South East

AUTUMN TERM

Food growing in schools
14 October 2009
Canterbury Environmental Education Centre
Growing food is a great way to get children interested in healthy eating, and provides the context for a wide range of learning opportunities. Learn how to set up and maintain an organic garden, with crops which best suit school term times. Develop practical gardening skills and share ideas that link the garden with the school curriculum. All key stages, with curriculum suggestions specific to KS1 and 2.

 


Learning and growing - the primary and EYFS curriculum outdoors
16 October 2009
Waterperry Gardens
This practical workshop is aimed at primary teachers and EYFS staff who want to use their school grounds and gardens to deliver the National Curriculum through real world learning.
Aim - To enable teachers to extend their planning to include the whole site as a learning resource, and for those with little experience of fruit or vegetable growing, to work with their children in setting up successful food-growing - whether you have a small urban space or extensive grounds!

 


Starting a school garden - the purpose of a school garden and gardening practices
23 October 2009
Sparsholt College
Time to stimulate thinking about the purpose of school garden creation and to consider ways of sharing new ideas with colleagues. Discussion about maintaining an organic garden and consideration of crops which will fulfil both curriculum objectives and crop within a school year. Teachers will share ideas and experiences, discuss necessary gardening skills and plan one or more lessons.

 


Planning for a school garden
23 October 2009
RHS Garden Wisley
The day gives a chance to get your thoughts in order to decide what you want/need in your school garden and how to achieve it plus some ideas on using plants to deliver/enhance the curriculum. Come armed with enthusiasm and any ideas you already have.

 


Setting up a school garden
6 November 2009
RHS Garden Wisley
If appropriately planned, the school garden can be stimulating and also motivating which will allow children to become more aware of and more actively involved in their surroundings. The day will include a look at design choices, their benefits and uses as an outdoor classroom and some basic horticultural techniques eg planting/transplanting, growing in containers etc.

 


Bringing the outside in – gardening related activities for the winter months
1 December 2009
RHS Garden Wisley
Using the school garden for curricular activities is not always possible in the winter months when the weather is often inclement. However it is possible with a bit of forward planning to work in the classroom, looking ahead to warmer months or getting a head start in planting for the school garden. The day will include some practical planting as well as a mix of curricular activities.

 

SPRING TERM


Art from the garden
19 January 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
The school garden is full of potential for a wide variety of artwork in a range of media and materials throughout the year whether or not the garden has been planned, planted or neglected. In looking for the perfect specimen for the projected work, children and adults alike may be surprised at what they find. Come along to the day and bring something of interest from the school grounds or surrounding area. (You may like to start looking before January. Autumn is a great time for seed heads etc).

 


Gardening to support the new primary curriculum
12 February 2010
Waterperry Gardens
Coming soon......

 


Growing fruit and vegetables in schools
25 February 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
This day will enable teachers with little experience of fruit or vegetable growing to work with children to set up a food growing area in school. It will also provide an opportunity to develop practical gardening skills and to discuss and share ideas for delivering a wide range of curriculum topics through activities related to the garden.

 


Running a school gardening club
10 March 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
Whatever you already have in place as a school garden, a school gardening club can provide more opportunity for those who are interested in developing skills further. The day will include ideas for establishing a growing calendar and some activities related to gardening to cover the winter months/rainy days as well as a discussion on health and safety in the garden.

 


Implementing activities in a school garden: cross curricular planning to include the Rose recommendations for 2011
19 March 2010
Sparsholt College
Individual teachers will have an opportunity to share experiences of integrating gardening into a cross-curricular framework of outdoor lesson. There will be discussion of gardening processes and the wider purposes of maintaining an organic garden. Cross curricular objectives for school gardening will be considered and one or more lessons planned.

 


Running a school growing club
24 March 2010
Canterbury Environmental Education Centre
Growing clubs are often the most practical and manageable way to introduce gardening at your school. Discover the many personal and educational benefits of growing clubs, get advice on how to set them up and keep them going, and take away a range of ideas for practical activities to engage children of all ages and abilities.

 


Keeping sheep and pigs
23 March 2010
Oathall Community School
Coming soon. 

 

SUMMER TERM


Science from the garden
23 April 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
The school environment offers plentiful opportunities to explore the science curriculum at various levels. Activities can range from rocks and soils, auditing the school grounds, identifying trees to the structure of plants and seed dispersal.

 


School garden science
10 May 2010
Waterperry Gardens
For teachers and science technicians, as well as any member of the school community supporting outdoor learning, the aim of the course is to show the ways in which school grounds can be used for Key Stage 3 and 4 Science whether it is a small urban site or extensive grounds. Following a short introduction about school grounds, development, sustainable materials, features and food growing, the course will concentrate on how school grounds can be used to enrich and extend your delivery of the curriculum. Aspects of growing food, wildlife habitats, composting, materials and other features will be covered.

 


Using a school garden to teach
13 May 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
It can often be difficult to think of activities using the school garden during the winter or when the weather is wet. Be one step ahead and develop a curriculum calendar for the seasons including a variety of activities and projects for every month of the year with work for individuals and groups.

 


Food growing in secondary schools
20 May 2010
Canterbury Environmental Education Centre
Growing food is a great way to get students interested in healthy eating, and provides the context for a wide range of learning opportunities. Learn how to set up and maintain an organic garden, with crops which best suit school term times. Develop practical gardening skills and share ideas that link the garden with the school curriculum.

 


Using data loggers in your school grounds
21 May 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
Ever wanted to use dataloggers in your teaching, but found you never had the time to get to grips with them? Come to this beautiful setting and learn how to use dataloggers in your teaching. You will get plenty of opportunity to practice recording data in the outdoors. Dataloggers can be used in all key stages. The activities carried out on the day will be from a range of key stages

 


Setting up a sensory garden
10 June 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
What is a sensory garden and how can we make a start in setting one up? We will take a look at different types of sensory garden, a discussion on design/planning through colour, texture and shape and planting plus a practical session on propagation and maintenance.

 


Maintaining momentum: integration of an established school garden into the community (KS2 and 3 teachers)
25 June 2010
Sparsholt College
A course for teachers with an established school garden to share their experiences of different ways of integrating gardening into a cross-curricular framework of outdoor lesson. Curriculum objectives, mid term and long term planning and achieving excellence, by including gardening and use of a school garden, will form the basis of discussion of best practice in finding and maintaining community links.

 


Gardening for wildlife
29 June 2010
RHS Garden Wisley
Generally speaking any garden planned or otherwise will have wildlife but if you want to attract a particular type then planning for it is helpful. We will look at different ways of wildlife gardening from a designated area to growing plants attractive to for example butterflies and bees in other areas of the school garden. A practical session in planting and taking cuttings will be included in the day.

 
 
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