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LEAF Education launches first national primary school competition for schools in England
LEAF Education, the lead agri-education organisation in England and Wales, has seen a hugely positive response from schools to the experiential food and farming related national primary school competition, titled ‘All for Farm and Food for All’. The first of its kind in the UK, the competition is open to every primary school in England, offering teachers support and access to specific curriculum linked resources to help deliver high-quality learning activities and experiences to open young minds to why farming matters, alongside the chance to win experiential learning opportunities on farm.
Supported by EIT Food Food Educators, co-funded by the European Union, the competition is open to individual classes for pupils in Years 5 and 6 during the 2023-2024 academic year. All schools entering the competition will receive the All for Farm and Food for All handbook and activity pack, a unique collection of six resources, all highlighting food related solutions to the climate crisis, which are required of classes in order to progress in the competition.
The competition gives schools an unrivalled opportunity to understand how food and the environment go hand in hand, with regional finalists winning an experiential learning experience on farm. The overall winner will win a day out on farm for up to 200 pupils, teachers and parents which will showcase the farm to fork journey.
The National Primary Schools Competition complements LEAF Education’s annual National Food, Farming and Natural Environment secondary schools’ competition for Years 9-11 across England and Wales, which has seen over one third of finalists go on to apply for land-based college, having never previously experienced the sector since the competition launched in 2018.
“Food begins with farming,” says Carl Edwards, LEAF’s Director, Education and Public Engagement. “Equipping our future generations with a balanced and informed insight into where their food comes from,
how it is produced, and the impact this has on the natural environment around them, will help deliver a world that is growing, eating and living sustainably. Our new ‘All for Farm and Food for All’ competition’, supported by EIT Food, offers huge scope to help us strengthen our work, and offer multiple touch points throughout young people’s lives to help highlight the scale and scope of our sector. We hope as many schools as possible will get involved, helping to ultimately shape the future of the agri-food industry!”
Registrations for the competition will close on 15th September and must be completed by the class teacher, or main contact for the class. Schools entering more than one class should complete separate registrations for each class.
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https://leaf.eco/education/competitions/all-for-farm-food-for-all
Academy Trusts at forefront of zero carbon action for UK schools
Academy Trusts up and down the country are proving to be a formative part of the UK education sector’s response to climate change, say Let’s Go Zero, the nationwide school campaign which supports schools to be zero carbon by 2030.
Schools from 389 Multi-Academy Trusts are now signed up to Let’s Go Zero with the largest trust in England signing up nearly 100 schools in one go.
Let’s Go Zero are encouraging academies to join the campaign this academic year – following on from 95 that joined so far this year. More than 2,300 schools are signed up to the campaign in the UK. Alex Green, Head of Let’s Go Zero, says academies have the opportunity to be highly impactful in terms of climate action - sharing learning between the trust schools quickly and efficiently, and trialling initiatives in one or two schools before rolling out to the rest of the Trust: “Multi- Academy Trusts can take advantage of the support of the resources and experience of each other very effectively and use that learning to replicate low carbon initiatives across all their schools.
“They also have a huge demonstration effect – to students, teachers and the wider community – and can have a really positive impact on the local economy in terms of building contracts for installing renewable energy, retrofitting the schools to be more energy efficient, and sourcing as much of the schools’ equipment, food and resources locally as possible.”
Academies joining Let’s Go Zero range from as small as five schools in a trust, such as The Learning Life Partnership, to the largest trust in England- United Learning Trust - that currently encompasses 94 schools and includes schools across the country from Carlisle to the South Coast.
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www.education-today.co.uk September 2023
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