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We spent this week learning all about potatoes! We joined the Potatoes for Schools campaign again and they sent us 3 Vales Emerald and 3 rocket potatoes to grow.

I grew potatoes last year and planted them again in March this year.

Mummy also signed up for Garden Organic’s “One pot pledge” and didn’t realise they would be sending her potatoes as well!

We’ve looked at different parts of potato plants and how they grow:

Different parts of a potato

We looked at what they need to grow strong and healthy and then I looked at the Eatwell plate to see if I’m eating balanced meals to grow strong and healthy too (I am!)

My eatwell plate

I made a potato timeline from 1570 when the potato arrived in Europe to 2008 when the United Nations declared the International year of the potato!

potato timeline - I added Beatrix potters and Daddy

We made mashed potatoes for lunch:

mashed potatoes for lunch with beans, broccoli and carrots - I made it all myself!

I looked at how potatoes get from field to fork and what sorts of potatoes are good for certain meals,

Then we went to a shop to see all different varieties of potatoes and the ways in which they are made into meals. We also looked at our own potatoes and measured them to see how well they are growing.

potato plants, three weeks old and just 10 cms across

We got all the information from the Potatoes for Schools teachers resources.

My favourite activity was doing my Eatwell plate; I really enjoyed doing that because I like drawing and found it easy to see how balanced my meals were. My least favourite activity was preparing the potatoes for cooking because I found the peeling so difficult and it took me ages to do so I got bored.

I’ve chosen to learn about honey bees next because May 3rd is the twelfth National honey week!