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The equipment and seeds provided in the giveaway would develop our students understanding of how to grow your own food but also the process of growing your own food.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('In our school we have an Outdoors Instructor who would love the chance to develop a veg patch in her outdoor space', 'Context'), ('to support our SEND students in growing and cooking their own food', 'Benefit'), ('develop our students understanding of how to grow your own food but also the process of growing your own food', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently working on our outdoor provision. We have a large area and would love to be able to give it a full makeover! As a setting our ethos is to be nature inspired whilst using the curiosity approach with the added extras of colour etc. The children love spending time in the garden and enjoy planting and tending for the plants whilst also looking at the nature around. We have a wildlife garden which is in great need for a massive do over due to it being overgrown also - in here we have a pond, which was once home to many frogs!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently working on our outdoor provision', 'Context'), ('give it a full makeover', 'Usage'), ('As a setting our ethos is to be nature inspired', 'Context'), ('The children love spending time in the garden and enjoy planting and tending for the plants whilst also looking at the nature around', 'Context'), ('in great need for a massive do over due', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would use this bundle with our SEN children, in particular the children I work with who have trauma; gardening has huge therapeutic benefits and this bundle will enable me to take the children out to the garden and enjoy the natural dopamine rush!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('with our SEN children, in particular the children I work with who have trauma; gardening has huge therapeutic benefits and this bundle will enable me to take the children out to the garden and enjoy the natural dopamine rush!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I run outdoor learning at my school, we are in a very deprived area, in a central area of Milton Keynes in the middle of a housing estate, the school has very little. I currently pay for as much as possible. We have now got an allotment area, but really need some help with filling it!! We are trying hard to run outdoor learning sessions, as we have so many children without gardens who live in converted shipping containers and their faces when they tackle ceratin skills and plant and see things grow is beautiful. please please help us!!!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we are in a very deprived area, in a central area of Milton Keynes in the middle of a housing estate', 'Context'), ('the school has very little', 'Context'), ('need some help with filling it', 'Usage'), ('We are trying hard to run outdoor learning sessions', 'Usage'), ('so many children without gardens who live in converted shipping containers', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is passionate about hands-on learning, and gardening is a perfect way to engage students with nature, science, and sustainability. Your gardening bundles would help us create an interactive garden space where students can grow their own fruits, vegetables, and flowers. This experience will teach responsibility, patience, and teamwork while reinforcing lessons in biology and environmental care. With your support, we could expand our garden with tools, seeds, and educational resources, making gardening accessible for all students. These bundles would inspire young minds, fostering a love for nature and healthy living while strengthening our school community.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is passionate about hands-on learning', 'Usage'), ('to engage students with nature, science, and sustainability', 'Benefit'), ('help us create an interactive garden space', 'Usage'), ('teach responsibility, patience, and teamwork while reinforcing lessons in biology and environmental care', 'Benefit'), ('we could expand our garden with tools, seeds, and educational resources', 'Usage'), ('making gardening accessible for all students', 'Benefit'), ('inspire young minds, fostering a love for nature and healthy living while strengthening our school community', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our EYFS setting at Brocks Hill fosters curiosity and hands-on learning. Gardening bundles would enrich our curriculum by providing practical experiences in nature, promoting teamwork, and teaching responsibility. These bundles would support our children in understanding plant life cycles, environmental stewardship, and healthy eating habits. Your resources could help us create engaging outdoor activities, enhancing sensory development and fine motor skills. We aim to inspire young gardeners and instill a lifelong love for nature. Your support would be invaluable in nurturing our children's growth and learning. ?\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('fosters curiosity and hands-on learning', 'Benefit'), ('enrich our curriculum by providing practical experiences in nature, promoting teamwork, and teaching responsibility', 'Benefit'), ('support our children in understanding plant life cycles, environmental stewardship, and healthy eating habits', 'Benefit'), ('create engaging outdoor activities, enhancing sensory development and fine motor skills', 'Benefit'), ('to inspire young gardeners and instill a lifelong love for nature', 'Benefit'), (\"nurturing our children's growth and learning\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Today I played an April Fool's trick on my class, convincing them that we could grow marshmallows! We made posters about the process and even chose an area to grow them on! They showed great knowledge of what plants needed to grow. To make up for my trick I would love them to have some growing items for real, so they could grow some real plants from seed instead of mini marshmallows!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('some growing items', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an inner city school in Sheffield where lots of our children don't have garden space, we would use this equipment to help the children understand how to care for nature, as well as the calm and tranquility nature gives to us. In addition to this it would support us in teaching our children how to have a healthy lifestyle and how to give back to our local community creating a garden space where children can come who are dysregulated.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We are an inner city school in Sheffield where lots of our children don't have garden space\", 'Context'), ('to help the children understand how to care for nature, as well as the calm and tranquility nature gives to us', 'Benefit'), ('teaching our children how to have a healthy lifestyle and how to give back to our local community', 'Benefit'), ('creating a garden space where children can come who are dysregulated', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have quite a high level of ALN children in our reception class and we are trying to get resources to develop a sensory garden, so it would come in so handy to help develop plants and flowers which were tactile. Id also like to develop their physical skills, communication skills and links with nature by having resources to plant and grow their own plants and food. It would be so beneficial for them and following classes.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have quite a high level of ALN children', 'Context'), ('to develop a sensory', 'Usage'), ('to help develop plants and flowers', 'Usage'), ('to develop their physical skills, communication skills and links with nature', 'Benefit'), ('resources to plant and grow their own plants and food', 'Usage'), ('It would be so beneficial for them and following classes.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Help children who struggle to regulate their emotions, relax and enjoy a mindful activity to help regulate themselves and be ready to learn\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Help children who struggle to regulate their emotions, relax and enjoy a mindful activity to help regulate themselves and be ready to learn', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would love a kick-start to a gardening club. The children love to see their seeds grow and it would be wonderful for them to be able to grow food and teach them how to work with the world around them to support themselves to be more sustainable. Growing food means that the children can practise responsibility and find pride in their hard work to provide food. The kit (and money) would support the club to run at a minimal additional financial burden to families.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('a kick-start to a gardening club', 'Usage'), ('The children love to see their seeds grow and it would be wonderful for them to be able to grow food and teach them how to work with the world around them to support themselves to be more sustainable', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is wanting to set up a gardening club and Eco club which will run together. As a small school in a rural setting, this is important for us to encourage pupils to take care of the environment they live in and to develop their life skills through growing vegetable and understanding how to work as a team as well as all the other numerous lessons they will earn from these experiences. We will also encourage pupils to teach other children the skills they have acquired and promote the importance of everyone being involved in these projects this for the future of our world.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is wanting to set up a gardening club and Eco club which will run together', 'Context'), ('As a small school in a rural setting', 'Context'), ('encourage pupils to take care of the environment they live in and to develop their life skills', 'Benefit'), ('understanding how to work as a team', 'Benefit'), ('promote the importance of everyone being involved in these projects this for the future of our world.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to enhance the environment and resources for gardening is always expensive. Our children love flowers and helping look after our plots but, they are looking worse for wear and in a place of lower income, and a very tight budget, we are finding opportunities increasingly difficult.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to enhance the environment', 'Usage'), ('Our children love flowers', 'Context'), ('in a place of lower income, and a very tight', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are starting a Nurture provision in September and part of that, we would love to build the children's love for nature by growing fruits and vegetables and expanding that love into cooking and baking.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are starting a Nurture provision in September', 'Context'), (\"build the children's love for nature\", 'Benefit'), ('growing fruits and vegetables', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Working in the Early Years classes at Rushmere Hall Primary School has been a big eye opener for me. A huge proportion of children have no experience of gardening but are delighted and amazed to plant potatoes, sunflowers, etc. This is an extra activity to the curriculum, hence, budgets for seeds, etc are limited. This support would enable us to offer an invaluable experience of growing to prospective gardeners.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('A huge proportion of children have no experience of gardening but are delighted and amazed to plant potatoes, sunflowers, etc', 'Context'), ('This is an extra activity to the curriculum, hence, budgets for seeds, etc are limited.', 'Context'), ('offer an invaluable experience of growing to prospective gardeners.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our inner city London school serves a diverse community where many children have limited access to nature. We believe in the power of biophilia, connecting children with the outdoors to support mental well-being. This support would help us create enriching outdoor experiences, fostering a love for nature while improving mental health. We’d engage parents and the wider community, ensuring children take pride in their environment. Through gardening, outdoor learning, and community projects, we’d inspire children to make healthier choices, care for green spaces, and develop lifelong respect for nature. This initiative would empower our pupils and strengthen community ties.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('many children have limited access to nature', 'Context'), ('We believe in the power of biophilia', 'Context'), ('connecting children with the outdoors to support mental well-being', 'Benefit'), ('create enriching outdoor experiences, fostering a love for nature while improving mental health', 'Benefit'), ('ensuring children take pride in their environment', 'Benefit'), ('Through gardening, outdoor learning, and community projects', 'Usage'), ('inspire children to make healthier choices, care for green spaces, and develop lifelong respect for nature', 'Benefit'), ('This initiative would empower our pupils and strengthen community ties.