SEED TO SUPPER
WE WERE DELIGHTED TO HAVE BEEN AWARDED THE EDEN PROJECT AWARD IN NOVEMBER 2016 AT A FANTASTIC CEREMONY HELD IN THE LONDON SCIENCE MUSEUM!
Not only did we receive a stunning trophy but also a cheque towards the cost of taking a group of children to visit the Eden Project!
The video produced by Rolls Royce for the awards ceremony can be viewed below.
All the information about the years project can be read below.
Seed to Supper Project Action Plan
With ever-increasing demands on time and resources the action plan seeks ways to make science lessons more dynamic, engaging and cross-curricular. We aim to develop links in our curriculum between growing plants and food science as a central thread running through all year groups. Within this, each year group will have a specific focus, closely linked to the new learning objectives in the science curriculum, but which make clear and creative links to art, design and technology, particularly cooking. This more holistic approach to science planning will in turn draw in other subject areas: maths, in problem solving and measuring; literacy, in report writing, diaries, explanations, recipes; PE, looking at healthy lifestyles, and so on. At the heart of this, as in the new curriculum, will be an emphasis on year-round learning, the outdoor classroom and building the children's vocabulary in meaningful contexts.
By the end of the 2015-16 academic year:
- We will have significantly broadened the range and quantity of fruit and vegetables grown in school and every child at Argyle will have been involved in growing at least one fruit or vegetable plant, harvesting it and preparing/cooking it,
- We will have fully implemented an extended cookery scheme of work which involves each year group from 1-6 in cooking every term,
- Children will have an improved understanding of healthy eating, nutrition and the difference between fresh and processed food;
- We will have planned and carried out a range of actions which improve community awareness of issues relating to sustainability (eg. impact of food waste/importance of recycling/uses of reclaimed materials)
- We will have built and experimented with outdoor cooking facilities.
Meet the Team
A team of keen members of staff have agreed to co-ordinate the project under the guidance of the project lead Miss Melanie Jones. Find out more about each member of the team in their biographies below.
Project Team Biographies click here.
What Have We Been Doing?
Follow Our Monthly Blog to discover the wide range of opportunities children across the school have every week. Click on a month to find out more.
June 2016 - Project Evaluation
A Completed Food Diary Year 1's Edible Alphabet Our Fantastic 'Seed to Supper' Book
Changing the colour of flowers Cooking on our fantastic pizza oven What part of the plant do we eat?
Year 1 Learned Where Year 2 Found Out About Year 3 Studied seed Dispersal
Different Food Grows Rainforest Products
Year 4 Learned About The Water Our Vegetable Parade Was A Children Tasted a Huge
Cycle And Water Quality Great Success! Variety Of Vegetables
KS1 Trialling Juice Combinations Years 3 and 4 Investigating Habitats Composting
Growing Mushrooms in the Early Years
Year 2 Practising 'A Mile A Day'
Year 2 Cooking Bread Outdoors
Parents Preparing Harvest Lunch Harvest Assembly Selling Produce at City Hall
Year 1 Exploring Garden Plants Year 1 Observational Drawing of Vegetables Year 5 Learning About Honey