OUR SECRET GARDEN BEFORE THE DESIGN Children's ideas. Look at - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
OUR SECRET GARDEN BEFORE THE DESIGN Children's ideas. Look at - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
OUR SECRET GARDEN BEFORE THE DESIGN Children's ideas. Look at gardens. Think about habitats. Think about food growing. Think about creating interest. Think about a place to be. THE FINISHED PLAN WEATHER
THE DESIGN
- Children's ideas.
- Look at gardens.
- Think about habitats.
- Think about food
growing.
- Think about creating
interest.
- Think about a place to be.
THE FINISHED PLAN
WEATHER STATION
Low light and time-lapse garden cam Bee cam “Information is not knowledge.” Einstein
ICT ALSO SUPPORTS LEARNING IN THE GARDEN
DEVELOPING THE WHOLE CHILD
- Feeling Proud
- Sense of
achievement
- Engagement
- Working together
- Nurturing
CHICKENS ADD A NEW DIMENSION
- Observe, listen, touch, explore.
- Discover and understand.
- Know where eggs come from
- Life cycles
- Creative writing
- Nurture
- Care
- Responsibility
THE BEES ARRIVE AND CAUSE A BUZZ
Again a new learning experience for all
HONEY
CONSERVATION
- Children understand that the eco system is delicate.
ATTITUDES
- CHANGED. THE
NEXT SWARM WAS DEALT WITH BY PUPILS.
PUPILS SET UP ECO BUSINESS WITH SUPPORT FROM LLOYDS
Making honey money
REAPING THE REWARDS OF THEIR WORK
The produce ready to eat, cook, sell in the shop or……...
WEIGHT
SELLING THE PRODUCE
And at our school shop Sweet Pickings
At the Summer Fair.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS ENTERPRISE
Negotiations with a local Restaurant “Learning is experience. Everything else is just information.” Einstein
SWEET PICKINGS ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY
Open after school Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Also open on Saturday
SELLING AT BOROUGH MARKET
Each year the children hold a stall at borough market and have the
- pportunity to sell school produce to
commuters.
“Learn to write by doing it. Go through the world with your eyes and ears open and learn to express that experience in words.” P.D. James,
THE KITCHEN
State of the art equipment
WORKING IN THE KITCHEN
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” Einstein
AT ALL AGES
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” Einstein
TIME
COOKING USED FOR LEARNING
“You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling
- ver.”
― Richard Branson
INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY
Local, Vulnerable, elderly people join us every Friday for lunch. They sit with the children and are waited on by our VIP waiters.
COOKING AND EATING LIKE VIKINGS
- Eating Fish
- Flat bread
- Vegetables
- Understanding the past
- Our connection with food
- Sense of community
HEALTHY CHOICES
Ensuring food meets nutritional standards that meet the children's needs as well as tastes nice and looks nice.
- “I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to