I am an early years teacher and one of the favourite activities the kids are enjoying in my setting is getting outside and growing our own fruit and vegetables.
They love nothing more than planting seeds, watering them and then watching them grow, with our runner beans doing impressively well so far!
Just in time for summer, Get Out and Grow, is launching an incentive encouraging students to head outside and get planting, growing and learning about just where fruit and vegetables come from.
Why? Because according to a recent survey, 90% of children said that they would like a garden at school and at one primary school in Lincolnshire, a school garden made all the difference when it came to pupil’s behaviour.
The Benjamin Adlard Primary School, run by headmaster Sam Coy, was previously rated by Ofsted as one of Britain’s worst schools. Four years and one school garden later, and the Gainsborough school has won the national Pearson award for School of the Year: Making a Difference.
Headmaster Coy insists: “The children absolutely love den-building, just generally getting dirty and nature hunts. One child recently told me that he loves going to the forest school on a Tuesday afternoon so much as it helps him to behave all week as he never wants to not be able to go.”
Starting in June and running throughout the month, Get Out and Grow will award school gardening starter kits to 20 schools nationwide. The kits will include children’s wheelbarrows, gardening gloves, mini-trowels and more, worth £160. And the good news is, anyone can enter! Nominating your local school is easy. Just fill in the rafflecopter widget below and comment below with the details of your chosen school, to be in with the chance to win.
Sponsored by British skincare brand, Sudocrem, the Get Out and Grow project was created following research that suggested gardening is being forgotten and that many children lack basic knowledge about the natural world and where their food comes from.
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Would nominate my son’s school Bromet in Watford. They have a little garden there and have a gardening lesson where they help plant and any other help needed so these would come in very useful
St Mary’s because it has a big garden.
I’d like to nominate Canklow Woods Primary in Rotherham. It’s a lovely school and they already have an after school gardening club so it would be fab for them to have some new equipment! New equipment would also mean more children could get involved in the activities!!
I would nominate Orleton C.E primary school because it is in my village and I’m sure they would appreciate it.
BELTHORN primary nr BLACKBURN – a small rural independent school where my 3 nephews attend – they would be overjoyed
New Milton junior school in New Milton, Hampshire because this prize would be a great way for the children to get involved in gardening.
i would like my son’s school – st thomas’ primary in staffs to have it. They have a small outdoor area that would be perfect to use
Emsworth Primary School
Slimbridge primary school. It’s a very small village primary school which has limited resources and I know they would love this.
I would like to nominate my daughter Heidi’s school, Cairney primary school
It is a lovely little school who take great pride in their little playground, they always have flowers on show.
my local stornoway primary school , the kids all went there and my nephews nieces
St Georges School York, they are really under funded and rely a lot on donations and help. This would mean so much for our fabulous community school
Gourock Primary School, Imverclyde, Scotland, UK. As it has an area of land for growing plants. Though has been having some renovations work. Would be helpful when work completed, and children either returning following Summer School Holidays, or new starts :- Infants / Juniors.
Would be beneficial for the youngsters to make productive use of the school land, and to start learning through experience from a young age, skills which can benefit them for their lifetime. As healthy food is a life essential.
Ysgol Llwynderw in Swansea
I would nominate Llwynderw school in Swansea because it’s my daughter’s school and they always encourage the children to do vocational work as well as academic work
Broadway school sunderland, they have actually started a gardening club but have to use the caretakers equipment, the kids love the club so this would be great for them
Redhill primary school they have done so much to help my kids thrive!
They are just starting a new gardening club where they are doing a community garden on the school grounds.
This prize would be a great help to get the kids going 🙂
I feel that the children in Thorpe Hall primary school in highams Park would really benefit from this
St Pauls Junior School in Shepton Mallet. They have a raised bed plot with wonderful veg and herbs growing, i was not even aware they had this until i went to sports day. It would be fantastic to be able to support the school. Out door hands on learning is key to children and taking the learning and active outdoor activities outdoors is fantastic to inspire children.
I’d need a bit of advice about which school to nominate! Our daughter is at pre school until August, and starts primary school in September. Do I nominate the primary school or the preschool? Not sure how much use she would get from the prize arriving to preschool? Thanks for a great giveaway!
Lanfabon Infants School is very close to my heart and the children love gardening and recycling wellies as plant pots
I’d nominate our village primary in Norfolk, Moorlands, as they have a little veg patch and this would be perfect for the after school club!
My son’s nursery, Rainbow Nursery in Tunbridge Wells
Ysgol mynydd isa- It is punching well above its weight and is a cracking school
I would nominate Merrow Infant school as they love to grow things and would get lots of fun and use out of this
I’d like to nominate Slated Row school in Milton Keynes.
Slated Row is a community special school for children and young people aged 4 to 19.
It caters for up to 202 pupils with moderate to complex special educational needs.
The school has an allotment, giving the students the opportunity to grow & tend fruit & vegetables.
Filey nursery and Infants Academy as it’s my sons school and they’d really appreciate this
We have a school allotment with areas for each class, I’d nominate Carrick Knowe Primary
St Mary’s in Leigh , both my children attendend and I myself went there fab school
st johns catholic primary of kirkdale
I’d like to nominate St Anne’s school in Godmanchester as they are wanting to start up the gardening club again and this would really help them.
I would love to nominate Escomb Primary School – it is such a lovely little village school and i know they would get hours of fun and education from this.
John Rankin Junior School in Newbury – there is a gardening lunch school club which uses some part of the school’s huge garden and as many children really love to participate, it would be great if they would get some more equipment.
