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The Prince's Countryside Fund supports land-based training

Two projects providing training for young people interested in a rural career are among recent recipients of gramts from The Prince's Countryside Fund

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RHS support for community gardening

Receive expert advice and up to £500 for your community gardening project. Applications now open

Youth attitudes to sustainability

SEEd (Sustainability and Environmental Education) want to find out more about how young people across the UK are feeling about sustainability and climate issues and ask if you know and/or work with young people to share the survey with them

New guidance for school visits

The Department for Education (DfE) has published new guidance for health and safety on educational visits

Farmvention on the road

NFU Education have been spreading the word on food and farming, and their current primary school competition, during an action-packed visit to a school in Leeds

Have your say!

The DEFRA consultation into England's National Parks and AONB's is open until 18th December. Submit your views on their role and management, and what makes them special

Sensory stories

Sensory stories are an amazing resource which enable children and adults for whom traditional story-telling methods are inaccessible to access and enjoy narratives alongside their peers

Help restore our lost words

Words describing nature are disappearing from the Junior Oxford Dictionary. Trees for Cities are aiming to reconnect children with nature by delivering a copy of The Lost Words to every primary school in London

Food and Farming Inside and Outside the Classroom

The Food and Farming Inside and Outside the Classroom programme provides an opportunity for trainee teachers to update their own understanding of modern farming on a variety of different farms.

Seasonal resources

Ten top resources for November/December based around seasonality and, of course, Christmas

Talking farming to teenagers

How do 12-18 year olds view food and farming? Find out with LEAF Education's pioneering research

Not just for Halloween

There's more to pumpkins than making Halloween lanterns, fun though they are. Use them for cookery, craft, maths, science and more

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Countryside Classroom partners are organisations that are committed to ensuring that all children have the opportunity to learn about and experience food, farming and the natural environment.

Members of the Consortium are able to exchange knowledge, expertise and networks, to collaborate in new ways and to address shared challenges.

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Become a Contributor

Countryside Classroom is a single destination where teachers can find and access the resources, places to visit and people to ask that will support their teaching about food, farming and the natural environment.

We accept contributions from organisations or individuals who wish to share their content with schools.

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RT @LEAF_Education: Enter for your chance to be crowned ‘Innovation School of the Year 2019 in food, farming and the environment’. Take a l…

Taking part in the Big Schools Birdwatch? For a whole host of birdie resources visit: https://t.co/nImGHqPbNe https://t.co/FqUeZ3luB9

RHS support for community gardening. Receive expert advice and up to £500 for your community gardening project. App… https://t.co/Nag1JFwZeD

Words describing nature are disappearing from the Junior Oxford Dictionary. @TreesforCities are aiming to reconnect… https://t.co/FDP5kKFIfp

New guidance for school visits - https://t.co/NRa2bWkwOg https://t.co/gqIQVEaBj0

SEEd (Sustainability and Environmental Education) want to find out more about how young people across the UK are fe… https://t.co/88UqryV5V2

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