Recruiter: The Bay Trust, The Pines Garden, St. Margaret’s Bay, Kent, CT15 6DZ www.thebaytrust.org.uk Location: Rippledown, Ringwould Salary: £12,675 pro-rata. Part time (32 hours) seasonal position Feb 2012 – July 2012, September 2012 – October 2012 Sector: Environmental education centre Job Type: Centre Assistant Start Date: ASAP Do you want to join a company that [...]
FREE Event for Friends – March 1st
Between 4pm – 8pm, Thursday March 1st 2012 Goodbye Winter Hello Spring – the new ‘growing year’ ahead! Dave Jones – Head of Outdoor Learning and Carol Hopkins – Head of Centre invite you to share in a FREE Celebration Buffet to welcome in a host of new developments at Rippledown. The afternoon and evening will [...]
Welcome to Richard
The team at Rippledown are really pleased to introduce our newest staff member Richard Martin. As our new Outdoor Learning Tutor Richard will be working alongside Dave Jones to deliver lessons and activities at Rippledown. Richard has a degree from Liverpool University in Marine Biology and is a qualified Primary School Teacher. Richard has had a [...]
The rewards of pig keeping
Rearing pigs in woodland Do you like the idea of eating home-reared, free-range pork? We do, so we’ve taken the plunge by rearing four saddle back pigs for the kitchens at Rippledown and The Pines Garden. Read on to hear about our experiences and the exciting opportunities for school visits and adult courses coming this [...]
Our Wormery: Turning kitchen waste into compost
The early bird catches the worm – well lets hope they don’t catch our Dendrobaena worms as these worms are the perfect friend for the kitchens at Rippledown. They live in our new wormery, processing all of our food waste so as we don’t have to send it to landfill. The Dendrobaena worms are the [...]
Winter Outdoor Learning Curriculum
Following on from our post on Winter Outdoor Learning here are a few thoughts on how these LOtC activities work with the School Curriculum, especially Key Stage 2. Don’t forget if you sign-up for our schools newsletter you’ll receive learning resources, ideas and advice on LOtC activities that you can use in the classroom throughout the seasons! Winter [...]
Winter Outdoor Learning Activities
Winter Outdoor Learning activities can be great fun – as long as you are prepared! So you’ll be glad to know at Rippledown we are prepared for you and have years of experience in delivering outdoor learning activities the weather can’t spoil. So why book a residential school trip in Winter ? Several of the activities we offer [...]
Sustainable Development of School Grounds
A Growing Schools CPD Course for Teachers 7 Feb 2012 - 10:00am – 16:00pm Sustainable development of school grounds in conjunction with Growing Schools. 1 Day Course (Lunch provided) £95 + VAT Understand the importance of their own school grounds and how they can be improved to benefit both humans and wildlife Look at materials in [...]
LOtC Course for Teachers
CPD course in LOtC for teachers 1-2 Mar 2012 This LOtC course for teachers is designed to help new and experienced teachers in learning outside the classroom. 2 Day Course Residential (Full board) £195 + VAT Non Residential (Lunch provided) £160 + VAT This 2 day course run at Rippledown and The Pines Calyx in St [...]
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