The Learning Resources at RMET

Market Garden
Students plant, grow and harvest flowers and vegetables for the coffee shop, canteen and vegetable shop. They study and work with the rhythms and cycles of nature and discover that food doesn't just come out of a can.

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Horsley Fishery
A commercial fish farm for over 100 years, the fishery is now an educational resource stocking trout and carp and offering an accreditation in fish husbandry. A water plant nursery links the fishery and market garden.

Horsley Mill
Located within Horsley Fishery, the mill hosts the majority of office and classroom based education, such as literacy, numeracy, meteorology, and accounting. Students gain catering accreditation within the Horsley Mill canteen preparing lunches for staff and students, baking bread and making cheese.

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Craft Workshops at Horsley Mill
Craft workshops within the fish farm include green woodwork, pottery and the dragon kiln, leather processing and iron age forge. The relationship between the land and craft is explored in these 'outdoor classrooms' using the wisdom and skills of ancient and traditional technologies.

Park Wood
30 acres of broadleaf woodland dating back to ice age times and providing a facility for forestry management skills, coppicing, path laying, and producing the raw material for woodwork and charcoal making.

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Gables Farm & Brightside
The two farms provide student accommodation in a glorious hilltop setting. Students learn how to look after dairy and beef cattle, pigs, sheep and hens, assisting at birth, feeding, recognising and treating ailments, nurturing and tending the animals. Crops are grown using bio-dynamic farming methods and harvested for use in the coffee shop, vegetable shop and student households.

Residential Accommodation
Residential accommodation and independent living training are offered in households within the local community where the students live in the homes of the residential care workers. The households have a warm family atmosphere with a maximum of three students each. Progression to independent living units with arms length support is available where appropriate. RMET works with the National Care Standards Commission to ensure the highest standards of support and safety are provided for the students. While the majority of students stay only during term time, there is college holiday care provision is available and some students stay throughout the year.

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Facilities at Glasshouse College

Glasshouse College
Located within the Victorian factory buildings are the offices, meeting rooms, therapy rooms and canteen.

Ruskin Glass Centre
This is a series of workshops for a wide range of glass artists and craftspeople including some of the leading British studio glass companies. Students enjoy training and work experience opportunities in glassblowing, glass cutting, stained glass, hot kiln work and lamp work. A visitor trail guides the increasing numbers of interested public through the site and students give guided tours around the workshops and exhibitions, providing valuable opportunities to improve their social skills.

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Ruskin Arts Centre
The focus of the performing arts curriculum with a small studio theatre for drama, music and eurythmy open to the public. Students explore universal life themes through mask, drama and improvisation. A rich programme of cultural and festive events take place throughout the year. A larger scale theatre is in the pipeline, which will provide flexible facilities for students, staff and the community.

Narrowboat and Canal Wharf
Students worked with a local boatyard to build a narrowboat for use as a floating classroom for numeracy and literacy. Students learn navigation and maintenance skills, and study the wildlife, history and geology of the canals. The narrowboat also provides opportunities for trips out during holidays. The wharf provides access to the site from the canal and opportunities for boat maintenance.

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Four Ashes Woodland
The relationship between the land and craft is explored in 'outdoor classrooms' using the wisdom and skills of ancient and traditional technologies through woodland crafts, including forestry, charcoal making, green woodwork and iron age forge. Students prepare and serve lunches in the 'woodland kitchen'.

The Acorns
Students have converted a five acre paddock into a market garden in which they study and work with the rhythms and cycles of nature; planting, nurturing and harvesting vegetables and soft fruit. Crops are grown using bio-dynamic methods and harvested for use in the cafˇ and student households. Craft activities such as basketwork and wood carving are also based at the paddock.

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Residential Accommodation
Residential accommodation and independent living training are offered in households within the local community where the students live in the homes of the residential care workers. The households have a warm family atmosphere with a maximum of three students each. Progression to independent living units with arms length support is available where appropriate. RMET works with the National Care Standards Commission to ensure the highest standards of support and safety are provided for the students. While the majority of students stay only during term time, there is college holiday care provision is available and some students stay throughout the year.

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