Herb grower Scotherbs will launch a new Herb Project Pack in 20 local primary schools at the beginning of the summer term, this week.
The pack has been developed on behalf of Scotherbs by Robyn Nisbet, pictured, a third-year student of food and consumer sciences at the University of Abertay, Dundee, while on an industry work placement with the company.
The resource is in accordance with both the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence and Health Promoting Schools guidelines. The decision was taken to develop the pack following a highly successful one-to-one project with the company’s local primary school in Longforgan, Dundee.
The pack will contain everything a school requires to carry out a project on herbs, including materials and seeds for planting a basic herb garden containing coriander, flat parsley, curly parsley, dill, chives, basil, sage and thyme.
Schools will also be provided with worksheets, recipes, nutritional information and activity suggestions, as well as specially commissioned herb ‘snap’ cards for children to enjoy.
The herb project can easily be adapted by teaching staff to suit various learning methods and stages as per the individual needs of each school. Following the first project run of 20 local schools, Scotherbs intends to launch the project nationwide over the coming year.
Scotherbs managing director Fiona Lamotte said: “At the moment, we will concentrate on introducing the project throughout Scotland, as it has been developed specifically to suit the Scottish curriculum. The project lends itself to any number of activities enabling children to improve their skills in language, ICT, problem solving, environmental studies, expressive arts and personal development.”
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