Key Stage 1 programme - Amazing seeds workshop

In this session, primary school students discover the beauty of seeds and their variety. They also find out more about some of their uses. The amazing seeds workshop is part of a half day or full day visit that is tailored to suit the needs of your group and planned in detail prior to the visit.

Volunteer and children looking at Millennium Seed Bank Discovery Boxes

Students learn about seeds with our seed discovery boxes.

Overview

Students discover more about seeds - from the everyday to the exotic.

Length: Typical workshop - 45 minutes.
Group size: 30 students (maximum).
Minimum supervision required: 1 adult per 5 students.
Programme cost: Part of a full day visit - fee starts at £180 | Part of a half day visit - fee starts at £130 | See our detailed pricing plan for more information.

Learning outcomes

School visits at Wakehurst support and enhance the curriculum offered in schools. We aim to give students opportunities that are difficult or impossible to create in the school environment.

As teachers ourselves, we design our sessions to match the learning outcomes in the National Curriculum. At the moment, the new government has withdrawn the changes planned for 2010/11 and will be producing new curriculum guidelines. Once they have done that, we will re-visit the learning outcomes for our sessions.

The learning outcomes shown apply to the curriculum as it is at this time. Please note that all our sessions have a cross-curricular approach and are tailored to suit the educational needs of your group. This session offers students the opportunity to learn to:

handle a variety of native and exotic seeds
compare the size, colour and texture of seeds
relate seeds to the plant they grow into
understand some of the uses of seeds.

Links with QCA/DfE schemes of work

National Curriculum Science

Sc2 Life processes and living things - Life processes; Green plants; Variation and classification.

QCA Science

Unit 2B: Plants and animals in their local environment.
Unit 2C: Variation.

Book now

A typical day at Wakehurst is made up of three activities of approximately 45 minutes each, two in the morning and one after lunch.
Once you've selected the combination of workshops and trails for your group, you can make a school booking to visit Wakehurst by filling in our online form.