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With the government putting a larger emphasis on healthy eating, food understanding, Eco Schools, outdoor learning and sustainability, school gardening meets many upcoming government priorities.

A school garden may seem like a daunting task but many lessons can be linked to the creation and upkeep of a garden across the curriculum, as demonstrated below. The school benefits from nicer grounds and with student involvement providing ownership of an environment, the care and responsibility levels are likely to be greater.

Class lesson
Geography	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Planning the garden activities related to seasons, growing conditions and plot layouts. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Activity relating to weed identification. Read more >>
Food Technology	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Classroom Handout for the functions of nutrients. Read more >>
	FOUNDATION, KEY STAGE 1 AND 2 What to grow activities related to food diaries, food recognition, tastes and preparation. Read more >>
Art and Design	KEY STAGE 1 AND 2 Designing fundraising and internal publicity literature, logos and slogans for the garden. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 Designing and creating labels and signs in woodwork, pottery or on slate. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 1, 2 AND 3 Photographing the garden and maintaining a garden progress log. Read more >>
Physical Education	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Classroom Handout for the functions of nutrients related to healthy eating. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Vegetable Factsheet related to would should we eat vegetables and their benefits to health? Read more >>
Maths	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Calculating how much to fund raise, what percentage per group of students, how much do essential tools cost to buy, preparing purchase lists. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 Counting seeds and germination rates. Read more >>
English	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Write a piece or poem on the importance of the garden for the school newspaper or a regular progress column. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 1 AND 2 Garden project evaluation or class reading of a gardeners diary to see if the end results were similar to school garden. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Do the class know what these words mean? Read more >>
Information & Communication Technology	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Post information on the school intranet about the garden. Design garden plot layouts in excel. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Create graphs and charts to demonstrate harvest levels. Read more >>
Science	KEY STAGE 1 AND 2 Seed growing area needed, estimating final vegetable size, seed growing requirements eg light, temperature. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 1 AND 2 Activity to explain the importance of timely and accurate watering. Read more >>
Drama	KEY STAGE 1 AND 2 Re-enact a seeds life and the elements that effect growth. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Create an opening ceremony for the launch of the project or opening of the finished garden. Read more >>
SHE & Citizenship	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Fundraising in the community to begin the garden. Read more >>
	KEY STAGE 2 AND 3 Invite the community or church to a harvest festival or donate the harvest to a homeless shelter or other worthy cause. Read more >>