With our accredited ITT and CPD courses, you'll learn how to engage your pupils with the food and farming sectors and how to run safe, curriculum-linked activities on a farm.
This page shows upcoming courses from our core set of teacher training but there's much more that we can offer. Our LEAF Education Specialists can deliver these in their standard format, either on the planned dates shown or on-demand, or we can work with you to tailor any courses to be best suited to your school and specific needs.
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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.
A half day or "twilight" session for teachers helping you to see the learning that can be gained from the outdoors and the countryside.
An afternoon’s tailor-made CPD session to learn how to enable the whole primary school to participate in a Science activity week.
ITE students and NQTs are invited to join this day programme to gain increased awareness of the opportunities for teaching about farming within the school curriculum.
Learn how to plan engaging and challenging lessons for GCSE Business Studies, bringing the syllabus to life.
Engage and inspire your students by teaching the KS3 or KS4 Food Preparation & Nutrition curriculum through a virtual farm tour!
Learn how to incorporate nature, the environment, food and farming into English schemes of work.
Learn how to deliver a range of GCSE Geography topics whilst enabling students to develop a range of practical fieldwork techniques.
Learn how to include agriculture careers into your careers guidance programme.
The farm provides a wonderful environment in which maths can be used and taught.
The farm provides a wonderful environment in which many primary science topics and themes can be brought to life through practical, outdoor activities.
This is a hands-on programme, using a selection of creative, mindful and sensory activities, that will help you to relax and discover the benefits of getting in touch with nature.
Online CPD sessions for primary and secondary teachers who have experience of taking pupils on educational visits but want to make the most of the fantastic experience provided by a visit to a farm.
Working with natural materials, in an outdoor setting, can stimulate and engage your students. Nature will inspire creativity in all learners.
This unique CPD opportunity will enable you to bring the syllabus to life with the use of memorable and inspiring real life case studies
Learn how to teach children in the Early Years about food, farming and the natural environment through the new 2021 curriculum. The main areas of the EYFS that we will cover are Communication and Language, Personal, Social and Emotional Development, Maths and Understanding the World but we will discuss many other curriculum links. The session will focus on the 3-4 year old and Reception age bands.
Helping Everyone Eat better; online training linking food to the school curriculum. Today’s students are increasingly aware of issues surrounding food and food choices.
Today’s students are increasingly aware of issues surrounding food and food choices. Working in collaboration with Sainsbury’s LEAF Education has produced a series of resources linking food to important issues such as sustainability and healthy eating.
Today’s students are increasingly aware of issues surrounding food and food choices. Working in collaboration with Sainsbury’s LEAF Education has produced a series of resources linking food to important issues such as sustainability and healthy eating.
Today’s students are increasingly aware of issues surrounding food and food choices. Working in collaboration with Sainsbury’s LEAF Education has produced a series of resources linking food to important issues such as sustainability and healthy eating.
This event will introduce you to the work of LEAF Education with specific opportunities for schools within London.
This event will introduce you to the work of LEAF Education with specific opportunities for schools within London.
Join us as we share ‘Brand New’ curriculum linked resources to engage, inspire, and motivate primary pupils to understand the role of farming in food production and a sustainable future.
This is a good starting place for teachers who want to understand more about farming.