NATIONAL FEDERATION OF YOUNG FARMERS' CLUBS
"Fun, Learning, and Achievement"
Food and Farming Newsletter - November 2007
Post launch news
Regional news
Upcoming events and activities
Newly sponsored activities
Post– launch news
Regional news
South West
Farms for City Children are offering teachers and head teachers a unique opportunity to sample for themselves the magic of a stay on one of our three working farms. Over two days at the end of November, you can experience at first hand an intense opportunity with links to many areas of the National Curriculum, including conservation, sustainability, food production and good citizenship (for details contact heather@farmsforcitychildren.org )East Midlands
Schools and organisations that register in this region may be eligible for funding to help with proposed activities. Activity Proposal Forms can be downloaded from the homepage on www.feastnet.net.Yorkshire & the Humber
Four one-day training days broadly based on content of the three-day CEVAS course are being organised throughout Yorkshire in November as part of the Year of Food and Farming (York/Northallerton, Driffield, Doncaster and Hebdon Bridge). A maximum of 12 places are available on each day and a free packed lunch is provided. To book a place simply ring Enid Browne at NFU Regional Office on 01904 451550 or email north.east@nfuonline.comUpcoming events, activities and resources
To celebrate the Year of Food and Farming the British Potato Council has created a NEW interactive height chart to help pupils and teachers track their plant’s progress, using fun stickers. These will be distributed in every growing kit. Schools can register at www.potatoesforschools.org.uk
The Lottery-funded Food for Life Partnership is inviting schools to enroll and work towards Bronze, Silver and Gold Marks for good food culture, rewarding everything from seasonal, local & organic meals to cooking and growing activity and links with farms. The first Marks will be awarded in April 2008, enabling parents to choose schools on the basis of their commitment to healthy and sustainable living rather than just SATs results. Go to www.foodforlife.org.uk for more details.
FACE is working with the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) to establish a new co-development network of schools from across England which will work together to take a fresh look at delivering the secondary curriculum. Linked to the Year of Food and Farming in 2007/08, the network will enable teachers to consider how they can create a coordinated approach to learning based around food and farming. The overall aim of the new secondary curriculum is to enable all young people to become successful learners, confident individuals and responsible citizens. For more information please see the dedicated website: www.curriculum.qca.org.uk or to find out more about the network contact fiona@face-online.org.uk
The Home Grown Cereals Authority (HGCA) and the Flour Advisory Bureau (FAB) have collaborated to produce a new multimedia educational resource called The Grain Chain. It offers children a fun way to learn about the ‘field to fork’ cycle of how wheat is grown and used to produce breads and cereals plus advice on eating for health and vitality. It also offers visual, up-to-date materials including activity sheets, games and quizzes which cover the key topics of arable farming, milling, baking, cooking and nutrition. Teachers are offered the benefits of interactive whiteboard activities as an additional classroom resource plus a dedicated Teachers section to be found at www.grainchain.com
The new Active Kids Get Cooking Challenge 2008 has been set and details of the challenge have now been sent in to all UK schools in the form of an exciting poster! The multipurpose poster, which includes details of the challenge, takes the form of a calendar and shows which fruit and vegetables are in season each month www.activekidsgetcooking.org.uk
The International Year of the Potato 2008 was launched on the 18th October at the United Nations HQ in New York. It aims to raise awareness of the importance of the potato - and of agriculture in general - in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment. In the coming months the website www.potato2008.org will include resources, quizzes and recipe ideas.
Newly sponsored activities
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