Friday 05 April 2013
The Wild Weather Book

Loads of things to do outdoors in rain, wind and snow. Now there is no excuse to be bored and stuck inside…

Thursday 14 March 2013
Corrie Star Helps Launch 100th UK School Farm

The UK’s 100th school farm at Bebington High Sports College, a co-operative school in Wirral, Merseyside is launched on March 12, with help from a Coronation Street legend turned award-winning cheesemaker.

Wednesday 19 December 2012
Education Growing: Growing Education Conference

Friday 5th – Sat 6th July 2013 - London

Tuesday 11 December 2012
School Grounds: Step up to the challenge

Do your school grounds work hard enough for your children? Play Learning Life presents a fully supported ‘action learning’ CPD programme for Primary teachers. January - April 2013.

Monday 26 November 2012
Growing with Schools: Call for new hubs

New grants of up to £10,000 available for organisations/groups to promote and support growing in schools.

Wednesday 04 July 2012
Grow Your Own Salad Initiative

The British Leafy Salads Association has launched a new Grow Your Own Salads initiative for primary schools aimed at children aged 7-11.

Thursday 29 March 2012
Food Growing in Schools Report

The Food Growing in Schools Taskforce was established as a response to increasing concerns about the health and well being of our children and a confidence that food growing in schools is a successful way of dealing with these concerns, delivering many benefits.

Thursday 29 March 2012
Food Growing activities in Schools, NFER, 2011, Report submitted to DEFRA

As part of a Task Force report on Food Growing in Schools, an independent report from National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), surveyed 1302 schools and undertook a systematic literature review, contributing evidence confirming that school food growing activity is widespread and of value.

Wednesday 29 February 2012
Home Grown Boys

Six young entrepreneurs from inner city London develop a vegetable growing business during the summer holidays. Watch the programme to see what they learn about business and how successful they are in their first experience of growing vegetables!

Friday 17 February 2012
The School Garden Project at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show.

Why not take on the School Garden Project Challenge? Design, plan and build your own 24sqm Show Garden for the Show in May.

Tuesday 03 January 2012
Grown in Kent

Grown in Kent is an exciting new project for schools in Kent. The Kent County Agricultural Society has a competition for school groups to not only learn about growing fruit and vegetables that are grown commercially in our County but also have the chance to win tickets for the Kent County Show in July.

Wednesday 23 November 2011
Benefits not Barriers, the 2012 Growing Schools Conference

RHS Garden Wisley, Surrey on 28 March 2012. Featuring six, exciting, hands-on workshops and 20+ marketplace exhibitors the conference will demonstrate the many advantages of making your school a Growing School. Book now and save £25!

Monday 31 October 2011
Grants available to support embryonic school farms

The School Farms Network wishes to support the development of new school farms and can support teachers, teaching assistants and governors through the process of considering the issues involved in starting to rear farm livestock in your school.

Thursday 01 September 2011
The Let Nature Feed Your Senses Conference

The Let Nature Feed Your Senses annual conference will be held at Reaseheath College on Tuesday September 6th.

Wednesday 06 July 2011
Win a wildlife conservation garden!

Let the subject of NATURE IN WINTER inspire and fire your school’s creative talents.

Thursday 07 April 2011
New resource for SEN and SEBD Teachers- from ‘Growing Schools’, KS3 and 4.

There is proven value to pupils in developing learning opportunities using school gardens and grounds. However many teachers lack the confidence to make a start, and would like advice on where these activities might link to the curriculum and to assessment.

Friday 01 April 2011
Growing Schools Conference 2011 Report

The Growing Schools partnership was delighted to welcome over 100 delegates to our fourth annual conference at Ryton Gardens, the home of Garden Organic near Coventry on the 23rd March this year.

Friday 25 March 2011
Growing Schools Gardens celebrate green shoots of outdoor learning scheme

Classrooms aren’t the only places for learning, said television gardener Joe Swift, presenting certificates at a celebration of the Growing Schools Gardens (GSGs) Accreditation Scheme hosted by London’s King Henry’s Walk Gardens earlier this month.

Monday 14 March 2011
Instaplanta Design a Poster Competition

This competition asks children to design a poster, and there are three prizes, each consisting of two large planters, a transporter for the planting pods and a two-person work station, altogether worth more than £750.

Wednesday 16 February 2011
School Farms Network Conference

The importance of the school farm in raising attainment. 1st - 2nd July 2011 - Minehead, Somerset.

Thursday 03 February 2011
North West Growing Schools Networking Conference

3rd March - Preston Growing Schools is hosting a FREE networking conference for school staff and practitioners to discover each others projects, find out how best to work together and share best practice.

Thursday 03 February 2011
Bayer / FACE Awards 2011

Once again farmers who host school visits or offer educational activities in schools are to be rewarded via the Bayer/FACE Awards. The awards are now open for applications.

Friday 14 January 2011
School field trips 'help students engage with subjects'

Increasing the number of school field trips could help improve children's understanding and knowledge, according to a group promoting science education.

Wednesday 05 January 2011
Popular Growing Schools Year Planner Re-Printed

Growing Schools has re-printed its popular colourful and informative calendar-style year planner for the classroom. It’s available free, and schools can order a copy now.

Friday 10 December 2010
National & Regional winners of the LOtC Awards Revealed

Schools from across the country converged in Nottingham this week to learn whether they had won recognition in the Learning Outside the Classroom Awards for Excellence and Innovation 2010.

