Resources for 5 - 11s

Anatomy of a plant

All kinds of very easy to use explanations about the anatomy of plants including games. First brought to our attention by Allison and Joey.

Appletree School

Excellent interactive game for KS1-2 – a tour around Appletree School's garden, picking up useful information about growing veg sustainably.

BBC Gardening with Children

Activities for all the family.

Compost game

Separate files that is part of Creative Composting Pack

Compost Poster

Separate file that is part of Creative Composting Pack

Compost Word Search

Separate file that is part of Creative Composting Pack

Composting for Kids

This is an article that teaches children about Biology, Health, Nutrition, Agriculture & Sustainability all through Compost...And kids of all ages love getting their hands dirty.

CREATIVE COMPOSTING TEACHER’S PACK

This pack is designed for use with children aged seven to eleven. It contains pupils’ resource and activity cards and teachers’ work cards introducing you to the world of composting.

Crop Resources for Key Stage 1 & 2

Resources covering colour, healthy fruit, vegetables, seeds and plant propagation.

Crop Rotation

One of two activities that are intended to teach kids about crop rotation.

Crop Rotation Game

One of two activities that are intended to teach kids about crop rotation.

Eden Project School Lesson Plans

Teacher plans for all ages and abilities from simple observation and drawing to basic science and nurturing through to reporting and presentation.

Friend or Foe game

Activities for children, who should identify friends and foes (useful and damaging creatures) for gardens.

Garden Organic Teaching Zone: Sowing the seeds

A resource pack for teachers to support teaching of the life cycle process of plants for Key Stage 1 & 2. Browse by subject, school term, type of resource and duration.

Gardening with Children: Kids Zone (5 to 6)

Fun and games for kids aged 5 and 6 years.

Gardening with Children: Kids Zone (6 to 8)

Fun and games for kids aged 6 to 8 years.

Gardening with Children: Kids Zone (9 and over)

Fun and games for kids aged 9 years and over.

Gardening with Children: School Zone

This Zone is for stimulating ideas for the class, a collection of helpful fact sheets, cool competitions and fun things to do on a rainy day. What to do on the allotment or if you're thinking on a smaller scale, what to put in the window box? How to do it? When is it best to do it? It is a resource of project ideas, funding information, curriculum notes and hopefully a little inspiration too.

Identifying Weeds

Teaching materials for kids

Kate’s Kitchen Garden Planner

Garden Planner poster for school kids

Schools and growing healthy fruit and veg.

An RHS resource highlighting growing fruit and veg all year around. A good resource for Key Stage 2 & 3.

The Great Plant Hunt

The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (UK) has produced a brand new biodiversity webpage and 'Thinking Walk' activity suitable for children aged 5-11 as part of 'The Great Plant Hunt.' It's free to access and download and is designed to help children discover and understand biodiversity.

The Tomato Zone (5 to 11)

Interactive activities about tomatoes for children aged 5 to 11.

Trees for Cities - School Resources

Curriculum guides for Year 1 to Year 6 pupils on how to benefit from growing plants and vegetables on the school premises.