Program for school gardens toward smarter kids and healthier communities. The program is addressed to Primary Schools. The aim of the program is to exploit the potential of green areas near schools to gain an additional
Why do schools get our attention?
We want to reach the largest number of inhabitants
The school has a huge potential to influence young generations - later conscious inhabitants and citizens
School shapes children's awareness, vulnerability, habits and health
Working with children is a privilege and a duty
The positive effects of school garden
Learning in the garden has been proven to have a multidimensional and positive effect on students:
strengthens concentration of attention
increased enthusiasm for learning and improved academic performance
build the ability to communicate and solve problems
develops a sense of observation of nature and a sensitivity to the protection of the environment
gives pride, a sense of responsibility
reduces discipline problems
increases the quality and satisfaction of teachers' work
Assistant and help for teachers
book - Katja Maren Thiel „Children Design Garden”
game in nature - „Green Detective”
gardening aprons for children and teachers
tools
raised beds
garden soil to fill raised beds
seeds
workshops (f.e. planting plants)
Garden Awards
The aim of the program is to develop students 'and teachers' knowledge and skills in promoting good practices and broadly understood science knowledge. Individual levels of advancement are awarded with gardening certificates, from the first to the fourth level. To obtain the certificate, the school sends evidence (photos and description) documenting the fulfilment of the conditions of the next level certificate.
Certificate 1 garden design
Certificate 2 planted garden labeledplants and signed zones
Certificate 3 harvest crops
Certificate 4 each class had 1
An excerpt from the application for a 1st-certificate of the Special School and Educational Center No. 2 in Krakow:
“The main goal of our participation in the "Garden with class"
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