{"id":662,"date":"2022-04-22T14:18:33","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/?page_id=662"},"modified":"2022-09-15T13:46:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T13:46:26","slug":"school-gardens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/school-gardening\/school-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"School Gardens In Education"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-724\" style=\"width: 104px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAC_STEM\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-724\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/public\/nacstemhub\/uploads\/sites\/16704\/2022\/05\/04135351\/Twitter-%40NAC_STEM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NAC_STEM\">Twitter @NAC_STEM<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Gardening is healthy and enjoyable and children<br \/>\nshould be encouraged to participate in growing<br \/>\ntheir own food. Connecting children with the earth<br \/>\nis important for their own wellbeing and that of the<br \/>\nplanet. Not only should they know what they are<br \/>\neating, they should also understand how it grows<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grow, Cook, Eat. Education Scotland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">There are associated health benefits to learning outdoors. Research indicates that the use of greenspace<br \/>\nor \u2018green exercise\u2019 improves health. In particular, learning outdoors generally results in increased levels<br \/>\nof physical activity. In addition, interacting with greenspace (walking, gardening, etc) improves emotional<br \/>\nwellbeing and mental health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Curriculum for Excellence Through Outdoor Learning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Find more information on the following pages<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/school-gardens\/gardening-key-documents\/\">Gardening Key Documents and Exemplars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/school-gardens\/gardening-resources-and-websites\/\">Gardening Resources and Websites<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/school-gardens\/photo-gallery\/\">Photo Gallery<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Gardening is healthy and enjoyable and children should be encouraged to participate in growing their own food. Connecting children with the earth is important for their own wellbeing and that of the planet. Not only should they know what they are eating, they should also understand how it grows Grow, Cook, Eat. Education Scotland &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/school-gardening\/school-gardens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">School Gardens In Education<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17871,"featured_media":890,"parent":1068,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-662","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17871"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/662\/revisions\/1067"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/na\/nacstemhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}