Information For Schools
The Country Trust works with schools in areas of social and economic disadvantage, and schools catering for children with Special Educational Needs.
Partner websites
You can access an excellent collection of teaching resources on the following websites:
Learning Away - Brilliant Residentials
The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom
Warburtons Teaching Resources webpage
Farm websites
Kit lists for children
How do you build a welly bank? Here's a flyer you can use in its entirety or just copy and paste the wording, and send it home with pupils to get parents and carers to find you some wellies
Here we list items your child will need when particpating in one of our following activities:
Countryside Discovery Residentials
Health and Safety resources
You can download the following Country Trust forms:
Cooking sessions and food tasting information request form
Cooking sessions and food tasting consent form
You will find helpful information on the following site:
Information about schools
Two useful resources to help schools find out whether they fit our criteria can be found here:
Compare school and college performance (Ofsted school comparison tool)
Identify schools that appear in the lowest quartile of the Index of Multiple Deprivation
Information about outdoor learning
Education Today is the only business magazine targeting the entire education sector from primary to adult education. In May 2016, they published the following about The Country Trust and outdoor learning:
http://www.education-today.co.uk/index.php/into-the-great-outdoors/
Garden Life teamed up with The Country Trust to create an informative article, not only highlighting the benefits to outdoor learning but also with an aim to encourage schools to get more involved. Read on to find out what we’ve been up to:
gardenlife.shedstore.co.uk/encouraging-outdoor-learning-funds-projects-across-uk/
gardenlife.shedstore.co.uk/getting-outside-with-the-country-trust/
School blogs
A number of schools have blogged about their Country Trust visits and experiences. Here is a selection:
Redhill Primary School visit to Chillington Hall and Boscobel House
Language resources
Word banks
Arable Farm
Beef Farm
Dairy Farm
Energy Farm
Farming Landscapes
Fruit Farm
General Farming
Pig Farm
Poultry Farm
Sheep Farm
Textures
Weather
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