Farm to fork is a class act
The pupils plant seeds Children across Perth and Kinross have been learning about where the food they eat comes from.
As part of the Royal Highland Educational Trust’s‘Taking the Classroom to the Countryside’ programme, the Mr Jazzy Potato Project has visited more than 1000 children across the region to tell them the story of the spud.
The trust’s very own‘potato professor’John Marshall visited the schools and taught the children how food and farming are linked to help them understand where the food on their plate comes from.
The children were also visited by the trust during harvest to help them count and weigh their own home-grown potatoes.
Miriam Doe, the seed manager at WCF Horticulture, who helped organise the project, said:“The Mr Jazzy Potato Project is fun and educational, covering a range of learning outcomes. Pupils are very much hands-on and enjoy learning how to grow potatoes and how they fit into a healthy balanced diet.”
The project also ran a number of competitions to encourage the children to work at growing their own food.
The challenges saw Bankfoot’s Auchtergaven Primary School come top of the crop, winning both the heaviest crop of potatoes prize, and the overall best potato project. The P4/5 class at Auchtergaven also won the best potato recipe for their ‘crispy crunch’recipe.
Mrs Archer, Auchtergaven’s nursery teacher, said:“The children have really enjoyed the Mr Jazzy Potato Project, especially learning and