Environmental Education
Countryside Management Partnerships are
ideally placed to deliver environmental education and support the
work of schools and youth groups. The environment encapsulates a
range of topics, which are also linked to the National Curriculum.
Schools can be useful doorways into a community and can reinforce
environmental messages and positive action. By raising awareness
through educational projects, children and adults are encouraged to
adopt a sense of ownership of their local environment and a
responsibility to care for it.
Groups involved in environmental education:
- Primary Schools
- Secondary Schools
- Home educators
- After-school clubs e.g. beavers and cubs
Services offered:
- Organising one-off events
- Providing resources
- Providing support through partnerships
- Projects
- Teacher training
- Walks
- Assemblies
- Workshops
- Leading visits to local nature reserves
Contact your local Countryside Management
Partnership for more information.
Case study - The High Weald Farming Story
‘From the Schoolyard to the
Farmyard’ built sustainable links with schools and farms,
pairing five urban primary schools in Tunbridge Wells with five
rural Tunbridge Wells Borough farms. Farms were made personal
to children through a visit led by the farmer, and the experience
gave them access to the human and landscape story behind the food
on their plates. This helped the children to understand the
complexities of food production in the High Weald. Both schools and
farms received a workshop on the High Weald landscape and history
of farming. Food growing in schools was also addressed by
running a training session for teachers to make the most of the
facilities to grow food in the school grounds. The project
has been a real success and schools have since used the link to
take other classes to the farm they were twinned with. A
Woodside Farm Explorer Pack and farming information sheet were
designed and made available for teachers to download from the Kent
High Weald Partnership website to use in lessons. It explains
the different types of farming and how land is managed for wildlife
and the environment.