Lesson plans and activities

A range of teaching materials are provided that link to the school garden and composting.

The teaching materials are divided into two types:

Using children’s stories to teach about gardening and sustainability. Teaching materials are provided which includes a recording of the story, generic lesson plan, slide presentation and student worksheet.
Teaching ideas for lessons with specific links to each of the national curricula (e.g. Science, Maths, English, Health).

Lesson plan linked to a story book, with learning intentions relating to English skills - listening, speaking, writing, reading - and science

Country-Specific Activities

Teaching and learning activities that connect experiential learning in the garden with the requirements of the local curriculum.

For Fiji and the Maldives, targeted activities with curriculum links are available.

Maldives

Maldives teaching activities with curriculum links

Fiji

Fiji teaching activities with curriculum links

world globe with vegetables growing from islands and countries

Curriculum Mapping

School kitchen gardens offer rich opportunities for experiential learning. The curriculum mapping section shows how to make connections between garden activities and curriculum requirement. It demonstrates how the garden is not just a place to learn the practical skills of gardening – it is a great place to teach curriculum-specific topics, from biology to written expression. Gardening also builds interpersonal skills of teamwork, resilience and communication.

Explore the sample curriculum mapping for Fiji and the Maldives to see how you can link the school kitchen garden to your own school curriculum. Curriculum mapping for the Solomon Islands is in progress.