Podcast offers food and farm focus for home schooling

The latest episode of OnFARM, Scotland’s Rural Podcast, has been working in partnership with RHET (The Royal Highland Education Trust) to provide some rurally inspired home-schooling tips and advice for parents and teachers.

The episode also announces an exciting online event, taking place on June 18 and 19 – which would have been the start of The Royal Highland Show 2020 – during which children, parents and teachers can engage with a whole range of events, demonstrations and activities focused on animals, plants, soil, food and cookery, the countryside and much more.

Launched in January 2020, OnFARM showcases rural enterprise, rural community, rural creativity, rural charity, rural history and much more.

During early summer, OnFARM is working alongside The Royal Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland (RHASS) and The

Royal Highland Show, to produce a series of episodes investigating what gap will be left by the cancellation of the Show this summer, as well as looking at some of the behind the scenes the work of the Society.

RHET is the educational charity focused on food, farming and the countryside and the organisation responsible for the learning activities enjoyed by thousands of children during Royal Highland Show.

Anna Davies, OnFARM presenter, said: ‘Making this episode not only inspired me to have a go at some food and the

Youngsters will benefit from a whole range of online learning events.

farming-themed learning activities with my children, but it has also given many of us an online event to look forward to at the end of June when we would otherwise have been enjoying the Royal Highland Show.

‘Teachers tell me that it’s impossible to full delivery the Curriculum for Excellence without the resources provided by RHET and it’s a superb charity doing a wonderful job of helping our children to understand more about farming, food production and the countryside.

‘I urge everyone to please spread the word about this podcast, the work of RHET and about the amazing learning events taking place on

June 18 and 19. As we come to terms with this ‘new normal’, resources such as this become even more valuable to teachers and certainly to parents like me.’

If you are interested in registering to participate in the online learning extravaganza you can do so at www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/RRT25X8

You can listen to the OnFARM podcast at www. podfollow.com/onfarm or visit the website at www.on-farm. co.uk