The RHS Campaign for School RHS Campaign for School Gardening aims to encourage and ... •Pupils...
Transcript of The RHS Campaign for School RHS Campaign for School Gardening aims to encourage and ... •Pupils...
The RHS Campaign for School
Gardening aims to encourage and
support schools to develop and actively
use a school garden. As part of the
Campaign we provide teachers with
resources through this website and an
extensive programme of CPD days.
Launched September 2007
Now over 18,000 Registered Schools!
REGISTRATION IS FREE!
C4SG Website C4SG
Website
Free Seeds & Offers
Risk
Assessments
Lesson Plans &
Resources
Fundraising Ideas
What to Do & When
C4SG Website C4SG
Website
Useful Websites
Competitions
Case Studies
Research Reports
Gardening Advice
• School Culture and Ethos
• The School Garden
• Teaching and Learning
• Community
School Gardening Awards
Four themes
Achieve Level 1: Planning your Garden
No longer need to send in evidence but good idea to have:
- Audit of your school grounds
- Other fundamentals:
• Consider fundraising options
• Begin risk assessment
• Identify areas of expertise among staff and school
community
• Introduce children to the importance of plants
Prize: Schools' seed
collection, containing nine
types of seed
School Gardening Awards
Achieve Level 2: Getting Started
No longer need to send in evidence but good idea to have:
– Shortlist of plants to be grown
– Risk assessment
– Photo of the area identified for your garden
– List of ideas for fundraising/obtaining resources
– Outline of who will be involved with the project
(e.g. parents, PTAs, governors etc.)
– Other fundamentals:
• Share vision among staff members
• Set up a gardening club
• Introduce safe tool use
Extra Prize: 30% discount offer
and monthly draw for 25 sets of
Bulldog junior rakes & hoes
Prize: Grow Your Own Veg
Book by Carol Klein
School Gardening Awards
Achieve Level 3: Growing & Diversifying
Evidence required to gain level 3:
– Pictures of:
• A good range of plants – fruit, veg, trees, shrubs, flowers
• Sustainable gardening – composting, water butts, mulching
• Children carrying out digging, watering, weeding, planting,
sowing.
• Signs made by pupils to show crops and thought processes
– Example of pupil’s work in more
than one curriculum subject
– Holiday maintenance schedule
Prize: Large Vegetable Garden Voucher from Rocket Gardens
(contains 200 plug plants)
School Gardening Awards
Be Creative with Signs!
Laminated Signs Balsawood signs
Story based signs
Painted signs
School Gardening Awards
Achieve Level 4: Sharing Best Practice
Evidence required to gain level 4:
– Pictures of:
• Pupils carrying out at least one advanced skill in the garden, e.g.
making seed drills or propagating from cuttings
• Pupils taking part in a construction activity including, making
raised beds, compost bins, willow structures or plant supports
• Pupils using tools
• Produce grown in the garden
• Older pupil’s mentoring younger pupils
– Subjects involving the garden in more
than one year group.
– A lesson plan using the garden. Prize: Easi-Scope Hand-held
Digital Microscope
School Gardening Awards
Achieve Level 5: Celebrating with the Wider Community
Evidence required to gain level 5:
– Pictures of:
• Developed garden
• An open day
• A visit from an outside expert
• Wider community help or involvement
– Extracts from pupils’ individual or class garden diaries.
– Evidence of enterprise skills developed through the garden e.g. a
poster advertising plant sales or an open day.
– A termly planner showing lessons that have been taught in the
garden including what subject and year groups were taught and
giving a couple of sentences on aims, objectives or content of the
lesson.
Prize: Level 5 logo in PDF
format, USB card, plaque x2 &
£200 worth of garden vouchers
School Gardening Awards
Schools are encouraged to host an event in October where
grandparents, parents, carers and adults from the local community
are invited to help in their garden. Schools that register are sent a
pack to get them going.
Get Your Grown-ups Growing
RHS Young School Gardener
of the Year A prestigious award presented to a young person, aged 5-16, who
demonstrates exceptional gardening knowledge and skill beyond
their years, as well as a passion for the environment, sustainability
and the local community.
RHS Young School Gardener
of the Year Two new categories for 2014:
RHS School Gardening Team of the Year – awarded to an entire
gardening club or class who display excellent teamwork
RHS School Gardening Champion of the Year – awarded to an
inspirational teacher or school assistant who has a passion for
gardening
• Early Years Garden Explorer
• Whole Class Growing Topics for your Primary School
• Great Gardening Projects for your Secondary School
• Moving Up, Growing On! (SEN)
• The Edible School Garden
• A Year in your School Gardening Club
• Realise your Growing Potential
AND
• Enquiry based learning with the Open Futures Trust
• Learn to Grow and Cook with Jamie Oliver Foundation
School Gardening Training
Courses
School Gardening
Training Courses
After you have completed a
course, you will be sent a
signed certificate.
Regional Advisors
East of England: Alison Findlay
London: Chris Young
North East: Sarah Carrie
North West: Anne Gunning
West Midlands: Tracey Medlyn
South West: Merryn Preece
Regional Development Officers
Yorkshire & the Humber: Sarah-Jane Manson
Scotland: Angela Smith
Regional Advisors and
Development Officers
Campaign Website: www.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening
Facebook: www.facebook.com/rhsschoolgardening
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rhsschools
Campaign Email: [email protected]
School Gardening Training Courses Email: [email protected]