Potatoes for Schools can make key stage 1 and 2 teaching an exciting experience

Potatoes for Schools, a website from the Potato Council, offers a valuable learning experience where you and your pupils can find out where potatoes come from, how they grow, what you can do with them and how they can make primary learning an exciting experience.

The website offers teachers the chance to register their school for some real hands-on experience by taking part in the Grow Your Own Potatoes project. There are 12,000 free growing kits available for primary schools, containing Vales Emerald and Rocket seed potatoes as well as other goodies and the chance to win prizes if you want to compete to grow the heaviest weight of potatoes. The registration deadline is Friday 5th February 2010.

There is also an excellent teacher’s centre which includes lesson plans and ideas to support the children’s activities; grow it, cook it, play it and colour it. Plus a whole range of worksheets available which cover science and other areas of the curriculum. The image library has sequences of images that can be used as part of a wide range of activities.

How about actually going to see where potatoes grow? The farm visit section contains advice and a farm database.  All in all the website is well worth a visit for teachers looking for key stage 1 and 2 lesson plans and teaching resources.

More Information:

Visit the Potatoes for Schools website