Growing and Conservation Experiences
Growing and Conservation Experiences
Our Growing and Conservation Experiences include visits to venues such as field study and adventurous activity centres, zoos, botanic gardens and farms.
We also provide Transport nationwide from and to virtually anywhere in the UK.
As well as visits the Experiences include Continuous Professional Development Courses and Teaching Programs.
Scroll down the page to view all our Growing and Conservation Experiences.
Visits to Field Study and Adventurous Activity Centres, Zoos, Botanic Gardens and Farms
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Use your Reciproc8™ Points to book visits to venues such as field study and adventurous activity centres, zoos, botanic gardens and farms. Please visit www.growingschools.org.uk/Places/ to view all the venues available.Then simply turn your Reciproc8™ Points into a Monetary Value to cover the admission costs. You can also use your Reciproc8™ Points to cover the cost of transport to and from the location by using our transport booking facility, please see the next item below. |
| RREX00017 | Growing and Conservation Experience | Convert Reciproc8 Points™ to Monetary Value |
FREE Transport to locations throughout the UK
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You can also use your Reciproc8™ Points to cover the cost of transport. You can book transport for school visits, away days, day trips, corporate events, sports events, in fact almost anything. We offer 49-55 seater coaches on a return travel basis and with nationwide coverage to and from virtually any destination in the UK this is an ideal way to support your Learning outside the Classroom activities, visiting the RHS's Gardens, or just about anything you are thinking of planning. Click on Transport to find out the details and the Points required for different types of journeys. |
| RREX00018 | Transport | Points Value dependent on travel details |
Click on Transport to find out the details and the Points required for different types of journeys.
RHS Continuous Professional Development Courses
The RHS Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Programme is available to all adults who are involved in teaching and inspiring children about plants and gardening. A wide range of topics are available.
The aims of this Programme are:
- to enthuse and support teachers in developing and using gardens in school
- to support progression through the RHS Campaign for School Gardening benchmarking scheme, levels 1 to 5
- to encourage and advise teaching of the National Curriculum both inside and outside the classroom using, plants, gardens, school grounds and environmental areas
- to improve knowledge and understanding of plants and gardening
The full details of all courses including curriculum links are available at www.rhs.org.uk/schoolgardening .
| RREX00016 | RHS Continuing Professional Development Courses | 225 Reciproc8 Points™ |
Reciproc8™ - Towards Zero Waste
This is a package of 12 lessons designed to be used over a 5 week period in schools. It helps schools develop waste minimisation strategies with their pupils and move towards zero waste. Schools should be able to reduce waste by up to 50% and benefit from a reduction in waste collection costs.The lessons have been tried and tested in more than 70 schools.
| RRCN00027 | Reciproc8™ - Towards Zero Waste | 75 Reciproc8 Points™ |