Schools
Curriculum-linked activities and immersive experiences with nature
Our education and community team can provide practical ways of bringing to life curriculum topics including food & health, habitats & biodiversity and the importance of water & climate change. Teachers have reported that our sessions also provide a practical way of supporting the social and emotional learning of their students.
Sessions include practical gardening (seed sowing, weeding, harvesting) and creative activities (ranging from woodwork to writing, ceramics to storytelling). Note our activities are offered to primary and secondary schools in the boroughs of Camden, Islington and Southwark.
Voices of the Water Project
We are currently offering FREE workshops for schools in Camden and Islington, funded as part of our Voices of the Water project.
Three ways to get involved
Bring your class to our gardens
Visit one of our gardens in Kings Cross or Canada Water, or take part in an on-site workshop. We offer one-off sessions or a weekly workshop series over 4-6 weeks.
SESSIONS held IN your school
Experience Global Generation in your own classroom or school garden. Our trained team can deliver curriculum-linked workshops or we can support you to grow food in your own school.
OTHER Activities WE OFFER
If you know any children or young people looking for extra-curricular activities that support their health and wellbeing, introduce them to new friends and teach them practical skills, please recommend our free activities.
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“We have worked with the Story Garden for several years now. Our school is in an area of high deprivation and our school community reflects this. The wellbeing nurture groups have given our children space to reflect and have time gardening. We have seen definite improvements in their confidence and willingness to engage with other activities. The children have really loved the sessions.”
Some ways we're working with schools
Albion Primary School, Canada Water
We have run weekly sessions at the school since 2021, supporting staff and pupils to create their own garden. Different spaces around the site are used for growing vegetables, herbs, medicinal plants and berries. Collaboration with the school kitchen allows pupils to enjoy the harvest.
Participating children are selected by teachers and are involved with the aim of building community in the school and gaining confidence and communication skills.
Regent High School,
Camden
We have set up and developed a wellbeing garden in the school grounds. We run weekly Nature and Nurture sessions, working with students with Special Educational Needs to grow food, explore local wildlife and get outside of the classroom.
The focus is on wellbeing and healing traumatic experiences with priority given to the invisible learning that takes place through focusing on using our hands, working as a team and being guided by the seasons for food growing.
King’s Cross Academy and Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
As part of the Voices of the Water programme we led a collaborative project with children from these two local schools. They created a stop-frame animation telling the story of a mythical water dragon.
The activities and approach were designed to maximise integration between the deaf and hearing children. The children worked in pairs trialling new ways to communicate and create with each other.
With each session, the children’s confidence grew, they explored different creative techniques and formed friendships. They found ways to connect beyond their differences, promoting understanding and acceptance.
“Our students don’t have this opportunity of coming out into King’s Cross, meeting real businesses and doing activities and trips that help them on their business course without someone like Global Generation. You can teach in a classroom how things work and how businesses interact with each other. But actually going in and meeting people who are doing those jobs and seeing how things operate is massively beneficial.”
Get in touch
To enquire about costs, practicalities and develop a plan together:
For any schools in Camden and Islington email roshni@globalgeneration.org.uk
For any schools in Southwark email jack@globalgeneration.org.uk
“Many of the students in our school feel disconnected and resentful of the changes in Southwark. Global Generation is giving them the opportunity to take an active role in creating, moulding and taking ownership of their area and potentially their future.”
