Monday 25th 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 15th 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 11th January 2009
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 17th 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.

Monday 7th December 2009
New Hedgerows Resource

A new educational package has been designed to help children learn about hedgerows, and teachers to teach about them. It is aimed at children aged between 7 and 11, at Key Stage 2, and is closely linked to the primary curriculum.

Tuesday 1st December 2009
Bee Scene 2010!

Calling on all primary teachers and environmental education coordinators to join a new survey next spring with your school or youth group. Take your class out to a local park, field or any other natural space and complete our simple survey.

Friday 6th November 2009
Countryside Days for Schools 2010

Learning through first hand experience - Hampshire Countryside Learning has been providing healthy, safe and well supported learning experiences for the last ten years.

Friday 16th October 2009
NAFSO National Conference 2010

Promoting Learning Outside the Classroom through Environmental Partnerships. The Purbeck House Hotel, Swanage, Dorset. January 3rd to 6th 2010.

Monday 14th September 2009
Free Educational Trips and Materials for Schools

FACE, Growing Schools and Learning through Landscapes are pleased to announce their new partnership with Reciproc8 Recycling.

Friday 4th September 2009
Growing Gardens Grants Scheme

The Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens (FCFCG), along with charity partners Blue Peter, ContinYou and Save the Children, has launched a grants scheme.

Monday 6th July 2009
Renewable World gets bigger and better

The Renewable World website, which introduces students to the exciting world of renewable materials, has now been expanded to include interactive whiteboard games and career videos.

Monday 22nd June 2009
Write for a Renewable World
We are looking for teachers who are interested in this subject area, and are willing to share their enthusiasm and expertise by developing more curriculum-linked materials based on the Renewable World.

Thursday 18th June 2009
New Changing Attitudes activity booklet
Packed with games, puzzles, jokes, facts and fun with a focus on food, farming and the countryside. This booklet from the NFU also features a novel competition for schools, open to anyone under 16, with the chance to win a digital camera.

Thursday 4th June 2009
Find all the help you need to Grow Your Own at eatseasonably.co.uk
There’s never been a better time to join the Grow Your Own buzz. More people than ever are getting involved, saving money and experiencing the joy of tasting fresh fruit and vegetables they’ve grown themselves.

Monday 27th April 2009
UK ‘young scientists’ to provide a snapshot of natural Britain
Primary school children across the UK will join scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew) in a mass observation study to provide a snapshot of natural Britain. From daisy and dandelion to garlic mustard and white campion, The Great Plant Hunt Week (15-22 May 2009) will see thousands of ‘young scientists’ go in search of ten species of plants, recording when and where they flower. Monitoring when plants flower each year helps scientists assess the effects of climate change.

Monday 30th March 2009
Growing School garden resource wins another prestigious award!
The Growing Schools ‘learning outside the classroom’ Garden resource www.thegrowingschoolsgarden.org.uk wins the Gold IVCA Award for e-learning.

Tuesday 24th March 2009
Diarmuid Gavin supports Growing Schools at National Conference.
‘Its the most important thing I’ve ever done’ – that’s how celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin describes his involvement with Growing Schools.

Monday 16th March 2009
Grow your own grub with BBC Dig In.
The BBC is calling the nation to Dig In by rolling up its sleeves, picking up a trowel and starting to plant with a new BBC Learning campaign encouraging people to grow their own veg, it was announced today 16 March, 2009.

Monday 2nd March 2009
Diarmuid Gavin to address Growing Schools Conference.
Growing Schools is delighted to announce that Diarmuid Gavin, celebrity gardener and face of Morrisons Let's Grow will be addressing this year's Growing Schools conference on 23rd March at Kew Gardens. Book today.

Friday 13th February 2009
Ed Balls announces first organisations to get the Quality Badge.
Ed Balls today signalled the end of the red tape culture that can surround school visits as he announced the first 65 organisations to be awarded a Quality Badge for the provision of learning outside the classroom experiences.

