Welcome to Grow Your Own Potatoes

A project that teaches primary aged children about potatoes. With almost 1 million primary school children benefitting from this classroom experience linked to the UK curricula, children learn how potatoes grow and how they fit in to a healthy balanced diet. All you have to do is register your school to receive a FREE potato growing kit, use the supporting lesson plans and worksheets and for a chance to win fabulous prizes for your school, enter the competition once you have harvested.

Case studies

Askern Spa Junior School, Doncaster

The pupils at Askern Spa Junior School thoroughly enjoyed taking part in the Grow Your Own Potatoes project...

Askern Spa Junior School, Doncaster
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Register

Registrations for 2010 is closed, but please register now for 2011.

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Example Grow Your Own Potatoes kit
Growing potatoes

Grow

Growing potatoes is fun and your school can even cook and eat the end results!

Planting potatoes
Children with potatoes for competition

Competition

Our 2010 Winners have been announced and prizes are being allocated! We are planning the prizes for the 2011 Project at the moment so watch this space! But remember you've got to be in it to win it!

2010 winners announced
Great prizes for 2011 planned

Teaching resources to support the curriculum

We have developed twelve exciting potato-based lessons, designed to support primary school curricula around the UK. The lessons support science, design and technology, health education, literacy and ICT.

You can use the lesson notes and resources to plan an engaging block of cross-curricular work around the theme of potatoes, or simply dip into the resources to support your general teaching. We hope you will enjoy using them.

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Secondary school pilot

Are you a secondary school looking to 'Grow Your Own Potatoes'? 
Potato Council are looking to run a pilot scheme in secondary schools in 2011 and would like your help. Watch out for more information if you'd like to be involved.

See what our experts grew

A big thank you and well done to our potato experts who grew the potato cam plants for us again this year.

Check out Potato cam and see their results for 2010.

Congratulations

Well done everyone for your fantastic weights in this years competition.

Congratulations too to Northwood Primary School with a fantastic 5400g of Rocket. Proud  winners of the allotment make over for their school

Reminder

Don't forget to download your certificate and display it with pride in school to show everyone just how well you did in this years competition

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