The Newbury & District Agricultural Society

Newbury Showground,
Priors Court, Hermitage, Thatcham, Berks,
RG18 9QZ

Charity number is 1003898

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Registered in England and Wales no. 2630481

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The Newbury & District Agricultural Society
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Click here for details of the Strutt & Parker Young Country Person of the Year Competition.

The competition, now in it's forth year, which aims to highlight young people's achievements in the countryside has drawn together an amazing wealth of young, talented people in the past and they are looking for new entrants for 2007. 

The Newbury & District Agricultural Society is pleased to be involved with a number of educational projects. An overview of a few of them is given below:

 The Food, Farming and Environment Challenge 2007
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Students from West and South East Berkshire have been investigating a number of different food, farming or environmental issues as part of the Food, Farming and Environment Challenge. The 50 students from 5 secondary schools presented their findings to a panel of judges on March 26th.

The challenges have been stretching the students to think outside of their usual curriculum constraints and to research genuine business and environmental issues.

Click here to read all about the Challenges this year.

Click here to read the Downs School Challenge

This event has been running for a number of years now and is sponsored by Newbury & District Agricultural Society as a part of our educational programme.

The judges at this event included our Shows Council President Jessica White and Shows Council Chairman Chris D'Olley

The Judges had a very difficult task.   The Overall Winner was the Downs School whilst Kennett School was awarded the Best Presentation. Congratulations to the winners and our thanks to everyone involved in this worthwhile educational initiative.

Downs School

The winners - the Downs School

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 The Education Tent at the Royal County of Berkshire Show 2006
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The Education Tent at the Royal County of Berkshire Show included:

 Exhibitors
Alder Bridge School Lambourn CE Primary School
Basildon Primary School Newbury & District Primary Schools Football Association
Beenham Primary School NHS Trust Healthy Eating
Bucklebury C.E. Primary Orchard Day Nursery, Yattendon
Calcot Infants School Padworth College Independant School
Castle School Pangbourne Primary School
Chaddleworth St Andrews Primary School Parsons Down Junior
Downe House Independent School Shefford CE Primary School
Downsway Primary School Spurcroft Primary School
East Illsley CE Primary School St Marks Cold Ash Primary School
Englefield C.E. Primary Thatcham Park C of E Primary
Francis Bailey Primary Welford & Wickham C.E. Primary
Garland Junior School Westwood Farm Infant School
Great Shefford Pre-School Woodlands Day Nursery
Hungerford Primary Woolhampton CE Primary School
Kintbury St. Mary's C.E. Primary Woolton Hill Junior School

 Problem Solving Days
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These challenging days involve groups of geography and business study students from a variety of local secondary schools coming together at the Showground where they are set a problem to solve. Recent examples of problems include designing an exit questionnaire for the County Show (which was subsequently undertaken by one of the schools involved), preparing an educational children's trail suitable for primary age children and preparing a new format Show Guide. Senior members of the Society are present throughout the day to give guidance and help with ideas. The day finishes with the groups of students giving presentations of their ideas. The Society is pleased to work with the West Berkshire Business Education Partnership on this initiative.

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The Royal County of Berkshire Show
The Garden Show
The Ploughing Match