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school has a well-developed Eco group and they regularly use the poly-tunnel which is now in need of some better supplies. It would also be helpful to develop again the raised beds in the Year 7 courtyard as previously the produce from there has been used in the school kitchens. This would motivate the current Year 7 pupils and also be ready for the visiting Year 6 pupils prior to their transition to high school so that they can continue this work.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school has a well-developed Eco group and they regularly use the poly-tunnel which is now in need of some better supplies', 'Context'), ('to develop again the raised beds in the Year 7 courtyard', 'Usage'), ('motivate the current Year 7 pupils and also be ready for the visiting Year 6 pupils prior to their transition to high school', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small school in Blyth. Our outdoor Nursery area needs developing desperately. It would be lovely to have planters, flowers, bushes, spades and gardening gloves for the children. This would be a dream come true. We would be extremely grateful if we were to win this amazing prize.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a small school in Blyth', 'Context'), ('Nursery area needs developing desperately', 'Usage'), ('to have planters, flowers, bushes, spades and gardening gloves for the children', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use this gardening bundle to support our EYFS children expand our Forest School site and will support our planting project that we have just launched to make our school a greener space, increasing biodiversity and wildlife where children are actively involved in the growing of our own plants, fruit and vegetables.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('support our EYFS children expand our Forest School site', 'Usage'), ('support our planting project', 'Usage'), ('to make our school a greener space, increasing biodiversity and wildlife where children are actively involved in the growing of our own plants, fruit and vegetables', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is situated in the centre of Watford Town Centre. A high percentage of the children that\n", - "attend our school are from deprived backgrounds and do not have the facilities or\n", - "opportunities to explore how plants grow and learn to care for living things at home. In\n", - "addition, a huge proportion of our children have additional needs. With this in mind, we\n", - "would like to rehabilitate our old sensory garden to improve outdoor learning\n", - "experiences for all children that attend our school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is situated in the centre of Watford Town Centre. A high percentage of the children that\\r\\nattend our school are from deprived backgrounds and do not have the facilities or\\r\\nopportunities to explore how plants grow and learn to care for living things at home', 'Context'), ('In\\r\\naddition, a huge proportion of our children have additional needs', 'Context'), ('to rehabilitate our old sensory garden', 'Usage'), ('to improve outdoor learning\\r\\nexperiences for all children that attend our school', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: To win the money or the gardening bundle would be amazing, to support all our children to access the gardening projects around nursery, looking after and caring for things. The children will be able to see the insects that are drawn into the planting. We are a very outdoors nursery but being able to have equipment and resources to enhance children's play would just be amazing. Fingers crossed. Thankyou for the opportunity to enter. The Scallywags Family x\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to support all our children to access the gardening projects around nursery, looking after and caring for things', 'Benefit'), ('The children will be able to see the insects that are drawn into the planting', 'Benefit'), ('We are a very outdoors nursery', 'Context'), ('to have equipment and resources', 'Usage'), (\"to enhance children's play\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The gardening bundle will support children in Nursery and Reception in our setting. Many children live in flats and do not have access to their own outside space so we do as much gardening and planting that we can, to provide children with enrichment and an understanding of the world. Gardening is also fantastic to support children's physical development, communication and language and is an inclusive activity for all the children in our setting. Being outdoor and learning about nature helps to support children's mental health so we have set up a gardening club for the older children in our setting which is supported by parent helpers. The gardening club members can also support our younger children and teach them how to grow their own flowers and vegetables, explore the outside environment and have fun.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('support children in Nursery and Reception in our setting', 'Usage'), ('Many children live in flats and do not have access to their own outside space', 'Context'), ('to provide children with enrichment and an understanding of the world', 'Benefit'), (\"to support children's physical development, communication and language and is an inclusive activity for all the children in our setting\", 'Benefit'), (\"helps to support children's mental health\", 'Benefit'), ('teach them how to grow their own flowers and vegetables, explore the outside environment and have fun', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This prize would really support the work that we would like to do with some of our children who are finding life a bit tricky at the moment (children in care, bereaved and anxious)...seeing their faces light up when something starts growing would be incredibly rewarding for us as teachers, and for them, knowing that it's something they've brought to life and cared for, would be even more rewarding, both individually and as a team! We would possibly also like to work with their friends and families in order to strengthen relationships and 'grow' a love of gardening for ever!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('some of our children who are finding life a bit tricky at the moment (children in care, bereaved and anxious)', 'Context'), (\"seeing their faces light up when something starts growing would be incredibly rewarding for us as teachers, and for them, knowing that it's something they've brought to life and cared for\", 'Benefit'), (\"to strengthen relationships and 'grow' a love of gardening for ever!\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: In our Nursery setting, my mission this year is to develop our outdoor area. I have a 2's and 3's provision and the outdoors environments are lacking so I would use this support to create a planting area for my children to develop their understanding of the natural world, grow plants to help their understanding of life cycles and create a safe area for children to dig. I have a cohort who love the outdoors and learn more effectively outside, so it would be brilliant to have more resources to enable them to expand their knowledge.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to develop our outdoor area', 'Usage'), (\"I have a 2's and 3's provision and the outdoors environments are lacking\", 'Context'), ('I would use this support to create a planting area for my children', 'Usage'), ('to develop their understanding of the natural world, grow plants to help their understanding of life cycles and create a safe area for children to dig', 'Benefit'), ('I have a cohort who love the outdoors and learn more effectively outside', 'Context'), ('to enable them to expand their knowledge.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently updating our setting which includes a beautiful garden area. \n", - "The children are keen gardeners and are always waiting to help adults in growing, planting, weeding and watching nature. We would love the opportunity to win a garden bundle from you to enhance our area and to develop our children's love of nature and everything outdoors!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently updating our setting which includes a beautiful garden area.', 'Context'), ('The children are keen gardeners and are always waiting to help adults in growing, planting, weeding and watching nature', 'Context'), ('to enhance our area', 'Usage'), (\"to develop our children's love of nature and everything outdoors!\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small village Preschool within the main school and We are following the Hygge approach in Preschool. We have natural furniture and objects in the setting and the children use natural materials in their play. The garden bundle and money would help us enhance the setting outside and enable to involve parents/ carers/ grandparents and community more in setting up a garden area and help us grow things .\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a small village Preschool within the main school and We are following the Hygge approach in', 'Context'), ('We have natural furniture and objects in the setting and the children use natural materials in their play', 'Context'), ('enhance the setting outside and enable to involve parents/ carers/ grandparents and community more in setting up a garden area and help us grow things .', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are working on our outside space, our children love being outdoors and we are out in all weathers. We have recently been gifted a growing tent so this bundle would really help support our children's learning with being able to grow plants and food, watering them and seeing them grow.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are working on our outside space, our children love being outdoors and we are out in all weathers', 'Context'), ('We have recently been gifted a growing tent', 'Context'), (\"help support our children's learning\", 'Benefit'), ('to grow plants and food, watering them and seeing them grow.', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a SEND School in the North East of England for children aged 3-19 years, and we are currently looking at developing our outdoor area. We have a fabulous outdoor space and would love to give the children the opportunity to grow their own plants to look after in the EYFS setting.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a SEND School in the North East of England for children aged 3-19 years, and we are currently looking at developing our outdoor area', 'Context'), ('We have a fabulous outdoor space', 'Context'), ('give the children the opportunity to grow their own plants to look after in the EYFS setting', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are developing an allotment to teach the children about growing food, conservation of water and the importance of nutrients in our diet. The whole school is taking part, from nursery to year 6.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are developing an allotment to teach', 'Context'), ('The whole school is taking part, from nursery to year 6', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a two from entry school with very low numbers the last few years which is making our budget very difficult. Ourchildren love being outdoors and observing change . It would be brilliant to have some gardening resources for them to grow their own vegetables which would also allow them to eat them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a two from entry school with very low numbers the last few years which is making our budget very difficult', 'Context'), ('Ourchildren love being outdoors and observing change', 'Context'), ('to have some gardening resources', 'Usage'), ('for them to grow their own vegetables which would also allow them to eat them', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would be a great start to set up our garden area in Reception class and Nursery. As we have been having many children with sensory needs and SEND. This would be great to set up a sensory garden which is safe for the children to touch, taste and smell. \n", - "We would get many different smelly plants, large pots and trays, windmills, soil and tools. \n", - "This will not only benefit the young children and also some of SEND children in the school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to set up our garden area in Reception class and Nursery', 'Usage'), ('As we have been having many children with sensory needs and SEND', 'Context'), ('to set up a sensory garden which is safe for the children to touch, taste and smell', 'Usage'), ('many different smelly plants, large pots and trays, windmills, soil and tools', 'Usage'), ('benefit the young children and also some of SEND children in the school', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would be fantastic for our school as it would teach our children how to develop their mindset through gardening showing them how endless growing of fruit,vegetables,plants and flowers.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('teach our children how to develop their mindset through gardening showing them how endless growing of fruit,vegetables,plants and flowers', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The garden bundle would give us the building blocks to ignite our children's love of the outdoors, nurture our children's love of nature , and plant the seeds of learning.