River Bourne Community Farm

RBCF Enrichment Activity for St Edmunds School

Read about the farm's Enrichment Activity for St Edmund's school.




Click here to see the Activity Outline, is this a suitable scheme for your school?

Preliminary Information for Teachers

The news that the Water Meadows between the River Bourne and Cow Lane near Laverstock will be developed for community use offers a great opportunity to provide practical 'hands on' experiences for students in subject areas such as Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural Science, Environmental Science, Ecology, Art, Design, English and Food Technology. In addition the activities at the site will facilitate work related learning, possibly some work experience and/or work shadowing, along with the development of a range of generic employability skills.

This whole project supports the three key elements of the schools' duty to provide community cohesion. Involvement by schools in this development will help to deliver the statutory responsibility as required in section 6 of the School Evaluation Form (SEF). The River Bourne Community Farm will offer all those in Education locally an exciting challenge to become involved in the project at this very early stage. We will invite interested teachers to a meeting to join with us to help develop this project into a facility which will support the work in schools, enhance classroom practice and bring learning to life for students whatever their age.

Our vision is inclusive, participative, flexible and dynamic. We want to work with you to put fun into the learning experiences at the Community Farm. In late April, local schools will be invited to send a representative to attend a meeting to be held in May. Schools will be asked to discuss their ideas for the development of the site with me. We will look at the range of activities, provision and resources you would like to see at the River Bourne Community Farm. It will also be important to answer questions that you have about issues such as health and safety standards, transport, and provision for students with special needs.

At the meeting we will also establish a simple ongoing means of communication between the farm and the group so e-mail addresses will be vital. I look forward to taking away all your good ideas from that first meeting to share with the Board. It is our determination that as far as possible the Community Farm reflects the needs of your community, with education at its heart.

Chris Gill MA Education Adviser for the River Bourne Community Farm. I can be contacted at
chrisgill@riverbournecommunityfarm.org.uk