I’d like to nominate Helmshore Primary School, Helmshore as they’ve just obtained an allotment and cleared some land beside their school which both desperately need the kids careful attention.
Mellor Junior School as they do teach their young children about the outdoors, wildlife, where their food comes from whilst doing a little gardening in the school grounds
oasis academy pinewood, both my boys loved this school and the school is very supportive x
Hugh Myddelton Primary School Islington. They try to do a lot with a little and this would really help them out.
Indian Queens Under 5’s Preschool. Such a lovely place with great staff that always make my children happy when they go and are always so friendly doing plenty of activities and crafts to bring home
Boxgrove Primary
St Gregory’s RC Primary School, Farnworth. The school has been working hard to raise funds for a new outside area and work is now underway, however there isn’t much money left for equipment. This kit would be a great addition to their allotment area.
would like to nominate Nields JI School, they have a garden but has been neglected for sometime. With these tools they could start a new gardening club and bring the garden back to life
I would like to nominate daisy chains nursery in thurlstone, Sheffield, they are a charity so need all the help they can get, My daughter will be leaving in July and will miss them somuch.
Goldington Green Academy in Bedford – they have a lovely gardening club who would really appreciate the equipment!
My son’s school Renhold Primary School would love this. Would be great fun for the kids to be outside gardening and learning great skills 🙂
I would love to nominate Cann Hall Primary School based in Clacton on Sea, Essex.. This is a beautiful and caring school.. My daughter has been an lsa for the past 10 years with reception and year one children and they absolutely love all things connected to outdoors and gardening.
I nominate Henley Green Primary School Coventry as many of the children live in flats and have never grown anything before
Would love this for Wallsend Jubilee Primary School’s amazing pupils
This initiative is really nice for inculcating a practice of gardening in children from a very early age. Kudos!
I’d love to win this for my son’s school, Peters Hill Primary School x
Nominating Misterton Primary and Nursery school these challenging budgets these days I would love to donate to my sons great school doing fantastic in these challenging times where the child and community are at the heart of everything they do
Manor School, Didcot are revamping their outdoor play areas and this would fit nicely with all they are doing.
I would nominate a pre school that go the extra mile for children and their families. Shotley Kidzone in Suffolk.
I would like to nominate my sisters school, Park Academy in Blackpool as it’s something that the kids would love to get involved with.
Long clawson primary school, my daughter is about about to start this year and it would be lovely to surprise the school with some gardening things
My sons new preschool. Tunstall Nursery
My son’s school, Clanfield Junior School. They’ve just revamped the gardening area so this would be a brilliant boost!
St Mark’s Primary School in Bromley. They are a fab school with a great community feeling and they have done an amazing job with my two. I’d love to win this for them to use in their outdoor space.
I would like to nominate Looe Primary Academy in Cornwall as they have a popular school gardening club and are building a wildlife area with a pond as well as vegetable and flower beds.
I would like to nominate Kiddywinks in South Molton, Devon where my 2 boys love going. The staff are all so good with the children and they have 2 gardens there to make use of. They always like to teach the children new things and they also grow things by the side of the car park which the children help to maintain.
North Newton Primary because they’ve just started a gardening club and this would be fantastic to get them going!
Hyde Park Infant School
St Margerets at troy town primary it’s a small school and the kids would love this and really benefit. Thanks for the chance!
I’d love to win for my little girl’s primary school as they’ve just set up a gardening area and definitely need some tools!
Garboldisham church primary school.
They are a small country school that has a wildlife area. They would be so grateful if they won this.
Bearwood School in Dorset – we are lucky enough to have an orchard, but the area around it needs some work
would love to win them for blackburn primary schools asd unit (autism class ) as my son has just left and it would be a great for him to hand them they have helpped him so much they spend a lot of time out doors
I would like to nominate Akaal Primary School, we are a new school that only opened in September 2018 and we have just secured a allotment for our children to go down to and learn all about growing vegetables.
Ashburnham Community School. The children would be so happy to have these to help with their garden 🙂
Chinley Primary School in High Peak. It’s a rural school and they have a gardening club but very limited equipment. They have children called ‘little rotters’ that are in charge of composting etc
Cygnet Nursery, Kidlington as a thank you for all the love and care they’ve given both my kids over the last 8 years!
Leigh beck junior school as I have been working there as a supply teacher and the kids just love being outside.
I’d like Waverley School nursery because the children like exploring plants.
I would like to nominate my sons schools Larchfield Primary & Nursery School in Maidenhead. The PTA work tirelessly to raise funds and provide lovely things for the children and they would be ecstatic to receive this fantastic resource which would benefit all the children greatly.
I’d like to nominate Cherry Orchard Primary Academy as they are a new school and need more equipment with the influx of new pupils!
Westrop Primary school in Highworth , because my daughter is a pupil there
Eastbury Community Primary School
I want to nominate this school because it is my son’s school and they need more products for the playgrounds and green spaces
Little Fingers Preschool in Vernham Dean. We have a lovely little vegetable garden and the children love to plant seeds, care for them and eat the produce. Sadly our equipment has seen better days so this prize would be perfect.
St Hilda’s. It is my old school. It is small and could do with some extra help.
Newtown school in Chesham because they need it
Longroyde Primary School in Brighouse, West Yorkshire
The giveaway has ended? I wanted to nominate my nephew 🙁
Wow !! Great Job. This will motivate all individuals in gardening. And I am too inspired. Thankyou for this beautiful work !!
Great Campaign !! Wish we could start same way.