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This is a partnership project with: Learning through Landscapes, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, Field Studies Council, OPAL,
University of Stirling, TCV and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
A SIMPLE TIMELINE FOR GETTING YOUR SCHOOL GARDENS STARTED
What wildlife is in your school?
Complete the survey!
What is the aim of your project?
• To create food & habitat for pollinators in our school
• To create an edible enterprise space• …. [YOUR DREAMS HERE PLEASE]
Where are you now?
Where do you want to be?
This is a partnership project with: Learning through Landscapes, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, Field Studies Council, OPAL,
University of Stirling, TCV and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
A SIMPLE TIMELINE FOR GETTING YOUR SCHOOL GARDENS STARTED
BudgetHow much can you spend? Use the budget sheets with your pupils
DreamDesignsCreative writing sheets/drawings/ICT research
PlanScale drawings
Use the Sowing and Flowering Calendar.
Map your AreasIn your school grounds – Use the survey sheets to help record what is there already
Choose your plants –Plants for
pollinators cards & veg growing tells you when to plant & harvest.
Plant seeds on a window ledge
or in the ground – record their growth
Have you achieved your project aims?
What have you learnt?What went well?What have you got now?
Buy tools and compostHow can we get there?
Making the ChangesBegin your growing journey
Where are you now?
CelebrateSee how many more pollinators there are!
Activities Worksheet links Curriculum links
Getting your garden project started
with your pupils…In and out of the
classroom!
Print and go with our classroom ready worksheets.
Link key garden planning activities in to core curriculum outcomes.
- Research dream gardens (template & worksheet)
- Undertake creative writing (worksheets and support material)
- Complete scale drawings & measurements of spaces with purpose – your new garden! (worksheet, keys & exemplar)
- Have pupils complete their own budget for plants to go in the garden.
- Consider food that can be grown, when it needs planting, when it needs harvesting – all on simple school specific sheets.
- Explore habitats. Use the OPAL Polli:Nation survey to help you identify plants & insects.
ICT research dream garden worksheethttp://www.polli-nation.co.uk/activity/ict-worksheet-research-for-your-garden/
Creative writing – School grounds worksheet- Dream garden worksheethttp://www.polli-nation.co.uk/activity/creative-writing-worksheets-dream-schools-dream-gardens/
Scale drawingshttp://www.polli-nation.co.uk/activity/school-garden-design-scale-drawing-worksheet/
Budget worksheet (choosing plants)http://www.polli-nation.co.uk/activity/numeracy-worksheet-garden-budget/
Letter writing ‘Donations from local businesses’ worksheet
Researching vegetables you can grow here (just print)https://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/growyourown
https://www.opalexplorenature.org/polli-nation- Ready to print
ICT
Numeracy:
MultiplicationVolumesBudgetingMeasurementsEstimates PlanningTimingSeasons
Literacy:
Creative writingpersuasive writingSentence structureVocabulary
This is a partnership project with: Learning through Landscapes, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, Field Studies Council, OPAL,
University of Stirling, TCV and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust
Activities Worksheet/Resource links Curriculum links
Rainy day activities
- Pupils can lead on choices of flowering plants & vegetables (worksheet, guidelines)
- Populate planting/flowering harvesting calendars with pupils
- Get identifying the creatures you have found previously. Submit photos to
- https://www.ispotnature.org/
- creative & persuasive writing pieces
Flowering plants flash card activity.http://www.polli-nation.co.uk/activity/plants-for-pollinators/
Use the flash cards to populate the planting/flowering calendar.http://www.polli-nation.co.uk/activity/creating-your-own-planting-calendar/
Use the websites below to see which species are at risk and which ones you can help. Write a letter to your local councillor for help.
ICT
Numeracy:
Scale
Measurements
Personal skills:
Public speaking
Persuasive writing
Scientific investigation:
Graph drawing
Interpretation
Averages
Data manipulation
Get out and do something
- Begin recording Wildlife – Bioblitz- Create an ongoing record of wildlife in your school
– perfect for BIG science investigations- Butterflies, insects, plants (free guides here)
- Plant some salad seeds (spinach/lettuce etc)- Plant bulbs, hedgerow (Sept – Feb)- Plant veg & flowers (see veg & plant guides)
- Complete the Polli:Nation survey. Be led through a clear scientific process throughout. Consider plant life and invertebrate life.
Free Bumblebee guide herehttps://bumblebeeconservation.org/images/uploads/Resources_Kids/BBCT_Bumblebee_ID_sheet_(big_8).pdf
Free Butterfly guide here http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/
Free Insect guide here https://www.opalexplorenature.org/sites/default/files/7/image/Invertebrates%2520guide-%2520UPDATED%2520FINAL.pdf
Polli:Nation guide and scientific study herehttps://www.opalexplorenature.org/polli-nation
Compare the data from your space with that of 260+ schools across the UK.. Begin your big SCIENCE investigation NOW.
This is a partnership project with: Learning through Landscapes, Buglife, Butterfly Conservation, Field Studies Council, OPAL,
University of Stirling, TCV and the Bumblebee Conservation Trust