School Orchard Project
The National Lottery have awarded us funding to help some local schools to set up orchards in their grounds. So we are working with six local schools.
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Malcolm Sargent Primary School
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Baston CE Primary School
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Copthill School
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Ryhall CE Academy
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Cottesmore Primary School
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Bythams Primary School
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Bringing children and parents together in a practical and productive way
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Improving school grounds for children and wildlife
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Using the grounds, orchard and apples in the curriculum
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Introducing children and parents to new skills and interests
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Creating more opportunities for making local healthy food and drink
We have offered fruit trees and planting equipment to each selected school. We are having a teachers course for these schools and others. They will also be offered a printed guide on setting up and using school orchards. Lastly they will also have support to help promote and celebrate all that is good about apples and orchards – for food, drink, wildlife and people, with a display of the results at our SCOG Apple Day in October 2019.




