23TRA199 Growing Food in the School Grounds Part 1 and 2

Date :      Thursday, 30th March & 25th May 2-23
Time :      4-5.30pm
Venue :   Tralee Education Support Centre

Biodiversity in the School Grounds and Teaching Outdoors CPD

Practical outdoor workshops at Tralee Education Support Centre, 1 workshop per month from February to May (standalone – come to any or all workshops!). Discover the biodiversity in your school grounds, the connection between food growing and biodiversity, using the outdoors as a classroom, linking outdoor teaching to the curriculum and take away resource ideas, lesson plans and manageable practical biodiversity projects to try with your class.

Please contact Cathy Eastman on 0857782289 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more details.

Growing Food in the School Grounds: Part 1 - 30th March 2023 and Part 2 - 25th May 2023 , 4-5.30 pm

• Why grow food in the school grounds?
• What can be grown and where to put it!
• Curriculum links, including Nature Literacy and Wellbeing
• Practical outdoor projects in March – sowing vegetable seeds and caring for them in the classroom e.g. salads, pumpkins, sweet peas
• Practical outdoor class projects in May – plant out or pot on vegetables sown in March; some to take home and some for TEC
• Resources
• Feedback

Habitats in the School Grounds – The Vegetable Bed – 27th April 2023, 4 - 5.30 pm - Click Here to Book Your Place for this Session