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Pupils come face to face with life in the country


YOUNG students from schools acrossMaidstone found out about farming and where their food comes from at the Living Land event atDetling. Pupils from Archbishop Courte-


nay Primary School; St Helen’s Montessori School, East Farleigh; West Borough Primary School and Madginford Primary School were among 2,824 children from 48 schools to support this year’s event. Childrenwere able to learn about


local produce bymaking apple juice and butter and trymilking a cow. They alsomet lambs, goats, chicks


and horses.Displays of vintage and modern tractors showed howmuch farming has changedover the years. Teachers from West Borough


School in Maidstone described the event as “well-organised,with every childreturning to classhaving learnt something new”. The headat StHelen’sMontessori


School, Jeannelle Dening-Smither- man, said “The children all thor- oughly enjoyed the experience and


Children fromSt Helen’sMontessori School at the Living Land exhibition


askedif they couldgo again the next day!” The Living Land event is held an-


nually at theKent Showground and is free to all schools in Kent. It aims to educate schoolchildren


in years three and four about farm- ing, agriculture, the countryside and healthy eating. Living Land is now in its 15th


year. A spokesman said: “Most of the activities are interactive, with a wealth of organisations on hand to share their knowledgewith the chil- dren and can easily be linked to the school curriculum. “The educational experience is in-


valuable and taking pupils away fromthe normal classroomenviron- ment enhances the ability to learn.”


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