The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) in partnership with Bank of Ireland Virtual Farm Weekend (BOIVFW) and Asda, are challenging school pupils across Northern Ireland (NI) to “Dig in!” and put their creative skills to the test in celebration of the tenth Open Farm Weekend event.
This year’s theme is “Dig in! to 10 years of Open Farm Weekend." The theme has been chosen to help Bank of Ireland Open Farm Weekend celebrate ten years alongside the UFU and Agri Aware’s ‘Dig in!’ resource.
The UFU is delighted to announce that the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) have kindly provided a cookery demonstrator as part of the prize for each winning school. Not only will the winning pupils get the opportunity to sample some delicious local produce, but they will also be encouraged to think about the origin of food, the ‘farm to fork’ journey and the importance of farming and local food production in NI.
The competition is split into five sections:
- Foundation level (Nursery, pre-school and playgroups)
- Foundation level (P1 and P2)
- Key Stage 1 (P3 and P4)
- Key Stage 2 (P5, P6 and P7)
- Special schools
The UFU is delighted to welcome Asda on board again as sponsor for another year with a range of prizes available for the lucky schools competition winners.
Competition prizes include:
- £200 for the winning school in each section, £250 in lieu of transport to a farm and an LMC cookery demonstration.
- £40 for the winning pupil in each section.
- £100 for the runner-up school in each section plus Bramley apple tree.
- £20 for the runner-up pupil in each section.
Entry forms have been sent electronically to playgroup, nursery, primary and special schools. The closing date for entries is Friday 28 May 2021. Schools competition templates are available by clicking here and Open Farm Weekends website available at www.openfarmweekend.com.
For more information contact Lynsay Hawkes at UFU HQ on 028 9037 0222 or lhawkes@ufuhq.com.