Friday 10 December 2010
The Spennymoor Ox - Celebrating Ox Tales Old and New

The event was a magical community celebration to mark the development of the Ox Close Community Garden.

Friday 10 December 2010
Learning Outdoors – Everyone’s included ! New publication

This is a recent publication from NAFSO (National Association of Field Studies Officers).

Tuesday 07 December 2010
Cool it Schools

Cool it Schools is a creative project for young people worldwide who want to celebrate and do something positive for the environment.

Monday 29 November 2010
Gardening with Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs

Growing Schools is pleased to have supported the production by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) of a new report and teaching resources for gardening with Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs.

Monday 29 November 2010
Growing Schools Conference 2011

The next Growing Schools Conference will take place on Wednesday 23rd March 2011 at Ryton Gardens near Coventry, home of Garden Organic.

Thursday 18 November 2010
Free WoodBlocX raised beds for your School!

To promote School gardening WoodBlocX, in partnership with Growing Schools, giveaway £2000 of free Raised Beds.

Tuesday 16 November 2010
Food growing skills should be taught in schools

All children should be taught food growing skills in school and the produce grown can also be sold to local businesses, according to a report from a coalition of education and gardening charities.

Tuesday 16 November 2010
LOtC Quality Badge workshops

If you’d like to know more about the LOtC Quality Badge and how to apply the LOtC council will be running workshops to guide you through the process.

Friday 22 October 2010
Grow Your Own Potatoes and Win A Whiteboard!

Register now for your chance to enter the Potato Council’s exciting Grow Your Own Potato Competition.

Thursday 14 October 2010
Take part in Bee Scene in 2011

Over 2000 primary school children across England took part in a Bee Scene expedition between April and August 2010 to decide whether their local green space was good for bumblebees or not.

Wednesday 15 September 2010
The Co-Operative farms get gardens growing on Southwark Bridge

The Co-operative Farms brought a taste of the countryside to The Mayor’s Thames Festival, which took place on Southwark Bridge.

Monday 13 September 2010
NAFSO National Conference 2011

Bursaries for Teachers/Tutors involved in Growing Schools to attend NAFSO Annual Professional Development Event at Girton College , Cambridge from Jan 5th to 7th 2011.

Wednesday 07 July 2010
New research by the Royal Horticultural Society

Gardening in Schools – A vital tool for children’s learning published this week shows the enormous impact gardening plays in a child’s wellbeing, learning and development.

Tuesday 22 June 2010
Fruit-full Schools

You don’t have to be one of the UK’s fifty Fruit-full Schools to benefit from a great range of resources, now available on the Fruit-full School website at www.fruitfullschools.org

Friday 28 May 2010
One Million Children

Natural England want one million children to have the opportunity to enjoy nature and the natural environment.

Friday 28 May 2010
The winning sausage

“Ooh La La!” was Raymond Blanc’s comment when he tasted the sausage from Thomas Alleyene’s High School/Uttoxeter Community Farm at the Real Food Festival where the school won the competition for the best school farm sausage, produced from their own farm and garden ingredients.

Monday 24 May 2010
RHS Get Your Grown-ups Growing.

As part of the Campaign for School Gardening supported by Waitrose, the RHS have launched an exciting new project called Get Your Grown-ups Growing(GYGG).

Wednesday 12 May 2010
Growth Through Growing

Two new booklets have been produced highlighting ways in which growing-related activities are being used to support the learning of students with behavioural, emotional and social difficulties, and those with special educational needs.

Friday 23 April 2010
How Green Is Your School? Win £1,000 Towards Your School's Green Initiatives!

Teachers TV are looking for great green schools in the UK! They want to know about the inspiring green initiatives you have adopted in your school and how your ideas can help to inspire others to follow your lead.

Thursday 15 April 2010
Over 230 new farms to visit

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that we have now added over 230 new farms to the "Places to Visit" database on the Growing Schools website, thanks to Natural England.

Tuesday 30 March 2010
Peter Seabrook praises growing teachers

Gardening Editor of the Sun and all-round garden guru Peter Seabrook praised and thanked teachers involved in growing activities with their children.

Monday 22 March 2010
Have you been scene? Help plant a virtual meadow.

Bee Scene in 2010! Calling on all primary teachers and environmental education coordinators to join a new survey this spring with your school or youth group.

Monday 01 March 2010
Ground-breaking website brings sustainability alive in the classroom

An exciting new website, showcasing thought-provoking interactive games and activities, is bringing the topical issue of sustainable development straight into the classroom and making it relevant to today’s teenagers, tomorrow’s adults.

Monday 25 January 2010
The Beagle Project

The Field Studies Council is inviting schools in the UK to join over 300 schools across Europe to take part in a big investigation on the phenology (seasonal changes) of 6 common tree species.

Friday 15 January 2010
Growing Schools partners with VoucherCodes.co.uk

Growing Schools has developed a new partnership with VoucherCodes.co.uk to provide a regularly updated list of discounts to help schools organise growing activities in their grounds.

Monday 11 January 2010
Grow Your Own Potatoes registration deadline 5th February!

Grow Your Own Potatoes just got bigger…now with 15,000 FREE packs to distribute and registrations coming in thick and fast don’t miss out - register today at www.potatoesforschools.org.uk.

Thursday 17 December 2009
Growing Schools Conference 2010

The Growing Schools Programme is delighted to announce that it will be holding its third national conference “Growing the Future” at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden , on the 25th March 2010.