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Farming in the Classroom Contact Maureen Friday to organise your free farmer to talk about modern farming and a healthy diet.Potatoes for Schools 2007
FACE Press release - 6 May 2006 Farms for Schools 2006 Annual Conference
27-28 January 2007 Farming in the Classroom Our knowledgeable speakers can bring farming and the rural environment into your classroom. We cover a broad range of topics relevant to Key Stage 2 including Food Production, Farm Animals, Environment, Life Cycles, Healthy Living and many more. Farming in the Classroom - You can book a visit by going online at www.wfu.org.uk
Or write to us at: F.I.C.
Email: sue.archer@wfu.org.uk Good Health Game 2004 HGCA have developed an interactive game called the Good Health Game to demonstrate how cereals fit into a healthy balanced diet based on the Food Standard Agency's Balance of Good Health. HGCA will be attending a number of shows with the game this summer. To see the game in action - visit our stand at:
FACE The WFU is now working more closely with the Farming and Countryside Education service (FACE) to bring children closer to the countryside and better understand where their food comes from and how it is produced. The Women's Food and Farming Union have 120 speakers who are trained to go into schools and talk to primary school pupils about farming and food in relation to any part of the curriculum that the teacher wishes - be it maths, science, geography, English or technology. Speakers are situated around the country and are all prepared to go into schools free of charge.
 For further information on how to arrange for a speaker for your school, please contact admin@wfu.org.uk
Farming in the Classroom What is it like to live on a farm? Whatever your primary pupils' questions about farming, they can be answered by a members of the Women's Food and Farming Union. This service is available free of charge to primary schools throughout Great Britain. All our speakers have received training and will work closely with teachers to link with the National Curriculum in England and Wales and the Scottish 5-14 Curriculum. Many curriculum areas can be addressed through farming and most areas of agriculture, horticulture and the food chain can be covered. Most speakers have a lifetime's experience of working and living on a farm and are able to illustrate their presentation with photographs, equipment and samples. They will speak with enthusiasm about their own particular branch of farming. And will give pupils an insight into this important industry. The talk can be used as a stimulus and starting point for project work, as an alternative to a farm visit, or as a follow-up session. For further information on how to arrange a speaker for a school, please contact Farming in the Classroom administrator on telephone/fax 01398 361212 or e-mail: admin@wfu.org.uk giving as much detail as possible of their requirements. Cheshire Farm Cow to Cone ExperienceFree Facilities for Schools
- A knowledgeable Guide per 15 pupils to help understanding of the countryside, farming and dairy products
- Free cross-curricular worksheets for key stage 1 and 2 (also available on the website)
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For more details visit our contact Gay Davis at: Drumlan Hall Newton Lane Tattenhall Chester Cheshire CH3 9NE Telephone: 01829 770446 Farming in the Classroom 2001Farming in The Classroom was launched at Brentford School for Girls on Monday 24 January 2001, when Joyce Quin, Deputy Minister for Agriculture, joined Felicity Daniels, WFU's education spokesman, on a visit to a Year 7 class (11/12 year olds). The minister joined the class for Felicity's talk on the farming year. The launch was timed to coincide with the Home Grown Cereals Authority's (HGCA) Farmhouse Breakfast Week and Felicity related the importance of eating a good healthy breakfast to the way in which it is produced on the farm.  Most of the class had no concept of life in the country. An informal chat with two of them revealed that they had only ever been into the countryside once and this was on a school visit. They have very little understanding of how the food they eat relates to the countryside and virtually no knowledge of countryside issues. One girl asked Felicity, "how do you find your way around a field?" This level of understanding relates to the lack of input on food and farming in the National Curriculum. www.wfu.org.uk |
This year WFU are pleased to be working with the HGCA to promote the importance of starting the day with a good breakfast. Only half of the year 7 class in Brentford owned up to having had breakfast and of those that did, most ate just cereals, one or two had toast and only one admitted to eating bacon. 44% of the country regularly skips breakfast and 15% never eat it at all. Half of all 34 year olds and 20% of children skip breakfast. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and if you want to stay awake and concentrate for the whole day, it is important to start the day with a good breakfast.