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"to ignite our children's love of the outdoors, nurture our children's love of nature , and plant the seeds of learning.\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our setting is small but amazing . We have no outdoor space for children so we go on outings everyday. More resources and extra money to spend on outdoor equipment would be great. This would mean we could take more resources to the parks for the children to engage and enjoy the outdoors which is so important for their development\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our setting is small but amazing', 'Context'), ('We have no outdoor space for children so we go on outings everyday', 'Context'), ('More resources and extra money to spend on outdoor equipment would be great', 'Usage'), ('for the children to engage and enjoy the outdoors which is so important for their development', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to add to our garden area in the back of our outdoor play ground. We have lots of opportunity as we have a pond and bench area but no money to bring it back to life! The bench needs a repaint, the pond could do with some clearing and some logs around the pond would be great to make it a welcomed area. We would also like to get some planters to grow fruits and vegetables. Our school is in a deprived area of Watford where many children live in flats and/or do not access much outdoor space. Therefore, something like revamping the run down garden area would be great for this money. I'd also like to invest in some digging tools and pots for EYFS to use to explore the garden.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to add to our garden area in the back of our outdoor play ground', 'Usage'), ('We have lots of opportunity as we have a pond and bench area but no money to bring it back to life!', 'Context'), ('bench needs a repaint, the pond could do with some clearing and some logs around the pond would be great to make it a welcomed area.', 'Usage'), ('to get some planters to grow fruits and vegetables', 'Usage'), ('Our school is in a deprived area of Watford where many children live in flats and/or do not access much outdoor space', 'Context'), ('revamping the run down garden area', 'Usage'), ('invest in some digging tools and pots', 'Usage'), ('for EYFS to use to explore the garden.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a school, we are aiming to be more sustainable and eco-friendly. Starting in early years, we teach the children how plants and food grow. In every class, we have a plant that we are responsible for looking after. We grow different foods and vegetables that the children can then taste.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we are aiming to be more sustainable and eco-friendly', 'Context'), ('we teach the children how plants and food grow', 'Context'), ('In every class, we have a plant that we are responsible for looking after', 'Context'), ('We grow different foods and vegetables that the children can then taste.', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The gardening club at my school used to be quite popular. It has not existed in the past two years. My Year 5 students vaguely remember it in Year 3. A bonus gardening bundle would help excite all the students at my school and get kids back to digging in the dirt. Fun for all!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('The gardening club at my school used to be quite popular', 'Context'), ('It has not existed in the past two years', 'Context'), ('My Year 5 students vaguely remember it in Year 3', 'Context'), ('excite all the students at my school and get kids back to digging in the dirt', 'Benefit'), ('Fun for all!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are just about to start 'Eco Warriors' in our school. We have limited funding available as we are in a heavily deprived area so this would be perfect for us to start our eco club.This would provide a unique opportunity for the majority of children who would not be given these experiences usually.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We are just about to start 'Eco Warriors' in our school.\", 'Context'), ('We have limited funding available as we are in a heavily deprived area so this would be perfect for us to start our eco club.', 'Context'), ('provide a unique opportunity for the majority of children who would not be given these experiences usually', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our wonderful small, village primary school would benefit greatly from winning free gardening equipment as it would enhance outdoor learning, promote environmental awareness, and encourage healthy eating through growing fresh produce. Gardening fosters teamwork, responsibility, and hands-on science education while improving mental well-being which is something we promote each day. We link and promote the love for outdoors in our values and visions for the school in our active learning. Teachers at the moment are trying to implement active learning into our everyday teaching so this would be a fabulous opportunity to encourage the love for outdoors! With our limited budgets we would love this opportunity to win free equipment to ensure all children can engage in practical learning experiences, inspiring a lifelong appreciation for nature and sustainability.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('it would enhance outdoor learning, promote environmental awareness, and encourage healthy eating through growing fresh produce', 'Benefit'), ('Gardening fosters teamwork, responsibility, and hands-on science education while improving mental well-being which is something we promote each day', 'Benefit'), ('We link and promote the love for outdoors in our values and visions for the school in our active learning', 'Context'), ('Teachers at the moment are trying to implement active learning into our everyday teaching', 'Context'), ('to encourage the love for outdoors', 'Benefit'), ('to win free equipment to ensure all children can engage in practical learning experiences', 'Usage'), ('inspiring a lifelong appreciation for nature and sustainability.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: With the £500 voucher, we would invest in materials for clubs such as a gardening club, which would actively involve parents and the local community, fostering a sense of collaboration and enhancement of outdoor learning. Furthermore, we aim to equip our new forest school area with essential resources (an allotment, an insect hotel and further ideas to enrich learning), encouraging exploration and environmental awareness among our pupils. This investment would significantly contribute to holistic development in our school community.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('invest in materials for clubs such as a gardening club', 'Usage'), ('fostering a sense of collaboration and enhancement of outdoor learning', 'Benefit'), ('to equip our new forest school area with essential resources (an allotment, an insect hotel and further ideas', 'Usage'), ('to enrich learning), encouraging exploration and environmental awareness among our pupils', 'Benefit'), ('contribute to holistic development in our school community', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our gardening club is brilliant, but we never have enough gloves or resources. This would allow more children to experience planting/growing/caring for the crops they plant. From seed to full blossom. Our school is an Infant school and many of our children live in flats or small houses without gardens. Gardening club is often their only experience of growing things from scratch and nature. The crops grown are used for snack/cooking and brightening up the school, the children love to see the whole process and are really proud when the know that they have grown the food everyone is eating.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('gardening club is brilliant, but we never have enough gloves or resources', 'Context'), ('allow more children to experience planting/growing/caring for the crops they plant', 'Benefit'), ('Our school is an Infant school and many of our children live in flats or small houses without gardens', 'Context'), ('Gardening club is often their only experience of growing things from scratch and nature', 'Context'), ('The crops grown are used for snack/cooking and brightening up the school,', 'Benefit'), ('are really proud when the know that they have grown the food everyone is eating.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an infant school in the middle of a city but lucky enough to have a large forest area which is in desperate need of some love. My plan over the next year is to develop a love of nature across the school and invest in our outside areas to get children active, developing a nature connection and therefore become more environmentally friendly. A lot of our children do not have access to green space so this would go a long way to help them learn about the importance of nature. Thank you.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an infant school in the middle of a city but lucky enough to have a large forest area which is in desperate need of some love', 'Context'), ('to develop a love of nature across the school and invest in our outside areas', 'Usage'), ('to get children active, developing a nature connection and therefore become more environmentally friendly', 'Benefit'), ('A lot of our children do not have access to green space', 'Context'), ('to help them learn about the importance of nature', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an urban school with a concrete playgroung. Over the last few years our school council has been working to intriduce nature into our playground. We have a few small planters that we maintain throughout t the year. This bundle would help us transform more of the concrete box into a naturally diverse play environment.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an urban school with a concrete playgroung', 'Context'), ('Over the last few years our school council has been working to intriduce nature into our playground.', 'Context'), ('We have a few small planters that we maintain throughout t the year', 'Context'), ('help us transform more of the concrete box into a naturally diverse play environment.', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would use the money to buy new planters to make a veg garden and herb garden in my EYFS outside area\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to buy new planters to make a veg garden and herb garden in my EYFS outside area', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a lunchtime nurture club for children who find the playground overwhelming. They enjoy gardening and creative activites and could use the gardening bundle to grow veggies in the greenhouse and sell them at the school fayre to build their confidence and pride in themselves and the school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a lunchtime nurture club for children who find the playground overwhelming', 'Context'), ('They enjoy gardening and creative activites', 'Context'), ('to grow veggies in the greenhouse and sell them at the school fayre', 'Usage'), ('to build their confidence and pride in themselves and the school.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would buy resources to fill our sensory garden with plants and different flowers to water and look after for our most vulnerable children. Also we would buy more resources to be used in our forest school area to build, nurture and explore the nature we have in there. Supporting their SEMH.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We would buy resources to fill our sensory garden with plants and different flowers to water and look after', 'Usage'), ('for our most vulnerable children', 'Context'), ('buy more resources to be used in our forest school area', 'Usage'), ('to build, nurture and explore the nature we have in there', 'Benefit'), ('Supporting their SEMH.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Hello! I'm Shauna, I'm a Reception Teacher and the Outdoor Learning Lead at Christ Church New Malden. This prize would be revolutionary for us, because we have just started the OPAL scheme at our school and this would be such a magical addition to our outdoor space. We are also trailing 'Forest Fridays' at our school and this bundle would be a jump-start for that initiative! We would treasure the opportunity for more outdoor resources as we continue to build a more resilient, muddy kneed, green fingered community of young learners! Thank you for your consideration!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('magical addition to our outdoor space', 'Usage'), (\"We are also trailing 'Forest Fridays'\", 'Context'), ('jump-start for that initiative', 'Usage'), ('continue to build a more resilient, muddy kneed, green fingered community', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a wonderful outdoor area, with trees and planters and beautiful spaces for the children to explore in early years. However, due to budget constraints a lot of our resources for outside have become quite aged and worn out. It would be lovely to inject some newness into the area in order for the children to get the most of their outdoor learning experiences. As a school we have a Green Team who look after the outdoor areas, planting up, litter picking and we take a lot of pride in our school and want it to look impressive to passers by. It would be wonderful for us to win something like this.