Welcome to Potatoes for Schools
This is the Potato Council's website especially for teachers and children. Find out how to grow potatoes, where potatoes come from and how to cook them. There's more to potatoes than meets the eye!
Grow Your Own Potatoes (GYOP) linked to the curriculum for Primary Schools, is a Potato Council initiative that challenges Primary Schools to grow their heaviest yield of potatoes. FREE Rocket and Vales Emerald seed potatoes supplied by the British potato industry, and a growing kit are delivered to all schools who register to take part. This is a fun way to educate children about the potato's role in a healthy diet and how things grow.
Register
It's FREE to take part and you will receive a fabulous growing kit including seed potatoes and other goodies! Also, extensive classroom resources linked to the formal Curriculum, competitions and regional prizes!
Children's Centre
Grow it, cook it , play it, colour it! There is so much fun to be had with potatoes. You can even learn how to grow your own.
Teacher's Centre
Advice, support and downloadable resources looking at how to grow potatoes, where potatoes come from and how to cook them.