Friday 13th February 2009
Schools To Receive Free Tree Seeds.
During the Spring, all primary and secondary schools in Britain will receive a pack of 200 tree seeds and a DVD courtesy of the Forestry Commission and the News of the World.

Tuesday 20th January 2009
Simply Gardening for Schools - BBC Gardeners' World Live 2009!
BBC Gardeners’ World Live is this year to take place June 10 – 14th. Simply Gardening for Schools has been accepted by the Royal Horticultural Society to build a garden they have designed which is a children’s kitchen, science and wildlife garden to show how easy it is to teach children through gardening.

Monday 19th January 2009
Ed Balls unveils new school's "supergrounds"
Ed Balls, the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, unveiled the transformations to Morley Newlands Primary School in Leeds to reveal the school's Supergrounds.

Friday 16th January 2009
Free Growing Schools Year Planner available now!
Growing Schools has produced a colourful and informative calendar-style year planner for the classroom. It's available free, and schools can order a copy now.

Wednesday 14th January 2009
Setting up Educational Visits
Are you a farmer thinking of inviting groups of children on to your farm, or wanting improve educational visits? Come along to our farmers meeting and find out more about what’s involved.

Thursday 18th December 2008
Growing Schools Conference 2009
The Growing Schools Programme is delighted to announce that it will be holding its second national conference “Get Your Hands Dirty” at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, on the 23rd March 2009.

Tuesday 3rd December 2008
Food back on the menu with Blue Peter's Misson Nutrition Appeal.
As world food prices sky-rocket, malnutrition reigns large, and the credit crunch sees poverty take its toll, Blue Peter has launched Mission Nutrition to help children around the world eat and grow better food.

Tuesday 25th November 2008
HURRY! Numbers are limited and kits are going fast!
This year’s FREE Grow Your Own Potatoes growing kit is better than ever and as well as stickers and a watering spout, there are other goodies for you to use in the classroom.

Friday 21st November 2008
A Positive step to inspire children's natural enthusiasm for the outdoors!
A brand new, non-profit making company who's massive ambition is to design construct and maintain at least 40 school gardens in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire each year, making the difference to at least 200,000 children's lives!

Tuesday 21st October 2008
Growing Schools Garden resource wins prestigious award!
The Department for Children, Schools and Families and Twofour Communications won the award for best Interactive Media for the Growing Schools Garden resource www.thegrowingschoolsgarden.org.uk at the recent IVCA Clarion Awards ceremony.

Tuesday 14th October 2008
Learning outside the classroom – how far should you go?
Ofsted’s October 2008 report evaluates the importance of learning outside the classroom and demonstrates that high quality learning outside the classroom is a significant factor in raising standards and improving personal development.

Monday 13th October 2008
Pupils rewarded for potato growing success
The national winners of Potato Council’s Grow Your Own Potatoes Project have been receiving their rewards this week from both the Potato Council and The Sun newspaper.

Thursday 2nd October 2008
Time to end cotton wool culture and get young people out of the classroom
More children and young people will be able to go on educational school trips thanks to new measures slashing red tape and giving teachers more support, Children’s Secretary Ed Balls and Children’s Minister Kevin Brennan said today.

Wednesday 24th September 2008
How do we learn? BGEN Annual Conference
5-7th November 2008 at the Eden Project. Come to the world-renowned Eden Project and be inspired… three themes to ensure your garden’s learning programmes reach out to all your visitors.

Tuesday 16th September 2008
Careers in the Countryside
East Midlands - Food, Farming and Education free event. Your opportunity to get inspirational insight into career opportunities in Food and Farming.

Friday 5th September 2008
Morrisons in bid to get school children growing their greens
Let's Grow' scheme aims to develop passion for produce.

Wednesday 20th August 2008
Edible Playground wins Gold at Hampton Court
Dorset Cereals wins a tudor rose award at Hampton Court with Edible Playground.

Monday 21st July 2008
Hampton Court success for Plumpton
Plumpton College is proud to announce that a garden designed by a former student has won a prize at the RHS Hampton Court Flower show.