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School/Community Links
Many of the examples
on previous pages are about schools looking outward and thinking beyond the confines of
the classroom.
Fortrose Greenhouse
and
Garden Project
Pupils and staff at Fortrose Academy are
developing links with the local community and a range of partners, including
Highland Environmental Network, Careers Scotland, Community Education and
the RIAS, to realise an enterprise based project centred on a school
greenhouse and market garden. This project was stimulated by a creative
design for a greenhouse produced by an S4 pupil as part of a Standard Grade
Art & Design course.
This innovative design, which combines a geodesic dome with
the Earthship principle, has provided inspiration for the school and the
wider community to come together to take the project forward.
The dome will be sited on a south facing sloping site within
the school grounds where its presence will serve as a visible commitment by
the school and community to the principles of sustainable development.
The greenhouse and adjacent gardening ground will provide a
resource for learning opportunities for all, allowing both younger and older
people to work, learn and grow together, making a positive contribution to
the community.
Education for
Sustainable Development, Enterprise in Education and Citizenship are
educational developments which will be enhanced within the school curriculum
through this project and it is hoped that links formed between the school,
community and other agencies formed as this partnership develops can lead to
further fruitful developments and promote Lifelong Learning in the Black
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