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a wonderful outdoor area, with trees and planters and beautiful spaces for the children to explore in early years', 'Context'), ('due to budget constraints a lot of our resources for outside have become quite aged and worn out', 'Context'), ('to inject some newness into the area', 'Usage'), ('for the children to get the most of their outdoor learning experiences', 'Benefit'), ('we have a Green Team who look after the outdoor areas, planting up, litter picking and we take a lot of pride in our school', 'Context'), ('want it to look impressive to passers by', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As an inner city school with no real grass in the outdoor area, a gardening bundle would be amazing for our children. Also living in high rise flats, the children's experience of gardening is very limited so being able to provide them with that experience at school would be unforgettable.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As an inner city school with no real grass in the outdoor area', 'Context'), (\"Also living in high rise flats, the children's experience of gardening is very limited\", 'Context'), ('to provide them with that experience at school', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a newly amalgamated school. I am the lead of the Activate Phase in this 3-16 provision. The phase that I am responsible for caters for 320 children aged 3-8.\n", - "At present, we are currently in the oldest building of the school and have had no refurbishments. We need to develop our indoor area and the outdoor area. Any donations would be gratefully received.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a newly amalgamated school', 'Context'), ('The phase that I am responsible for caters for 320 children aged 3-8', 'Context'), ('we are currently in the oldest building of the school and have had no refurbishments', 'Context'), ('need to develop our indoor area and the outdoor area', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have started a tree planting club to develop our FS area. the children have absolutely loved this club and we have had children asking for a gardening club. We want to run a nurture group for gardening and wellbeing. We are a 2 form entry school in a town with a high PP ratio. we are string believers of wellbeing coming first and have a passionate teaching staff to support this.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have started a tree planting club to develop our FS area.', 'Context'), ('the children have absolutely loved this club and we have had children asking for a gardening club', 'Context'), ('to run a nurture group for gardening and wellbeing', 'Usage'), ('We are a 2 form entry school in a town with a high PP ratio', 'Context'), ('we are string believers of wellbeing coming first and have a passionate teaching staff to support this.', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At Netherbrook, we are committed to hands-on, outdoor learning. This garden bundle would help us expand our school garden, where pupils engage in science, nutrition, and environmental lessons. With compost to enrich the soil, seeds to grow vegetables, and tools for hands-on experience, our pupils will learn responsibility, sustainability, and teamwork. Many of our pupils come from disadvantaged areas with limited green space, so this garden is a vital connection to nature. Your support will enhance our curriculum, provide fresh produce for school meals, and foster a love for gardening, benefiting our pupils health and education.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Netherbrook, we are committed to hands-on, outdoor learning', 'Context'), ('help us expand our school garden, where pupils engage in science, nutrition, and environmental lessons', 'Usage'), ('compost to enrich the soil, seeds to grow vegetables, and tools for hands-on experience', 'Usage'), ('our pupils will learn responsibility, sustainability, and teamwork', 'Benefit'), ('Many of our pupils come from disadvantaged areas with limited green space', 'Context'), ('a vital connection to nature.', 'Benefit'), ('enhance our curriculum, provide fresh produce for school meals, and foster a love for gardening, benefiting our pupils health and education', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have recently had our outdoor area redesigned and have now got a wonderful area for growing but now have very little money to resource this area with compost or seeds / plants. We would love gardening gloves and gardening tools for little people but these will need to be bought by the teachers themselves if they are to be bought in the next few months.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently had our outdoor area redesigned and have now got a wonderful area for growing but now have very little money to resource this area with compost or seeds / plants', 'Context'), ('gardening gloves and gardening tools', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our garden space is limited in school. We want to make more of what we have and the space available to us on the railings of school also. We are already planting strawberries and have some lovely raised borders but now we need to fill them!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our garden space is limited in school', 'Context'), ('to make more of what we have and the space available to us on the railings of school also', 'Usage'), ('We are already planting strawberries and have some lovely raised borders', 'Context'), ('now we need to fill them!', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are developing out outside area to include a growing section where the children can plant and grow their own fruits, vegetables and herbs. This would help kick start our project giving the children a deeper understanding of how to look after our food and also where it comes from.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are developing out outside area to include a growing section where the children can plant and grow their own fruits, vegetables and herbs', 'Context'), ('giving the children a deeper understanding of how to look after our food and also where it comes from', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our early years classes have been loving our mud kitchen but it is very worn and in need of great repair! We have been utilising a large flower bed and the children have been working hard to get it ready to plant flowers and food that we can eat at the end of the summer term. This bundle would allow more children to get hands on involvement and experience the wonder of growing plants and food.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our early years classes have been loving our mud kitchen but it is very worn and in need of great repair!', 'Context'), ('have been utilising a large flower bed and the children have been working hard to get it ready to plant flowers and food that we can eat at the end of the summer term', 'Context'), ('allow more children to get hands on involvement and experience the wonder of growing plants and food.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We run a free after-school gardening club Providing opportunities for about twenty children each week . Encouraging planting ,growing and producing some home grown produce for each child to take home. Then cooking some healthy recipes with the the crops. Encouraging indepence ,science, healthy lifestyle and team work .\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We run a free after-school gardening club Providing opportunities for about twenty children each week', 'Context'), ('Encouraging planting ,growing and producing some home grown produce for each child to take home', 'Benefit'), ('cooking some healthy recipes with the the crops', 'Benefit'), ('Encouraging indepence ,science, healthy lifestyle and team work', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently trying to revamp our outdoor area. We do not have a lot of money to work with and this year we have had alot of children with SEND start with us who love the outdoors. We really want to make our outdoor space and lovely and welcoming environment for the children. We are in quite a deprived area with children who do not have alot of access to outdoor spaces. We are really trying to promote a love for the outdoors, nature and looking after things.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently trying to revamp our outdoor area', 'Context'), ('We do not have a lot of money to work with', 'Context'), ('this year we have had alot of children with SEND start with us who love the outdoors', 'Context'), ('to make our outdoor space and lovely and welcoming environment for the children', 'Usage'), ('We are in quite a deprived area with children who do not have alot of access to outdoor spaces', 'Context'), ('to promote a love for the outdoors, nature and looking after things', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The Eco-Council have been working hard to prepare for a sensory garden to be developed within the school. They have been busily making things to put in the garden and are now at the point where they will be starting to plant flowers etc to support wildlife etc. We are in very big need of equipment to help make this possible and would really like to have a fence around it to protect the area. Our school is in a deprived area so a lot of the children live in flats etc so do not have a garden. This gives them the opportunity to support the school and learn all about gardening.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to prepare for a sensory garden to be developed within the school', 'Usage'), ('They have been busily making things to put in the garden and are now at the point where they will be starting to plant flowers etc to support wildlife etc', 'Context'), ('very big need of equipment', 'Usage'), ('to have a fence around it to protect the area', 'Usage'), ('Our school is in a deprived area so a lot of the children live in flats etc so do not have a garden', 'Context'), ('them the opportunity to support the school and learn all about gardening', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have some lovely outdoor areas in need of plants / seeds / greenry. We are a school in a very built up deprived area and the children do not get to experience the actions of planting greenery. It would really help our EYFS area and help with understanding of the world for these children who need it the most.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have some lovely outdoor areas in need of plants / seeds / greenry', 'Context'), ('We are a school in a very built up deprived area and the children do not get to experience the actions of planting greenery', 'Context'), ('help our EYFS area and help with understanding of the world for these children who need it the most', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an urban school without a green space (e.g. school field). We have some planters in the reception outdoor area which need some love and attention! We would love to buy the equipment needed to help our 4 and 5 yr olds plant something they can look after, see grow, harvest... and hopefully eat!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an urban school without a green space (e.g. school field)', 'Context'), ('have some planters in the reception outdoor area which need some love and attention!', 'Context'), ('to buy the equipment needed to help our 4 and 5 yr olds plant something', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use this bundle to develop or outdoor environment further across the school. We have a newly built pond area in much need of some planting and enhancement. This kit would be well used by pupils from nursery to y6 and any money we win would help us buy plants and trees!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to develop or outdoor environment further across the school', 'Usage'), ('We have a newly built pond area in much need of some planting and enhancement', 'Context'), ('buy plants and trees!', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use this across the EYFS and Primary classes to support our Science teaching (whilst introducing job roles associated with plants) and to provide children with opportunities to have responsibility for something in the school (e.g. have a rota for watering the plants/ keeping it tidy). It would also provide a good start to the Conservation area we are developing in school to provide a calm and quiet space for those children who may need it during difficult times. The conservation area will become a whole school/ community project and this would enable us to come together.