your Own Potatoes’, • CLA Regional Food Advocates • CFE / FACE / Natural England support materials for shows and events • Devon EBP and Show Society ‘Food Miles Challenge’

  13. New developments • Specialist Schools and Academies Trust organising an Award Scheme • Levy Boards / British Nutrition Foundation developing primary curriculum materials for ‘Food – a fact of life’ website • School Farms Network and DfES producing detailed advice on setting up a school farm • HTI proposal to offer secondments between schools and rural businesses

  14. What else is required? • Example: School Food and Farming Champions • In partnership with the Citizenship Foundation • School champions put forward by individual schools to take part in regionally organised training programme about food and farming • Champions then recognised for their achievements at a national event. • Resourcing required for development and promotion of scheme in schools, provision of training programme (location etc could be ‘in kind’) • Support required to participate in training programme

  15. What can you offer? • Locations for visits • Speakers and facilitators • Professional development opportunities • New resources or activities • Work focussed learning including placements • Access to relevant qualifications

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