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 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 At the Summer Fair. And at our school shop Sweet Pickings

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 opportunity 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 over.” ― 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 provide the conditions in which they can learn.” Einstein