Past winners

2009 Winners

The wait is finally over for potato growers in primary schools nationwide and here are this years competition and prize draw winners.

Competition winners - who will each receive a Marmax heavy duty picnic benches, made from recycled plastic bottles.

Askern Spa Junior School, Doncaster with 4988g
Vales Emerald
Herne CE Junior School, Kent with 3600g

Regional winners - who will all receive Marmax raised beds, also made from recycled plastic bottles

Rocket
SW - Banwell Primary School, Somerset - 2800g
Wales - Gwaunmeisgyn Primary School, Pontypridd - 3000g
SE - VE overall winner - 4450g
Scotland - Pilrig Park (Special School), Edinburgh - 2030g
North - Rocket overall winner - 4988g
Vales Emerald
SW - Delabole CP School, Cornwall - 3225g
Wales - regional rocket winner - 2500g
SE - VE overall winner - 3600g
Scotland - Pitreavie Primary School, Fife - 1500g
North - S6t Josephs CP School, Harrogate - 3490g

Prize Draw winners - chosen randomly from ALL competition entries - who will both receive a Marmax sturdy bench, made from recycled plastic bottles

Fawkham CE Primary School, Kent
Ghyll Royd School, Ilkley

WELL DONE EVERYONE!!

2008 winners

Congratulations to all the 10,000 schools that took part in our nationwide potato growing activity - Grow Your Own Potatoes. We have had some wonderful feedback which is always gratefully received and in 2009 we hope to develop the website so that you can all share this feedback with us.

After successfully harvesting their potato plants grown from seed, thousands of schools around the country have been submitting the final weight of their crops, as the Potato Council's 'Grow Your Own Potatoes' (GYOP) project reaches its conclusion for this year.

Of the 10,000 schools that signed up and took part in the unique project to help primary aged children learn about potatoes and healthy eating, three have been rewarded for growing the heaviest crops of Vales Emerald and Rocket potatoes.

Pollyplatt Community Primary School in Lincolnshire harvested 4,700g of Rocket (provided to schools by Cygnet PB)
St Paulinus C of E Primary School in Crayford and Sutton First School in Norwich each harvested 4,000g of Vales Emerald (provided by Greenvale AP).
Each school receives a digital camera to celebrate their success.

Regionally the winners were:

Rocket
Wales – Milford Haven Junior School with 3417g
Central – Polyplatt Community Primary School, Lincoln with 4700g
North – Holy Family RC Primary School, Darlington with 3950g
Scotland – Shelibost Primary School with 2600g
South – St Agatha's Catholic Primary School, Surrey with 3305g

Vales Emerald
Wales - Milford Haven Junior School with 2640g
Central – Sutton First School with 4000g
North – Woodlands Primary School with 3350g
Scotland - Shelibost Primary School with 2390g
South – St Paulinus C of E Primary School, Kent with 4000g

Congratulations and well done to everyone.

2007 winners

Our experts harvested their crops on 24th June after 16 weeks of careful 'chitting', planting and nurturing - this is what they produced:

Rocket
Number of potatoes 47
Heaviest potato 212g
Total weight of crop 2816g

Vales Emerald
Number of potatoes 69
Heaviest potato 106g
Total weight of crop 3125g

A truly fabulous crop - how do yours compare? Don't forget to enter our schools competition - the deadline is 10th July. You could win a fantastic digital camera for your school and there are additional regional prizes as well. Submit your entry on-line - follow the link on the Teacher's Centre, and you can also mark your achievement by downloading a colourful certificate to put up in your classroom. Good luck!

2006 winners

Congratulations to all the schools that took part in this year's competition. I hope you had as much fun growing potatoes as I did. We had a wonderful quote from a teacher in Serlby Park which I thought I would share with you as it seems to sum up what so many of you have said about the activity:

"The look on the children's faces – one of the greatest moments of my teaching career. All children should experience this!"

I am now delighted to be able to announce the winning schools in each of the following regions, Scotland, Wales, North England, Central England and South England, as well as the winner for the second seed variety.

Rocket Variety:

Winner (South England): Velmead Junior School, Hampshire - 6230g

Runner up (Central England): Curdworth Primary School - 5250g

Runner up (Northern England): Scotforth St Paul's CE Primary- 6000g

Runner up (Wales): Raglan Primary School - 2750g

Runner up (Scotland): Macmerry Primary School - 2875g

Other variety:

Overall winner (Scotland): Macmerry Primary School - 5000g Cara

Well done. We really did have some bumper crops this year. We hope you all enjoyed the experience and you'll receive your certificates shortly.

Don't forget, if you didn't win a prize this time, register your school now and you could win £50 gardening vouchers in our Grand Prize Draw!!

Please don't forget to send back your feedback forms – we really value your views and suggestions about the project.

Good Luck,

Tracy Coult
Project Manager