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Newbury Weekly News

Thursday, 14 September, 2017

Education is key to British agriculture

THE Newbury & District Agricultural Society’s Education Programme plays a huge part in their key aims in educating the next generation about Britain’s agricultural industry. Education officer Jan Murray is responsible for a calendar of events, such as visiting schools and showing the origins of food, how it is produced and how everyone can benefit from healthily grown produce. Jan also invites schools to the showground and runs a series of activities, as well as running demonstrations and competitions at other local venues. This year has seen a number of schools take part in British Sausage Week, where pupils get to blind-test various sausages as well as a watch a sausage- making demonstration and take part in fun activities. The popular Potato Challenge sees children from various schools visit the showground to take part in a number of potato activities, such as blind testing and demonstrations, as well as planting their own seeds before taking them back to school. They then return to the showground in June to find out which school has harvested the most potatoes. Each year pre-schools, primary, secondary, mainstream and special schools across Berkshire are invited to exhibit in the Education tent at the Royal County of Berkshire Show. Schools can book one or two

perform over the weekend of the show or at the President’s Tea Party, which is held at 4pm the evening before the show. There will also be pond dipping nearby, which is organised by the Berkshire Geo Conservation.

trestle tables and choose to exhibit high-quality work or display to the competition theme of Work Outside the Classroom or Environmental Artwork . Schools are also invited to bring along a group of students to

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