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Schools across England are using food as a way to improve their whole school experience - making lunchtimes a positive feature of the day and enriching classroom learning with farm visits and practical cooking and growing.
Begbrook Primary School, Bristol
22/02/2012
Now that we have an idea of how the school expansion plans will affect the garden we have decided its time to sort out the border!
We have used some of the money we raised at the food fayre to buy bulbs to cheer us all up as well as food the children will (hopefully!) be able to eat before the end of the summer term.
Our plans to plant it all before half term were foiled by the frozen ground but we are going to try again on Friday witht the help of some of the children form Years 2 and 3.
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Market Rasen CE Primary School, Lincolnshire
15/02/2012
Last week the Falcons and Kestrels visited Tesco in Market Rasen. As part of their topic "Food and Farming", they learned about food miles (how far the fresh food had travelled) and also listened to a talk about milk, the different types and where it is stored.
This term the main focus for the Falcons and Kestrels is "Food and Farming". They have been looking at different types of food, its origins and how it is produced. In science they are learning about growing food crops and learning why milk is kept cold. In geography they will learn where food comes from and more about food miles. In DT they will grow their own food and make bread and butter.
Soon the children will go on their residential trip to Rand Farm Park which they are very much looking forward to. More to follow.....
We held our first SNAG meeting recently. We had a discussion about how our lunchtimes have changed over the last year as a result of feedback from children and parents, and we talked about the things that are going well.
These are some of the things we are pleased about:
The SNAG came up with some questions they would like to ask the rest of the children at school and we will talk about their findings at the next meeting.
Takeley Primary School, Essex
10/02/2012
This week at Takeley Primary School in Gardening Club we got our heated propagator. This means that we can grow things earlier than their normal sowing date. We looked at it and took it to Ms Hazel’s class and found a clear space. Two members of gardening club (one of them is Erin, who is a SNAGlet, and the other is Mami ) are writing a letter to a company called Wyvale asking if we could have a bag of compost. We'll let you know how we get on!
By Leah Keith and Erin Langer- year 5 SNAGlets
The Food for Life Partnership is a network of schools and communities across England committed to transforming food culture. Together we are revolutionising school meals, reconnecting children and young people with where their food comes from, and inspiring families to grow and cook food.
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