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to support our Science teaching', 'Usage'), ('to provide children with opportunities to have responsibility for something in the school', 'Benefit'), ('provide a good start to the Conservation area we are developing in school to provide a calm and quiet space for those children who may need it during difficult times', 'Benefit'), ('enable us to come together', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are working hard on restoring our polytunnel so that we can grow vegetables and fruit for the community. We would love more tools and gloves as a huge proportion of these were stolen a few years ago and we haven't had money to replace them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are working hard on restoring our polytunnel so that we can grow vegetables and fruit for the community', 'Context'), ('more tools and gloves', 'Usage'), (\"a huge proportion of these were stolen a few years ago and we haven't had money to replace them\", 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small, rural school of 60 children with limited budgets and limited staff. Our children are very keen to start their own garden and are in the process of building a community pantry to help those around us in need. We would love to get the children outside and in nature and grow some vegetables to help us to stock the pantry and provide fresh food to our families. We also hope to tidy up the village and local care homes with flower displays and planters. This prize would mean the world to our small but ambitious project! Thank you so much for the opportunity.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a small, rural school of 60 children with limited budgets and limited staff', 'Context'), ('Our children are very keen to start their own garden and are in the process of building a community pantry to help those around us in need.', 'Context'), ('to get the children outside and in nature and grow some vegetables', 'Usage'), ('to help us to stock the pantry and provide fresh food to our families', 'Benefit'), ('to tidy up the village and local care homes with flower displays and', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small rural school and as such have very limited funds due to low pupil premium numbers - but that doesn't mean our children get a wealth of experiences at home. We would love to run a gardening club in our allotment area for all children who would like to attend - this would support children with their mental health, social skills and allow them to develop fundamental experiences and skills that they would not necessarily receive at home.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We are a small rural school and as such have very limited funds due to low pupil premium numbers - but that doesn't mean our children get a wealth of experiences at home\", 'Context'), ('to run a gardening club in our allotment area for all children', 'Usage'), ('support children with their mental health, social skills and allow them to develop fundamental experiences and skills', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are about to build an outdoor learning/ sensory garden. We are rewriting our curriculum based on this outdoor space. It will benefit all children and use our grounds to their maximum potential. It will help learning, inclusivity and well being.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are about to build an outdoor learning/ sensory garden.', 'Context'), ('We are rewriting our curriculum based on this outdoor space', 'Context'), ('use our grounds to their maximum potential', 'Benefit'), ('It will help learning, inclusivity and well being', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Birdham Primary School is nestled in the heart of our community, where nature's classroom is just outside our door. With your generous gardening bundle and the potential £500 prize, we would create a 'Green Fingers Club' for our students, fostering a love for nature and gardening. This club would teach children to plant seeds, care for plants, and understand the life cycle of flora. The funds would purchase resources for our outdoor learning area, making it a year-round haven for hands-on science lessons. Your support would nurture lifelong sustainable habits and appreciation for the environment among our children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"Birdham Primary School is nestled in the heart of our community, where nature's classroom is just outside our door\", 'Context'), (\"create a 'Green Fingers Club' for our students\", 'Benefit'), ('fostering a love for nature and gardening', 'Benefit'), ('teach children to plant seeds, care for plants, and understand the life cycle of flora', 'Benefit'), ('purchase resources for our outdoor learning area', 'Usage'), ('making it a year-round haven for hands-on science lessons', 'Benefit'), ('nurture lifelong sustainable habits and appreciation for the environment among our children', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a charity based setting that needs as much help as possible. We are a small setting with 4 staff members and 23 children.\n", - "Winning this would help set up our sensory area which we want to fill with sensory flowers, different textures of pebbles, slate etc, mirrors and wind chimes. We also have an apple tree that requires a new pot and a sad looking Christmas tree that's looking for a new place to rest her roots.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a charity based setting that needs as much help as possible', 'Context'), ('We are a small setting with 4 staff members and 23 children', 'Context'), ('help set up our sensory area which we want to fill with sensory flowers, different textures of pebbles, slate etc, mirrors and wind chimes', 'Usage'), (\"an apple tree that requires a new pot and a sad looking Christmas tree that's looking for a new place to rest her roots\", 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our outdoor area desperately needs work. We are a small school with limited funding so most of the resources outside are donated or bought by me. It’s in my action plan for this year to raise the profile of outdoor learning so £500 would be a massive help. We have empty plant pots and troughs so the gardening equipment would be useful too! Our outdoor area is sadly a bit of a concrete jungle so growing things would definitely improve the look of the area. Our topic this half-term was growing so gardening equipment would consildate our learning.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('outdoor area desperately needs work', 'Usage'), ('We are a small school with limited funding so most of the resources outside are donated or bought by me', 'Context'), ('to raise the profile of outdoor learning', 'Benefit'), ('We have empty plant pots and troughs', 'Context'), ('improve the look of the area', 'Benefit'), ('Our topic this half-term was growing so gardening equipment would consildate our learning', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would love to be able to use these resources to teach the children in my Reception class about how plants grow, the importance of taking care of the environment, and to enable them to physically take part in growing their own plants within our outdoor area. Our outdoor area is in desperate need of some love but unfortunately there just isn't the budget for it so this would be a fantastic opportunity for the children to be able to get involved, whilst also linking with our topic of 'Come Outside'!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to teach the children in my Reception class about how plants grow, the importance of taking care of the environment, and to enable them to physically take part in growing their own plants within our outdoor area', 'Benefit'), (\"Our outdoor area is in desperate need of some love but unfortunately there just isn't the budget for it\", 'Context'), (\"linking with our topic of 'Come Outside'!\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a school for children with complex SEND needs we love to spend time in our outdoor area where the children feel happy and regulated. We would use the funds to improve the provision and resources available in the outdoor area of our EYFS playground. We strive to give our children the best possible opportunities despite the challenges they face and to be able to offer them access to a well equipped area with multiple outdoor learning opportunities for them to be able to explore, investigate, have a go and communicate with the adults and each other.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As a school for children with complex SEND needs we love to spend time in our outdoor area where the children feel happy and regulated', 'Context'), ('to improve the provision and resources available in the outdoor area of our EYFS playground', 'Usage'), ('We strive to give our children the best possible opportunities despite the challenges they face', 'Context'), ('to offer them access to a well equipped area with multiple outdoor learning opportunities', 'Usage'), ('for them to be able to explore, investigate, have a go and communicate with the adults and each other', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I work in an SEN school, where we are introducing gardening as a vocational unit of work. We plan to build sensory gardens (such as a Zen garden and fairy garden) so need to purchase resources such as wood, stones and gardening equipment for the children to use to do this. The children would not only benefit from a calming and sensory building experience, but can integrate reading, writing and number skills where they otherwise struggle to follow a mainstream style of education, in them creating these spaces.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('I work in an SEN school, where we are introducing gardening as a vocational unit of work', 'Context'), ('to build sensory gardens (such as a Zen garden and fairy garden', 'Usage'), ('to purchase resources such as wood, stones and gardening equipment', 'Usage'), ('integrate reading, writing and number skills where they otherwise struggle to follow a mainstream style of education', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our school, we run pupil leadership groups. These groups are focused upon our Catholic Social Teaching Principals, one of these being Stewardship. This pupil led group are starting a small project to help create a prayer and reflection space in the Early Years outdoor area. This gardening bundle would help the Stewardship Squad with this project. Thank you.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our school, we run pupil leadership groups', 'Context'), ('These groups are focused upon our Catholic Social Teaching Principals, one of these being Stewardship', 'Context'), ('This pupil led group are starting a small project to help create a prayer and reflection space in the Early Years outdoor area', 'Context'), ('help the Stewardship Squad with this project', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: For our SEND students who may require a bit of peaceful time in order to do something different that they may not have the opportunity to do at home. For example: our student with ADHD, having something to do with their hands and having time outside to regulate.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('For our SEND students who may require a bit of peaceful time in order to do something different that they may not have the opportunity to do at home', 'Benefit'), ('our student with ADHD, having something to do with their hands and having time outside to regulate', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Within the last two years we have opened our preschool and our next step in our aspirations for the the children is to grow and eat our own fruit and veg. This gives the children an opportunity to understand and benefit from healthy eating. It will also benefit the children's gross and fine motor skills leading into reception. The whole school would benefit from this funding as it would be accessible for everyone.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Within the last two years we have opened our preschool and our next step in our aspirations for the the children is to grow and eat our own fruit and veg', 'Context'), ('gives the children an opportunity to understand and benefit from healthy eating', 'Benefit'), (\"benefit the children's gross and fine motor skills leading into reception\", 'Usage'), ('The whole school would benefit from this funding as it would be accessible for everyone.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are opening a gardening club at our school after Easter and would love to have equipment for our children to help inspire them\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are opening a gardening club at our school after Easter', 'Context'), ('to have equipment for our children', 'Usage'), ('to help inspire them', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Support starting our school allotment \n", - "Soil and equipment\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Support starting our school allotment', 'Usage'), ('Soil and equipment', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would launch a gardening club to teach children how to care for the world around us. Many of our children live in appartments and flats, so don't have the opportunity to engage in the benefits of having a garden space, taking pride in produce and products nurtured from little hands!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('launch a gardening club', 'Usage'), ('to teach children how to care for the world around us', 'Benefit'), ('Many of our children live in appartments and flats', 'Context'), ('the opportunity to engage in the benefits of having a garden space, taking pride in produce and products nurtured from little hands!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: My childcare setting would benefit from the garden bundle as they already have a plot where they are free to dig and these goodies would encourage and teach them how to cultivate, plant and nurture plants. It will help teach them about sustainability and help them to be patient while waiting for plants to grow. Gardening will help with their well being and mental health as well as giving them physical exercise especially the ones that don't like sport. It will encourage them to have gardening as a hobby and develop healthy life skills which they can take into later life.