What is the S.E.E.D. project? Partner countries: Catalonia, France, Italy, Turkey and the U.K. This project has been designed to develop the basic maths, mother tongue language, science and ICT skills of pupils through enhancing the use of the outdoors in the development of an enterprise project. Opportunities will be created for pupils to apply their skills to real life situation and begin to understand the components of enterprise. All pupils will be involved in the process, including those with additional needs, those at risk of exclusion and pupils of different ethnicity. The project vehicle is the development of each partner school's outdoor space. Once the outdoor space has been developed, the children will use the produce from this to engage in an enterprise project. Year 1 of the project will focus on enhancing basic skills (language, maths, science and ICT) whilst developing the outside space. Year 2 of the project will focus on enhancing basic skills whilst setting up sustainable enterprise. This collaboration will ensure that children, their families and the local community have a sound knowledge and understanding of European partners and that they are part of a wider community, motivating them to continue to learn about other environments, cultures and countries. Find out more on our WikiSpace: http://s-e-e-d.wikispaces.com/
The S.E.E.D. project at Corinthian began with each year group being allocated a planter in the outdoor garden.
Children had to research which produce they wanted to plant and the best time of year to begin.
We planted seeds, bulbs and plants out into the planters and also in propagators. The children chose strawberries, rhubarb, broad beans, raddish, carrots, snapdragons, sweet peas, bluebells, daffodils, lobelia, marigolds, raspberries, onions, garlic, beetroot, asparagus, potatoes, tomatoes and leeks.
Literacy, Numeracy, Science and ICT skills are being developed through the use of the outdoor space. The children have been engaged in hands-on, real-life activities which are memorable and allow every child to take ownership of their planters.
Hello! We’re Ginesta school and we want to share with you our Comenius project work. The youngest pupils are doing some recipes using vegetables from the orchard. The middle level children are building a fantastic greenhouse to plant different products like strawberries. Finally, the upper level students are practising some experiments in the laboratory, macerating and distilling aromatic plants such as rosemary and lavender. We really enjoy learning through the S.E.E.D. project.
October 2013: this is how the place in the garden used to be. Pupils have cleared the ground and pulled up the weeds.
Before Spring: a humorous activity: grassy heads. Pupils made the borders to frame the square gardens by weaving flexible hazel branches.
In our school we have different vegetable gardens and flowerbeds of aromatic herbs. They have been started at different times so they are developing at different rates. The activities in the outer spaces have been integrated in the school curriculum to empower the pupils’ skills in Maths, Science, ICT and Literacy. Each school has used a different approach depending on the pupils’ age but they all enjoy Comenius S.E.E.D. and are proposing the same gardening experiences at home.
As part of the project, we have presented and unused zone in the school garden. We then cleared the zone, with the help of the Mayor. The zone was stabilised for setting up a greenhouse and we worked with students to put in the transporter and the greenhouse tunnels. After the greenhouse was turned around with wire, we discussed with the students working on the project what we can plant in this zone. We called the professional team who advised us on a water supply network of 27 metres and this water was connected to the greenhouse. We are hoping to plant marigolds, pansies, begonias and other types of summer flora.