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Here at Laverstoke Park Education Centre we are committed to teaching all generations the importance of natural farming in today's world. We offer educational insights for all ages covering every aspect of bio-diverse farming both here, through the web site, and through visits to the Education Centre.
Over 6,000 school and college students have visited our farm since 2002. We are delighted to offer our farm as a resource for learning outside the classroom encorporating all aspects of the national curriculum. We have never charged for a school visit and never wish to, since we want it to be as accessible to all children as possible.
In 2007 we were recognised as part of the Enterprise Education body for supporting Education within a farm. Our work organising a Mathematics Challenge with Test Valley School and their feeder primaries was such a success we have continued holding this as an annual challenge for our local schools.
We offered the NVQ Land Based Management Course to 16-19 year olds in 2006. These students work on our farm one day a week and learn all aspects of farming as part of their programme. This was so successful we have continued to offer this each year to our local secondary school students.
In 2009 we started the GreenFingered Entrepreneurs. A week by week programme for schools to grow their own produce with tips for success and an area outlining the cross-curriculum attainments and Budding Entrepreneurs. For further details please use this link.
Our long awaited classrooms arrived. This has made a huge difference, allowing the students to work in an appropriate area encompassing the natural surroundings of the site. We have endeavoured to use as much recycled material available such as eco furniture, recycled rubber flooring, energy saving see through cisterns, lights on automatic dimmer if it is bright, timer/motion sensor to turn them off.
In the next phase, we are planning to install an anaerobic digester to power the classrooms.
Laverstoke Park Farm practises all of the vital lessons that the Education Centre wishes to teach and because of that, we are able to demonstrate not just the theory of bio-diversity and healthy sustainable nutrition but also the practical day to day working of a real life farm.
The farm philosophy of healthy soil being to essential first step in the chain that leads to healthy sustainable nutrition is one we seek to demonstrate in the most practical way.
We have designed our website with three different age group areas. Visit the Learning Zone area for our resources.
Laverstoke Park Education Centre is a registered charity (charity number: 1098108) whose aims are to promote bio-diverse farming and healthy sustainable nutrition.