Curriculum links
The Grow Your Own Potatoes project supports the curriculum, providing lots of interesting ideas to support your teaching:
- ‘Grow it’ has information and activities around growing potatoes
- The downloadable resources section has a range of worksheets for key stage 1 and 2, which suggest activities centered around potato and potato growing
- For younger children ‘colour it’ has downloadable colouring sheets showing how potatoes are grown.
- Once you’ve harvested your potatoes and taken a photograph, there are lots of imaginative recipes to enjoy in the cook it section.
Grow Your Own Potatoes can support teaching the curriculum in the following areas:
Subject | Key Stage 1 | Key Stage 2 |
Science | Growth processes in plants | Growth, nutrition, and reproduction |
| Names and parts of plants | Investigation |
| Grouping living things | Observing growth and nutrition |
| Plants in the environment | Varieties and groups |
Art & Design | Recording from first-hand observation | Represent observations, make images and patterns |
| Exploring and developing ideas | Exploring and developing ideas |
Design & Technology | Developing, planning and communicating ideas for products | Developing, planning and communicating ideas for products |
ICT | Developing ideas and making things happen | Developing ideas and making things happen |
Further, detailed information on curriculum coverage can be found in the Grow Your Own Potatoes teacher’s notes (PDF).
Grow Your Own Potatoes 2007
60% of children thought potatoes grew on trees! So, the Potato Council launched the Grow Your Own Potatoes project for primary schools.
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Receive your free growing kit; containing seed potatoes and a £5 voucher to cover the cost of compost and a container.
