Gardening Club
Why is important to learn to grow?
Gardening is great for both your body and your mind, and that’s something we really care about at Orchard Training. Spending time outside, moving your body, and growing plants can help you feel calmer, happier, and healthier.
Working in the garden as part of a team also helps you build important life skills. You learn how to work with others, communicate clearly, and grow in confidence as you take on new challenges.
We use Garden Club to support learning in English, maths, and speaking and listening. The food we grow is then used in the kitchen, where you learn Design and Technology skills by cooking and preserving what you’ve grown.
Gardening also links to lots of other subjects, including science, geography, art, design, and languages. You’ll learn about different environments, especially your own, and about how to grow food in a sustainable way.
Growing plants helps you connect with nature and teaches responsibility and patience. Not everything in a garden goes to plan, and that’s okay. Gardening helps you learn to accept setbacks, try again, and keep going.
Homeschool Garden Club
Gardening is good for both your body and your mind. Being outside, getting fresh air, and working with plants can help you feel calmer and happier. Digging, planting, and watering also help you stay active, which is important for your physical health. It’s a great way to move your body without it feeling like exercise.
Gardening helps you learn where food comes from and how it grows. When you grow your own fruit and vegetables, you start to understand the work that goes into producing food and why looking after the environment matters. You also learn about plants, insects like bees, and how nature works together.
Working in the garden teaches important life skills too. You learn patience by waiting for things to grow, responsibility by looking after plants, and resilience when things don’t go to plan. Gardening shows you that mistakes are part of learning and that trying again is how you succeed.
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Links Between the Garden Club and Being a Diabetes Community Champion
Being part of Garden Club supports the Diabetes Community Champion role by helping you understand where food comes from. When you grow fruit and vegetables yourself, you learn how fresh, natural food is made and why it is better for your body. This knowledge is important when talking to others about diabetes, because food choices play a big part in keeping blood sugar levels healthy.
Garden Club also helps you learn about balanced eating. By growing different types of food, you begin to understand which foods help keep your body strong and which foods should only be eaten sometimes. This makes it easier to explain to others why eating more vegetables and less sugary food can help manage diabetes and reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.
Working in the garden also builds confidence and teamwork, which are important skills for a Diabetes Community Champion. You learn how to work with others, share ideas, and take responsibility. These skills help you talk to people clearly and kindly about health, support your study buddies, and be a positive role model for healthy living.
Links Between All Three Clubs
Garden Club
Spending time outside in the garden is really good for your wellbeing. Growing fruit and vegetables helps you see where food comes from and think more carefully about what you eat. You’ll discover how plants grow, why insects like bees are important, and how different environments work together.
All the planting, digging, and caring for plants also keeps you active and moving each day. Gardening counts as part of your home learning, so make sure you write it down in your evidence diary.
Health and Wellbeing Club
This club is all about helping you feel good in both your body and your mind. You’ll learn what foods help your body, when to eat, and why your choices matter. This can improve your energy, sleep, mood, movement, and overall health.
The activities you do, including games and gardening, all count as daily exercise. You stay active without it feeling like a workout.
You can choose to join one club or all three. Together, they link to biology, PE, PSHE, and Design and Technology, using hands-on activities that make learning feel natural and enjoyable.
Cookery Club
Being able to cook is a skill you will use for the rest of your life, which is why Cookery Club is such a great thing to be part of. One of the best parts is getting to eat what you make.
You’ll learn how food affects your body and how to cook meals with less sugar, salt, and fat. This helps you stay healthy and make smarter choices when eating out, especially by recognising 50/50 foods and balancing them across the week.
Knowing how to make quick, tasty snacks at home can be cheaper and faster than buying junk food, helping you save your pocket money. Planning meals, shopping carefully, and choosing seasonal food all count as learning too, so remember to record this in your evidence diary.