The Seedswap on Saturday 8th March 12.00 - 5.00pm looks like a great opportunity to find out more about growing and get some great seeds.
Feed Bristol is Avon Wildlife Trust's exciting food growing project on 8 acres of beautiful land buzzing with wildlife in Stapleton.It is a great place to discover how to grow organic food and experience how nature helps us grow. Everyone who gets involved can take away some fresh tasty food.
"Our aim is to support a range of people with different needs and abilities to access food growing while promoting health, well-being, out-door education and access to nature. Our objective is to support as many people as possible get the most out of local food production. This is a fantastic asset for Bristol so come and help us make the most of it!"
Top Chomps approach to learning. The cards and teacher activity pack are fully endorsed by Healthy Schools. They provide an exciting game based resource for use with ages 6+. Currently the cards are available via school purchase order. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information or to request an order form.
There are 44 cards in each pack for Fruit and Vegetables along with a 'How to play' and a 'Contact' card. Class sets containing 5 each of fruit and Vegetable packs are available for £65 including postage. Schools buying these sets will have access to an extensive range of cross curricular teaching resources via the website. |
Aims
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Portion size and nutrients
Top Chomps cards are designed to highlight the size of a portion as indicated in the 5-a-Day programme through a photograph. For more information follow this NHS 5-a-Day. The idea of the handful is to indicate that portion size is relative to body size, hence a small child will need a smaller portion. The data for amounts of vitamins, minerals and fibre is based on a portion.
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Teaching Outcomes
Some questions to ask? What constitutes a portion of fruit or vegetables? Which vegetables are also fruits? How much fibre is recommended for an 8 year old need daily? A strawberry is not a true berry! True or false?
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Teachers PackClick here to look at a sample from the Teachers pack .
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The cards are now available for schools to order. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. formore information, or contact me via the Top Chomps website www.topchomps.co.uk | |
Take a look at our specially selected range of plant packs for schools, families and pre-school and community groups.
School Pack (£54.99) – designed to crop between May and July, this pack is specially geared up for Spring growing. No worries about watering through the summer holidays. A mixture of plug plants and seeds selected for growing success. |
Nursery/Tots Pack (£19.99) - cropping from May into August, this pack comprises a range of herbs and vegetables which do not require cooking and can all be eaten raw (don’t forget to wash them first!!). |
Salad Pack (£14.99) – A fantastic pack to choose if you have only limited time for growing. The salad packs can start cropping in 3-4 weeks. Perfect for Food Technology projects
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Family Pack (39.99) – designed to complement and extend the school pack by allowing families to grow some of the same varieties as at school and then more to take you through the summer. A whole range of tasty and easy to grow plants for those of you who are new to gardening.
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Fruit Pack (£45.99) – for a range of fresh berries, try the fruit selection including bushes such as blackcurrants, raspberries, tayberries, redcurrants and strawberries. |
Herb Pack (£24.99) – 12 different herbs selected from Chives, Chervil, Coriander, Dill, Marjoram, Oregano, Parsley, Sage, Summer Savory, Fennel, Salad burnet, Tarragon and Thymes. |
All packs come with planting plans and instructions for growing. School packs also have links to curriculum activities.
Teacher training courses and consultation on growing and learning opportunities are available for individual or clusters of schools.
Prices include delivery. Orders need to be made by the end of February 2013 to ensure Spring delivery.
Any sets ordered after February may have different compositions dependent upon availability of stock.
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