What Works Well: The School Food Plan
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Insight into what’s worked well in teaching children how to grow their own fruit and veg. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.
Insight into what’s worked well in teaching children how to grow their own fruit and veg. Want to get going? Use the links on the right to get help from expert organisations.
Inspiring children to grow, cook and taste food across primary and secondary schools from Healthy Schools Bath and NE Somerset. Lots of...
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Carshalton Boys Sports College have created an incredible food culture through a fabulous food service, brilliant food education including growing fruit and veg and keeping animals.
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Most of our harvest is during the summer and autumn terms and so during the winter most of the vegetable beds become empty. This gives...
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Charlton Manor sharing our growing skills by helping design a garden for a school in Germany
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One of the sixty school kitchen gardens supported by Caterlink, used as an outdoor classroom. Queen Anne First School links the garden to art, science... [ Queen Anne First School , Primary ,
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Literacy and Art : Take time to explore your seeds and look closely at all the different shapes and sizes. Have a look at the seed packet...
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Sensory science. With a blindfold on, use your other senses (smell, touch, taste) to identify different vegetables.
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Humanities: As part of planting out your chitted potatoes, look at the story of Raleigh's route to bring them to England.
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Inspirational real life farm in an urban environment, supports children with their learning, inspiring them about food and healthy eating...
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Phoenix High School on the White City Estate in West London - the sixth most deprived area in the country - created a school farm in 2007....
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Online growing insturctions/resources
www.gardenorganic.org.ukOnline guides: the 10 easiest fruit & veg to grow
eatseasonably.co.ukTen Top Tips to get Growing veg at school
www.schoolfoodmatters.comReport on the impact of growing food in schools
www.foodgrowingschools.orgMorrisons’ Academy of Food
your.morrisons.com/academyoffood/Films on basic growing skills
your.morrisons.comRHS School Gardening Campaign
apps.rhs.org.ukHands-on food education programme
www.jamieoliver.comCountryside Classroom
www.countrysideclassroom.org.uk