Our UK partner has produced five written case studies which you will find in this section.
Washingborough Academy socially distanced lunch
Children from Washingborough Academy in the UK had been delivering school meals to elderly people as part of their local community work. In March 2020, the spread of Covid-19 led to unprecedented worldwide social distancing measures being put into place. Wanting to maintain links with their community even though they were unable to deliver food to homes, the school children decided to use Facetime to hold a socially distanced lunch with local resident, Anne.
Boston West Academy School Farmers’ Market
Here at Boston West Academy in Lincolnshire, we decided to organise and run a school farmers’ market. The plan was to use money raised at the market, to pay for visits to a local farm. Local food producers were invited to have pitches which cost £10 to hire. These were run alongside stalls run by the schoolchildren. The PTA also ran a tea and coffee stall. The market ran for two hours between 2.30pm and 4.30pm and raised in excess of £1000.
To read the full case study, click HERE
Earthwise
Working in partnership with The Community Farm, an Organic, community-owned farm in Chew Magna, Earthwise deliver a programme of educational farm visits for school and community groups. Alongside these, they also offer food and farming themed assemblies and outreach visits in schools across Bristol, Bath and Somerset.
To read the full case study, click HERE
Latimer Primary School – Film a Farm
In October 2018, teachers and pupil from Latimer Primary School, visited Manor Organic Farm in Leicestershire. As part of their visit, they decided to use the Field to School ‘Film a Farm’ resource in order to document their trip and to feedback to the rest of the school.
To read the full case study, click HERE
Marden Vale Academy - Keeping chickens in school
We took an abandoned area outside our classroom and converted this into a farm. The children were part of the whole process from planning, designing; fundraising; building and now caring for the animals on a daily basis. We all decided on chickens because we wanted to teach the children not only how to care for these super intelligent farm animals but for children to understand where food comes from.
To read the full case study, click HERE