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('My childcare setting would benefit from the garden bundle as they already have a plot where they are free to dig and these goodies', 'Context'), ('teach them how to cultivate, plant and nurture plants', 'Benefit'), ('teach them about sustainability and help them to be patient while waiting for plants to grow', 'Benefit'), (\"help with their well being and mental health as well as giving them physical exercise especially the ones that don't like sport\", 'Benefit'), ('encourage them to have gardening as a hobby and develop healthy life skills which they can take into later life', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a gardening patch as part of our provision in KS1 and also an allotment area for the whole school. Unfortunately, due to a lack of resourcing this has been left unmaintained and not used. If we were to win this support we would be able to use this invaluable area once again and support children with these life skills of gardening and knowledge of how to grow vegetables and be resourceful.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a gardening patch as part of our provision in KS1 and also an allotment area for the whole school', 'Context'), ('due to a lack of resourcing this has been left unmaintained and not used', 'Context'), ('be able to use this invaluable area once again', 'Usage'), ('support children with these life skills of gardening and knowledge of how to grow vegetables and be resourceful', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Hi we have a newly formed eco council who are keen to help our school become more sustainable. We wish to grow vegetables on a patch of grass in the playground so children can understand where their food comes from and how easy it is to grow. We are a church school who want to grow and learn together through Jesus Christ and this drives our goals. We are keen to look after the animals that visit our school grounds by replanting wild flowers for the bees and badgers to eat. We would love some trowels, gloves and compost.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Hi we have a newly formed eco council who are keen to help our school become more sustainable', 'Context'), ('to grow vegetables on a patch of grass', 'Usage'), ('so children can understand where their food comes from and how easy it is to grow', 'Benefit'), ('We are a church school who want to grow and learn together through Jesus Christ and this drives our goals', 'Context'), ('We are keen to look after the animals that visit our school grounds', 'Context'), ('replanting wild flowers for the bees and badgers to eat', 'Usage'), ('We would love some trowels, gloves and compost', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have recently introduced forest school to our Key Stage 1 classes after seeing how much of a success it was in Reception. We would really like to ensure the continuity of this through all seasons by purchasing wellies and outdoor overalls so the children can continue throughout all weathers.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently introduced forest school to our Key Stage 1 classes', 'Context'), ('to ensure the continuity of this through all seasons by purchasing wellies and outdoor overalls so the children can continue throughout all weathers', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have many pupils that would benefit from a lovely sensory garden area and that struggle within the classroom. This would be a fantastic place for them to work where they are relaxed and able to take in or work on growing plants/vegetables in a garden area.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have many pupils that would benefit from a lovely sensory garden area and that struggle within the classroom.', 'Context'), ('for them to work where they are relaxed and able to take in or work on growing plants/vegetables in a garden area.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This gardening bundle will be amazing at fostering creativity, responsibility, and sensory exploration for my class. Our children can engage in hands-on activities like planting seeds, watering plants, and observing growth. This teaches them about the life cycle of plants, responsibility, and patience. Gardening can also integrate lessons in science, math (measuring growth), and nature. Additionally, the sensory experience of soil, textures, and smells stimulates cognitive and motor skills. The bundle can support collaborative play, teamwork, and environmental awareness, making it a valuable educational tool to promote both academic and personal development in my young learners.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('fostering creativity, responsibility, and sensory exploration for my class.', 'Benefit'), ('engage in hands-on activities like planting seeds, watering plants, and observing growth', 'Benefit'), ('teaches them about the life cycle of plants, responsibility, and patience', 'Benefit'), ('integrate lessons in science, math (measuring growth), and nature', 'Benefit'), ('stimulates cognitive and motor skills', 'Benefit'), ('support collaborative play, teamwork, and environmental awareness, making it a valuable educational tool to promote both academic and personal development in my young learners', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our children would massively benefit from this as it provide invaluable hands-on learning opportunities, which we would use to promote environmental awareness, responsibility, and teamwork; encouraging students to engage with nature and develop an appreciation for sustainable practices. Through planting and caring for plants, children can learn about science, biology, and the importance of healthy ecosystems. It also supports physical and mental well-being, offering a calming space for creativity and outdoor play. Northwood Park would aim to empower students to explore, experiment, and grow, fostering curiosity, teamwork, and a sense of accomplishment in a fun, safe environment.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('provide invaluable hands-on learning opportunities, which we would use to promote environmental awareness, responsibility, and teamwork', 'Benefit'), ('encouraging students to engage with nature and develop an appreciation for sustainable practices', 'Benefit'), ('can learn about science, biology, and the importance of healthy ecosystems', 'Benefit'), ('supports physical and mental well-being, offering a calming space for creativity and outdoor play', 'Benefit'), ('Northwood Park would aim to empower students to explore, experiment, and grow, fostering curiosity, teamwork, and a sense of accomplishment in a fun, safe environment', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our Nursery, we focus on creating a nurturing and stimulating environment for our youngest learners. We would use your support to enhance our play-based learning approach with additional resources, such as sensory materials and interactive storybooks, fostering creativity and language development. Our diverse community benefits from tailored staff training workshops, helping us better address the varied needs of our children, including those with special educational needs. Your involvement could also extend to organising community events, encouraging family engagement and building a stronger school community. Through these efforts, we aim to provide every child with a joyful start to their education journey.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our Nursery, we focus on creating a nurturing and stimulating environment for our youngest learners', 'Context'), ('to enhance our play-based learning approach with additional resources, such as sensory materials and interactive storybooks', 'Usage'), ('fostering creativity and language development', 'Benefit'), ('tailored staff training workshops', 'Usage'), ('helping us better address the varied needs of our children, including those with special educational needs', 'Benefit'), ('to organising community events', 'Usage'), ('encouraging family engagement and building a stronger school community', 'Benefit'), ('to provide every child with a joyful start to their education journey', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At Whitehouse Common Primary School our EYFS children undertake weekly Eco Bugs activities which includes planting, weeding and helping our environment. We also have an Eco Team and the children enjoy planting activities and encouraging local wildlife to our school grounds.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At Whitehouse Common Primary School our EYFS children undertake weekly Eco Bugs activities which includes planting, weeding and helping our environment', 'Benefit'), ('We also have an Eco Team and the children enjoy planting activities and encouraging local wildlife to our school grounds', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: School gardening offers numerous benefits, enriching education, promoting well-being, and fostering a love for nature and sustainable practices, while also enhancing skills like teamwork, communication, and problem-solving. We would love to be able to provide this opportunity for the children of our school. We would love to purchase some planters, gardening equipment and den making to help enhance our forest school for the whole school to access.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('enriching education, promoting well-being, and fostering a love for nature and sustainable practices', 'Benefit'), ('enhancing skills like teamwork, communication, and problem-solving', 'Benefit'), ('purchase some planters, gardening equipment and den making to help enhance our forest school', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The support for our children would offer a unique, calming, and safe outdoor space where they can engage with their surroundings. Unlike traditional indoor sensory rooms, an outdoor sensory space provides an unparalleled sensory experience, fostering well-being and brain development. We currently have 40% of our children with SEND\n", - "An outdoor sensory garden can provide constant, enriching sensory experiences, fostering both spontaneous and structured sensory play. This natural environment is particularly beneficial for children with SEND, offering a peaceful refuge where they can find rest and respite from the often overwhelming classroom environment.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('offer a unique, calming, and safe outdoor space where they can engage with their surroundings', 'Benefit'), ('provides an unparalleled sensory experience, fostering well-being and brain development', 'Benefit'), ('We currently have 40% of our children with SEND', 'Context'), ('provide constant, enriching sensory experiences, fostering both spontaneous and structured sensory play', 'Benefit'), ('particularly beneficial for children with SEND', 'Benefit'), ('offering a peaceful refuge where they can find rest and respite from the often overwhelming classroom environment', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We could use this to develop our outdoor area and bring nature back. We used to have lots of bees, butterflies and even a squirrel but someone then chopped all our plants down and they stopped coming! \n", - "\n", - "We have lots of children who need support with additional needs ranging from physical to mental health and we want to use the outdoors to support positive relationships and mental wellbeing.\n", - "\n", - "We want to grow some of our own food so that we can make things with it and become more sustainable, this will enhance our climate change curriculum too.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to develop our outdoor area and bring nature back', 'Usage'), ('We used to have lots of bees, butterflies and even a squirrel but someone then chopped all our plants down and they stopped coming!', 'Context'), ('We have lots of children who need support with additional needs ranging from physical to mental health', 'Context'), ('to support positive relationships and mental wellbeing', 'Benefit'), ('to grow some of our own food', 'Usage'), ('become more sustainable, this will enhance our climate change curriculum too', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are very lucky that each class has a small garden in our school. We could use the money to populate these with plants to make sensory gardens to help us create calm spaces we could use to help us regulate. We could also plant some vegetable and fruit plants to help us learn about where out food comes from and increase our understanding of health and nutrition. We are set back from a dual carriageway with woodland and have a wide variety of birds visit our gardens each day, we love watching them and we'd love to think about what plants we could put in to encourage and feed them naturally.