FACE Plumpton College

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FACE
Plumpton College

• Collaborative Working

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Plumpton College

• Established 1926
• Land-Based Courses covering
• Agriculture Forestry
• Horticulture Wine
  production
• Equine studies Outdoor leisure
• Animal care management
  Welding Metal-smithing
• From Entry Level though First Diploma, National
• Diploma, Award, Foundation Degree and Degree
  Level

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Plumpton College Overview of
work with schools

• Key Stage 1 2
• Programme of Curriculum Linked day visits
• The College Farm / Healthy Living
• Countryside / Environment
• Key Stage 3 4
• Tailor made visits
• Applied science
• Applied ICT
• 14 19 Years
• Increased Flexibility Programme
• Motor Vehicle Maintenance (IMI Level 1 and 2)
• Agriculture (NVQ 1)
• Equine(NVQ1 developing outreach)
• Outdoor Education (First Certificate)
• Horticulture Outreach (NVQ Level 1)

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FACE Plumpton CollegeCommon Objectives

• Promote interest and awareness
• of both organisations within schools
• amongst teachers and pupils in farming and
  countryside matters
• Promotion of the industry and awareness of career
  opportunities in the land based sector.
• Raise awareness of course areas, career
  opportunities and recruit potential students.
• Availability of Resources / Teacher Resource
  Centre at Plumpton

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Common ObjectivesPartnership Working

• Working with partners
• Linking with outside organisations
  providing support and training for rural
  businesses
• CEVAS training for Farmers
• School farm links
• Promotion of partners activities and resources
• Local opportunities schools and farmers

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Common ObjectivesPartnership Working - examples

• Primary
  Project partner
• To introduce the concept of a learning journey to
  primary children and their families.
• Objectives
• To change perceptions from an early age and raise
  aspirations
• Inform primary children and their parents of the
  options open to them
• Sow the seeds for FE and HE
• Introduce subject options
• Target group
• Yr 5 / 6 Pupils
• Schools with a high of FSMs
• Schools within wards of less than 16 HE
  participation
• Project Delivery
• 10 schools 3 stage model
• Preparation session - in school set the scene
  for the visit
• Curriculum themed day visit to college
• Evaluation / follow-up session back in the class
  room

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Common ObjectivesPartnership Working - examples

• Woodland Enterprise Centre
• established to demonstrate innovation
• in wood based technology, and
• opportunities for the use of local timber
• for sustainable construction
• And renewable energy
• Kent Architecture
• How Places Work project
• Design and Technology Students
• 10 schools, 10 different buildings

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Common ObjectivesPartnership Working - examples

• Surrey County Agricultural Society
• Historic Farmland Landscape of the Surrey Hills
  project
• Local Heritage Initiative funding
• 2 year project training and research
• Training for farmers with professional landscape
  archaeologists
• how to find out more about their land and impact
  on food production
• FACE
• Support to produce promotional materials to
  schools / teachers pack.
• Links- local schools with trained farmers.
• Farm accreditation

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Plumpton CollegeKey Stage 1 and 2 Day
visits areas of demand partnership working

• The College Farm
• Healthy Living
• The Countryside

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Healthy LivingPartnership working
Links - promotion and support Food and Health
Partnership (East Sussex Brighton and
Hove) Better School Food Conference Action in
Rural Sussex School Orchard Project
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Plumpton CollegeKey Stage 1 and 2 Day visits
areas of demand partnership working

• Farm Visit Themes Links
• Living and growing Education Business
  Partnership
• Animals and their young South of England
  Agricultural Society
• Where food comes from National Farmers
  Union
• Dairy Farming Project Outdoor Education
  Adviser

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Plumpton CollegeKey Stage 1 and 2 Day visits
areas of demand

• Foundation Degree / HNC/D
• Countryside Management Students
• - Environmental Interpretation module
• Biodiversity Days
• - Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group
• - Sussex Environmental Educators Forum
• - Gray Nicholls
• Teacher CPD / INSET training
• Phenology session at Plumpton College

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Teacher CPD

• Secondary CPD Sessions for teachers
• Chichester College, Brinsbury Campus
• KS4 and 5 Geography and science teachers
• Campus Tour
• Careers in Land-based industries (courses and
  qualifications)
• Practical exercises conservation, plant and
  animal biology, land use
• Plumpton College
• FACE / HCL / SEAS
• KS 4 and 5 Science Teachers
• How Science Works - demonstrate how the
  agricultural environment
• relates to the science curriculum
• Farm Dairy
• Pig Unit
• Farmland biodiversity

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Future Development

• Expand the provision at Secondary level
• Develop promote
• Half day programmes - Applied Science
• - Applied ICT
• Combine curriculum themed and
• career based programmes
• one day event which draw in businesses
• from the sector