School trips can visit the Royal Welsh Winter Fair for free

The Royal Welsh Agricultural Society is pleased to offer free entry for organised school trips to the upcoming Winter Fair, taking place on Monday 27^th and Tuesday 28^th November 2023.

The RWAS promotes agricultural science, research, and education, particularly in the areas of food, farming, and the countryside, as one of its main charitable objectives. Therefore, the Society is pleased to offer free admission for school children and reduced admission for higher education students to learn more about agriculture during the two-day event.

The Winter Fair is unique to other Society events as it takes place during term time. Each year more schools and colleges are seeing the educational value of attending this event to learn about food production, the supply chain and agricultural organisations. Over a thousand school children and students from across Wales and over the border visited last year’s Winter Fair.

Touching on many aspects of the curriculum, a visit to the Winter Fair is a great opportunity for students to learn about agriculture in relation to business studies, cooking and nutrition, animal welfare, geography, mathematics and much more.

This year, the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society is launching an exciting new educational programme in the Members Centre. The educational offering will be for learners of all ages, including primary, secondary school children, higher education students and adult learners. The programme will focus on understanding important facts that support farming principles, such as the basics of growing in healthy soil.

Speakers include Michael Kennard from the Compost Club, gardener, educationalist, and S4C presenter Adam Jones (Adam yn yr ardd), NFU Cymru Deputy President and Cows on Tour co-founder, Abi Reader, Montgomeryshire farmer and NFU member, Jonathan Wilkinson and David Elias, a conservationist of Snowdonia National Trust and author of Shaping the Wild.

All school trips must register in advance and pre-book their tickets prior to the event. The Winter Fair is free for primary and secondary school children under the age of 16 and a reduced admission fee of £5 will be offered to higher education students. The closing date for registration is Friday 27^th October 2023.

The Royal Welsh Winter Fair is an excellent way to learn more about agriculture, horticulture and share the positive farming story.

If you are part of a school, college or university and would like to arrange a trip to the upcoming Winter Fair please get in touch at requests@rwas.co.uk or call 01982 553863 before the closing date.