African gardens
Grow vegetables in the UK. . . African style!
Introduce your children to the world of growing plants through the lives of children in African countries! These free resources give fun, practical ideas that bring Africa to life and count towards Eco-School status, we also sell fantastic kits that help get you started. You can use these resources to create an African garden in your school grounds by making Bag Gardens or Keyhole Gardens, creating a handwashing device, growing sunflowers, and playing African games. Through learning by doing, you can discuss poverty, climate change and encourage healthy eating, and then why not enter into the African Gardens Competition! Use the menu on the left to view the different resource categories.
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Beansprout feast
Growing beansprouts in your classroom
A speedy way to introduce plants and growing things to your class - get them growing healthy bean sprouts! These lessons take you right through the process from measuring to germination to eating! The activities include the scientific recording of results and are a good link to Bag Gardens, healthy eating and harvest topics.
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Fruit and vegetables shapes
Food shapes with healthy eating facts
These shapes with food facts are useful when talking about fresh food and healthy eating. They can also be used alongside the Harvest and African Gardens materials.
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Healthy harvest assembly
The positive power of fruit and veg!
An assembly about growing food in Rwanda. Great for Harvest and useful all year round, telling the story of a genocide orphan called Janvier. This assembly highlights the importance of healthy food in a visual and fun way. To get a copy of our Harvest materials and view other ideas, please use the link to the main Send a Cow website.
