The Garden Classroom, Best Innovator for LOtC 2012
Description
The Garden Classroom is a multi-award winning non-profit organisation which started in Islington in 2008. It reconnects urban communities with the natural world by delivering high quality hands-on activities in the outdoors, usually in a local park or garden but also on site on school grounds.
In addition to awards from The Forestry Commission and the Tree Council for its tree education programme, last year The Garden Classroom won Best Innovator 2012 at the Learning Outside the Classroom awards.
TGC's is managed by a board of dynamic volunteers and its patrons are Joe Swift and Dallas Campbell.
TGC delivers workshops with learning outcomes in the urban outdoors. From CPD training and food growing courses to science, numeracy, literacy, drama, including TGC's very popular World Book Week programme.
TGC listens to its beneficiaries by developing it's service and responding to users needs. If your school would like to discuss ways that TGC may be able to help please contact schools@thegardenclassroom.org.uk
TGC is setting up a new teachers forum on Thursday 26th September. If you are a senior manager, teacher or TA and would like to attend, please email schools@thegardenclassroom.org.uk or call 07591 544914.