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are very lucky that each class has a small garden in our school', 'Context'), ('to populate these with plants to make sensory gardens', 'Usage'), ('to help us create calm spaces we could use to help us regulate', 'Benefit'), ('plant some vegetable and fruit plants', 'Usage'), ('to help us learn about where out food comes from and increase our understanding of health and nutrition.', 'Benefit'), ('We are set back from a dual carriageway with woodland and have a wide variety of birds visit our gardens each day, we love watching them', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a patch of grass that we are planning to transform into a garden to help create a sensory element and educational opportunities for our outdoor space. We hope to grow a mixture of flowers, fruit and veg to help create a diverse range of educational opportunities for the children. Such as learning about growth cycles, and growing their own fruit and veg for snack time. It is our hope that the garden will be a calming area, allowing the children to escape there for some peace and enjoy the colours, smells, and textures the garden will bring.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a patch of grass', 'Context'), ('to transform into a garden', 'Usage'), ('to help create a sensory element and educational opportunities for our outdoor space', 'Benefit'), ('to grow a mixture of flowers, fruit and veg', 'Usage'), ('to help create a diverse range of educational opportunities for the children', 'Benefit'), ('learning about growth cycles, and growing their own fruit and veg for snack time', 'Benefit'), ('allowing the children to escape there for some peace and enjoy the colours, smells, and textures the garden will bring', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to introduce a vegetable patch into our EYFS garden area. Our topic next term is Changes and I think that watching how plants grow that they have planted themselves would be great for their understanding of how things grow and change over time. This prize would be an amazing!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to introduce a vegetable patch', 'Usage'), ('Our topic next term is Changes', 'Context'), ('great for their understanding of how things grow and change over time', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are keen to get gardening with our children and are in the process of creating a dedicated area in the garden for growing. This prize would enable us to ensure we can offer the children an area that is well resourced with great learning opportunities.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are keen to get gardening with our children and are in the process of creating a dedicated area in the garden for growing', 'Context'), ('offer the children an area that is well resourced with great learning opportunities', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our small village school has a lovely vegetable patch which needs some TLC, to bring it back to life and make it a usable space for our children, particularly our SEN children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our small village school has a lovely vegetable patch which needs some TLC, to bring it back to life and make it a usable space for our children, particularly our SEN children', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are still hoping to create a special outdoor space, a Sensory Garden that would promote outdoor learning, as well as stimulating the senses.This would bring huge benefits to the children, including physical&emotional wellbeing, cooperation& cognitive skills. So your gardening goodies including gloves and vegetable seeds would really come in handy! Trelales Primary is a small village school with a strong sense of community, this special space would help promote our values of inclusivity&participation for all children including those with SEND. With tough budget cuts your generous prize would be dearly valued.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are still hoping to create a special outdoor space, a Sensory Garden', 'Context'), ('promote outdoor learning, as well as stimulating the senses.', 'Benefit'), ('physical&emotional wellbeing, cooperation& cognitive skills', 'Benefit'), ('gardening goodies including gloves and vegetable seeds', 'Usage'), ('Trelales Primary is a small village school with a strong sense of community', 'Context'), ('promote our values of inclusivity&participation for all children including those with SEND', 'Benefit'), ('With tough budget cuts', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our children enjoy seeing flowers growing and the wildlife especially minibeasts. They would like more equipment to grow vegetables and flowers. They have been learning about bees in science and would like to plant some flowers to help the bees. The Eco Council have been working hard this year to improve the area and would like to grow vegetables to be used in cookery club. Buying some planters, soil, seeds and gardening equipment will help us to achieve our goals. We would also like to plant some fruit trees to leave a legacy from our current children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our children enjoy seeing flowers growing and the wildlife especially minibeasts', 'Context'), ('more equipment to grow vegetables and flowers', 'Usage'), ('They have been learning about bees in science', 'Context'), ('to plant some flowers to help the bees', 'Usage'), ('to improve the area', 'Usage'), ('to grow vegetables to be used in cookery club', 'Usage'), ('Buying some planters, soil, seeds and gardening equipment', 'Usage'), ('help us to achieve our goals', 'Benefit'), ('to plant some fruit trees', 'Usage'), ('to leave a legacy from our current children', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: over the past 6 months we have been transforming our eyfs outdoor area and are looking at putting in an allotment to suppoert the children with their understanding of the world through hands on experiences in an allotment. this would allow the children to observe changes over time throughout their time in nursery and reception and care for the plants/vegetables from seed to produce and then allow them to use the things they grow in our kitchen during our cooking sessions.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('over the past 6 months we have been transforming our eyfs outdoor area and are looking at putting in an allotment to suppoert', 'Context'), ('allow the children to observe changes over time throughout their time in nursery and reception and care for the plants/vegetables from seed to produce and then allow them to use the things they grow in our kitchen during our cooking sessions', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Getting into nature with the children is just perfect for both physical and mental development and stimulation with the added health benefits of being outside. Our garden is the best resource we have. Nursery setting birth to 3\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('perfect for both physical and mental development and stimulation with the added health benefits of being outside', 'Benefit'), ('Our garden is the best resource we have', 'Context'), ('Nursery setting birth to 3', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is in a deprivation 4 area, whereby most of our children come from homes with little outdoor space. We would like to use this to help us set up gardening clubs to help the children learn about where food comes from, and teach them to become self sufficient.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is in a deprivation 4 area, whereby most of our children come from homes with little outdoor space', 'Context'), ('to help us set up gardening clubs', 'Usage'), ('to help the children learn about where food comes from, and teach them to become self sufficient', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are in the process of reinvigorating our Nursery and taking inspriation from the Curisotiy Appraoh and Hygge in the Early Years to create an environment which focusses on Nature and hands on experiences. This give-away would enable us to build a sensory/reading garden for our children to enjoy. We have currently had to put this project on hold due to lack of funds in the school budget.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are in the process of reinvigorating our Nursery and taking inspriation from the Curisotiy Appraoh and Hygge in the Early Years', 'Context'), ('to create an environment which focusses on Nature and hands on experiences', 'Benefit'), ('to build a sensory/reading garden', 'Usage'), ('We have currently had to put this project on hold due to lack of funds in the school budget', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would fund the childrens growing experience at school, I would like to buy a potting shed to support childrens indepence in choosing what they need\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to buy a potting shed', 'Usage'), ('to support childrens indepence in choosing what they need', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a new developing school (2023) we are aiming to start looking at developing the children's knowledge in growing and planting a variety of plants and vegetables, hopefully extending to a Forest School in the near future. We are now trying to develop our own elopement patch and having the funds and resources to do this would be extremely helpful. The children have already enjoyed planting trees on the school site and we want to further develop their love of the world around them and nature.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"we are aiming to start looking at developing the children's knowledge in growing and planting a variety of plants and vegetables\", 'Context'), ('to develop our own elopement patch', 'Usage'), ('The children have already enjoyed planting trees on the school site', 'Context'), ('to further develop their love of the world around them and nature', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are having a huge focus on outdoor learning. Many of our children have had very limited experience of the outdoors. We would love to encourage the children in our setting to be excited to grow their own plants. We know that when children experience outdoor learning there are so many opportunities to expand their vocabulary, concentration and introduce them to important life skills.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are having a huge focus on outdoor learning', 'Context'), ('Many of our children have had very limited experience of the outdoors', 'Context'), ('encourage the children in our setting to be excited to grow their own plants', 'Benefit'), ('to expand their vocabulary, concentration and introduce them to important life skills', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are looking to give our children opportunities to explore the natural world around them. We are enhancing our outdoor learning environment, we are an eco school and we are very concerned about the state of the environment. We are continuously talking about the environment and how we can look after our world with our children. The children have a real interest in butterflies and we have spoken lots about how their species are declining. The children would love an opportunity to save these butterflies.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are looking to give our children opportunities to explore the natural world around them', 'Context'), ('We are enhancing our outdoor learning environment, we are an eco school and we are very concerned about the state of the environment', 'Context'), ('We are continuously talking about the environment and how we can look after our world with our children', 'Context'), ('The children have a real interest in butterflies and we have spoken lots about how their species are declining', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I work in a primary school EYFS, we are learning about flowers, growing seeds and planting, we would love the opportunity to win a bundle for our reception children to use and explore. \n", - "Our school is a small village school in Northamptonshire and we would benefit massively to make our outside area colourful and inviting to our children and even better if they can get involved and help make our outside area a better place.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('I work in a primary school EYFS, we are learning about flowers, growing seeds and planting,', 'Context'), ('Our school is a small village school in Northamptonshire and we would benefit massively to make our outside area colourful and inviting to our children', 'Context'), ('make our outside area a better place', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We currently have a tired garden which we are hoping to revitalise this Spring and Summer. Our children love the outdoors and are always keen to explore and grow things in the garden but we need to purchase the resources to help them with this. We are hoping to also seek parents/family volunteers who will support us with encouraging our children to become keen gardeners and develop their love of the outdoors.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We currently have a tired garden which we are hoping to revitalise this Spring and Summer', 'Context'), ('Our children love the outdoors and are always keen to explore and grow things in the garden', 'Context'), ('to help them with this', 'Benefit'), ('encouraging our children to become keen gardeners and develop their love of the outdoors', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is in a deprived part of Sunderland. The children do not get the opportunity to engage in gardening opportunities outside of school. We run a very successful nurture group enabling children to boost these experiences but are limited due to funding. This funding would encourage the children to foster a love of nature and the environment it would enrich our curriculum offering hands on learning opportunities and promoting health eating, mental and physical wellbeing.