{"id":67770,"date":"2017-09-29T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-29T13:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-a-school-garden-has-transformed-the-way-we-teach\/"},"modified":"2017-09-29T20:04:54","modified_gmt":"2017-09-29T13:04:54","slug":"how-a-school-garden-has-transformed-the-way-we-teach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/how-a-school-garden-has-transformed-the-way-we-teach\/","title":{"rendered":"How a school garden has transformed the way we teach"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFrom finding fresh ways to engage children in maths to improving behaviour, we\u2019ve put a garden at the heart of learningMore from the Teacher\u2019s BlogIt was in 2004 that I decided to install a garden at Charlton Manor Primary School. I\u2019d just taken up the role of headteacher, and there was some derelict land on the school site. I\u2019d seen the news reports about children lacking knowledge of where their food came from and felt that we as a society had become very detached about food. The reason for this was clear to me: we were no longer educating our children about food in schools.So I saw a garden as an opportunity for the children to learn in a real way, in an outdoor context, while also instilling an understanding of where their food came from and the importance of eating fruit and vegetables. But I also wanted to use it to cover other topics: life cycles, flowering plants, pollination, adaptation, creative writing and report writing. I believed that plenty of subjects could be well taught in a garden, while increasing pupils\u2019 activity levels and encouraging teamwork. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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