Education
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.
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 |
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. Back
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