As part of learning on how plants grow , we decided to start growing peas in our classroom.

– Emily

At the beginning of the year we were learning about what plants need in order to grow and develop.  As part of this we started to grow potatoes in our classroom and have been looking after them over the last three months.

Unfortunately, even though they were doing really well, they recently started to die. We think this may have been from overheating, as we had our planter right beside a large radiator. When we dug up our plants we did find some very small potatoes, but not many.

In looking at plants  and what they need to grow and develop, we have started growing ‘Maris Piper’ potatoes in our classroom – they should be ready for Christmas!