Resources for Teachers

As part of the study, some relevant organisations and resources have been identified, mainly by teachers and farmers who have found them useful.  These are listed below in no particular order.

Please note that these are external pages. I have no control over, or responsibility for, their content, and I have not examined them in detail.

Education Scotland

Education Scotland resources on farm visits, food and health, outdoor learning - further links as a subpage of this site.

Helpful Organisations/Places to Visit

The Royal Highland Education Trust

• Click here to find your local Project Co-ordinator (arrange a classroom speaker or farm visit)
• CfE links to farm visits (Es and Os at first to fourth level) - PDF here
• Downloadable resources - web page here

Countryside Learning Scotland
Countryside-related resources, speakers and visits. 

Hirsel Estate: Field to Fork
Farm visiting at the Hirsel estate in the Scottish Borders.

Books about the farm

Teachers in the study mentioned the following books:

• ‘Emma’s Lamb’ (1992) and ‘Floss’ (1993), by Kim Lewis (Walker Books Ltd.)

• 'Farmer Duck’ by Martin Waddell (1995). Teachers noted that there are associated teaching resources available online.

The Scottish Book Trust has a list of 'farmyard reads' for younger pupils.

Dairy Farming resources 

click here for a page of links to Dairy Farming resources

General resources /sources for ideas

Growing Schools
Activity ideas for school grounds, walking distance, and further afield. Curriculum links are to Key Stages

• community education page (includes 'day in the life' videos)
• farmers around the world (with videos)

Quality Meat Scotland (QMS)

• education page (healthy eating food demos, downloads)

VisitMyFarm

Resources for teachers, including curriculum links (to Key Stages) and Health & Safety information and activities.

Farms For Schools

Focus on England/Wales, but fact sheets and other teaching resources may be useful.

UKAgriculture

Some suggestions of farms, farm parks and city farms to visit.

Why Farming Matters: Primary Schools

PDF document linking to KS2 (7-11 year olds). Various activity ideas and printable resources to use/adapt.

Alltech (The Science of Animal Nutrition and Health)

AgriAware

Irish educational website with videos and downloadable resources. AHDB (Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) education projects:

- Meat and Education

- Food - a fact of life

- Food Dudes

- Grain Chain

- Grow Your Own Potatoes

HSENI (Health & Safety Executive for Northern Ireland)

- FarmSafe site

- Farm safety resources (info sheets, colouring sheets, word searches, etc.)


Twitter accounts about farming:
@FarmersOfTheUK
@thisisdairy
@GeorgeFarmerAU (Australia)
@herdyshepherd1