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Teacher training & CPD
We offer training days for teachers (including accredited ITT, CPD and bespoke sessions) covering all key stages to support you incorporating, food production, farming, natural environment, and sustainability education into your curriculum delivery.
We provide accredited training days for teachers and educators to deliver the curriculum through food and farming experiences — both on the farm and in classroom settings.
The skills you’ll learn will help you deliver high quality education across a broad and balanced curriculum.
These training days can be offered as bespoke courses designed specifically for you and your school, working across all Key Stages at Primary and Secondary Level (including GCSE and A Level).
All training is designed and delivered by fully-qualified teachers from our team who know how to translate food, farming and the environment into practical training and ideas for teachers across all subject areas.
What you can learn
How food and farming can enrich teaching across the curriculum
What resources are available
How to develop whole-school approaches to healthy eating and a connection with the outdoors
How to run safe, curriculum-linked days outside the classroom with our network of accredited farmers
How to incorporate the topics of food, farming and the countryside appropriately for your subject and Key Stage, from early years to A level
How outdoor learning experiences can be incorporated into other subjects such as English, Science and Maths
Our Courses
This is just a sample of the CPD and training opportunities we offer. Each one can be tailored to the individual requirements of your school, or we can prepare completely bespoke activities suitable for different settings, needs and requirements. Contact us for a detailed discussion.
Linking food, farming, and the natural environment to the Primary Curriculum
Exploring your schools long term planning, identify places where links can be made to food, farming, and the natural environment, offering learns real world examples and scenarios for their learning.
Food and Farming Inside and Outside the Classroom
for ITT and ECT (primary and Secondary. How to use a farm visit to enhance teaching across the curriculum. Everything you need to know to plan safe, educational, and fun farm visits. Delivered on farm, with opportunities to explore curriculum links and try hands on activities.
Art on the farm
Enjoy a farm tour and find a new creative activity at each stop. What could you create with leaves in a woodland? what about some simple techniques for working with sheep’s wool? Or how about ideas for painting in a hay meadow? Learn new techniques and ideas that can be used with all age groups. By the end of the session, you will have a toolbox of creative ideas to use on a farm or countryside visit, in your own school grounds or to develop further back in the classroom.
Wellbeing
Get connected to nature and boost your own and your pupils' wellbeing. This is a hands-on programme, using a selection of creative, mindful and sensory activities, which will help you to relax and discover the benefits of getting in touch with nature.
Bespoke Training
Looking for bespoke training suitable for different settings, needs & requirements?
Looking for particular ideas about how to deliver maths outside the classroom? Need support in delivering exam specification points, or even to bring the whole school together around farming, food production and the environment?
As well as tailoring our sample training courses shown here to your needs, our LEAF Education Specialists can develop bespoke training for your school that can be adapted to cover different durations, subject focus, key stages or types of activity.