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is in a deprived part of Sunderland', 'Context'), ('The children do not get the opportunity to engage in gardening opportunities outside of school', 'Context'), ('We run a very successful nurture group enabling children to boost these experiences but are limited due to funding', 'Context'), ('encourage the children to foster a love of nature and the environment it would enrich our curriculum offering hands on learning opportunities and promoting health eating, mental and physical wellbeing', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Storage to house tools. Basic tools for 8 children, a wheelbarrow\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Storage to house tools. Basic tools for 8 children, a wheelbarrow', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: impacted by happiness\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: []\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We love nature and gardening at Cartmel but unfortunately tight budgets and old equipment/resources is preventing us from doing it as much as we like. Our tired veg planters and keen gardeners would be very appreciative. If we were to in the money we would also use it to resource and attract nature to our newly fenced off orchard area for EYFS/KS1. We are a tiny school of 48!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We love nature and gardening at Cartmel but unfortunately tight budgets and old equipment/resources is preventing us from doing it as much as we like', 'Context'), ('Our tired veg planters and keen gardeners would be very appreciative', 'Context'), ('to resource and attract nature to our newly fenced off orchard area for EYFS/KS1.', 'Usage'), ('We are a tiny school of 48!', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would enable many of our children who live in flats with no access to gardens or green space to learn about plants. It would also mean that we could teach them where food comes from and help them on a journey to growing their own food. We have just had new planters installed on our Key Stage 1 and Early Years Playground and we would be able to use this bundle with the children to help them plant up our new planters.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('enable many of our children who live in flats with no access to gardens or green space to learn about plants', 'Benefit'), ('teach them where food comes from and help them on a journey to growing their own food', 'Benefit'), ('We have just had new planters installed on our Key Stage 1 and Early Years Playground and we would be able to use this bundle with the children to help them plant up our new planters.', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently developing our OPAL play offer and an outdoor sensory garden. We are looking to build planters to enable the children to grow their own plants/vegetables at playtimes. The outdoor sensory garden will be used as an outside classroom for all things nature. Growing herbs, plants and vegetables will be taught in this area and the children will learn how they grow and how to look after them. This bundle will be a great addition to our school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently developing our OPAL play offer and an outdoor sensory garden', 'Context'), ('to build planters', 'Usage'), ('enable the children to grow their own plants/vegetables at playtimes.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We want to develop our forest school area and allow opportunities for children to get involved with planting to grow our own flowers, plants, fruit and vegetables.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to develop our forest school area', 'Usage'), ('allow opportunities for children to get involved with planting to grow our own flowers, plants, fruit and vegetables', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our primary school has recently started developing our outdoor area, and we’ve introduced a gardening club involving staff, children, and parents. This initiative fosters a sense of community and encourages outdoor learning, with children developing important skills like teamwork, responsibility, and environmental awareness. The support would help us expand our gardening space, providing the necessary tools to grow plants, vegetables, and flowers. By engaging students of all ages, especially those with special educational needs, gardening offers hands-on experiences that enhance both academic learning and personal growth, strengthening our school’s commitment to sustainability and outdoor education.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our primary school has recently started developing our outdoor area, and we’ve introduced a gardening club involving staff, children, and parents', 'Context'), ('fosters a sense of community and encourages outdoor learning, with children developing important skills like teamwork, responsibility, and environmental awareness', 'Benefit'), ('expand our gardening space', 'Usage'), ('providing the necessary tools to grow plants, vegetables, and flowers', 'Benefit'), ('engaging students of all ages, especially those with special educational needs', 'Benefit'), ('offers hands-on experiences that enhance both academic learning and personal growth, strengthening our school’s commitment to sustainability and outdoor education', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have recently set up our mud kitchen and construction area and would love to buy new resources for it and some hardy plants to go around the garden. We would be able to encourage the children to help us get it set up and help to care for our garden. Our mud kitchen would also benefit from potion bottles and we have a section in the garden for a bug hotel however we haven’t got the resources or money to purchase anything. We could use the money to buy some wood and build and design our own with the Early Years children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently set up our mud kitchen and construction area', 'Context'), ('to buy new resources for it and some hardy plants to go around the garden', 'Usage'), ('encourage the children to help us get it set up and help to care for our garden', 'Benefit'), ('we haven’t got the resources or money to purchase anything', 'Context'), ('to buy some wood and build and design our own with the Early Years children', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: we would use this bundle to improve our outdoor proviison and assist in teaching science in EYFS\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to improve our outdoor proviison', 'Usage'), ('assist in teaching science in EYFS', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a huge outdoor area with very limited resources, some are broken and tatty. We are starting up our first vegetable patch this year and have already planted radishes. The children have been thoroughly engrossed and we would like to take this further with more planting opportunities. A garden bundle would make a huge difference to their learning and UW understanding. Many Thanks\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a huge outdoor area with very limited resources, some are broken and tatty', 'Context'), ('We are starting up our first vegetable patch this year', 'Context'), ('The children have been thoroughly engrossed and we would like to take this further with more planting opportunities', 'Context'), ('difference to their learning and UW understanding', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We're a SEND school, developing our outdoor area for our Primary and EYFS children. We're trying to DIY as much as possible, we’re planning to build a mud kitchen, sandpit, sensory path and a garden the children can cultivate and also dig in. Any support would be greatly appreciated and needed as at the moment the area is a blank canvas, the nice thing about it is that it’s all grassy. We’re looking to make a water wall, music/sound wall and mark making wall. At this stage, I’ll be grateful for any resources we can get. Thank you\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We're a SEND school, developing our outdoor area for our Primary and EYFS children\", 'Context'), (\"We're trying to DIY as much as possible\", 'Context'), ('to build a mud kitchen, sandpit, sensory path and a garden the children can cultivate and also dig in', 'Usage'), ('at the moment the area is a blank canvas, the nice thing about it is that it’s all grassy.', 'Context'), ('to make a water wall, music/sound wall and mark making wall', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use the Gardening Bundle to support planned activities, which include planting seeds, nurturing them, and observing their growth. If we are fortunate enough to secure funding, we would like to invest in items such as small greenhouse, magnifying glasses, bug boxes with lids and a bug hotel.\n", - "All these resources will enhance our outdoor experience but will also provide the children with invaluable hands-on opportunities to engage with nature. We aim to inspire curiosity, promote scientific enquiry, and develop essential skills that will help our children better understand and appreciate their environment and the wider world around them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to support planned activities, which include planting seeds, nurturing them, and observing their growth', 'Usage'), ('invest in items such as small greenhouse, magnifying glasses, bug boxes with lids and a bug hotel', 'Usage'), ('enhance our outdoor experience but will also provide the children with invaluable hands-on opportunities to engage with nature', 'Benefit'), ('to inspire curiosity, promote scientific enquiry, and develop essential skills that will help our children better understand and appreciate their environment and the wider world around them', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would really benefit from this wonderful package as we are located in a very deprived area and lots of our children do not have a garden and no hands on experience with nature and how things grow. We have a lot of children who need extra support and this would be amazing for them experience outside learning. We are crying to create an outside space for forest type learning and this help our project.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we are located in a very deprived area and lots of our children do not have a garden and no hands on experience with nature and how things grow', 'Context'), ('We have a lot of children who need extra support and this would be amazing for them experience outside learning', 'Context'), ('We are crying to create an outside space for forest type learning', 'Context'), ('help our project', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Mowbray School is a special school in Ripon, North Yorkshire catering for primary aged children with SEND. They have a wellbeing garden which the children take turns looking after. The children would love planting seeds and watching the produce grow and they could sell some of the produce at the summer fair to raise money for more resources for the school wellbeing garden.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Mowbray School is a special school in Ripon, North Yorkshire catering for primary aged children with SEND', 'Context'), ('They have a wellbeing garden which the children take turns looking after', 'Context'), ('to raise money for more resources for the school wellbeing garden', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: It would be so good to win. So i can do more gardening with the little Stars \n", - "They are so curious and enjoy being outside so this would be good to win\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('They are so curious and enjoy being outside', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our primary school should be considered for the gardening bundle to help raise the profile of growing and eating our own vegetables. This initiative would encourage students to understand the health benefits of cultivating their own food, fostering a deeper connection to healthy eating. By growing flowers and vegetables, children will also develop a sense of responsibility while contributing to a greener, more sustainable environment. These activities will promote not only a love for nature but also support a vibrant, eco-friendly community. Ultimately, the gardening bundle will empower our students to be environmental advocates and healthy lifestyle promoters.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to help raise the profile of growing and eating our own vegetables', 'Benefit'), ('encourage students to understand the health benefits of cultivating their own food, fostering a deeper connection to healthy eating', 'Benefit'), ('develop a sense of responsibility while contributing to a greener, more sustainable environment', 'Benefit'), ('promote not only a love for nature but also support a vibrant, eco-friendly community', 'Benefit'), ('empower our students to be environmental advocates and healthy lifestyle promoters', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use this to help support our Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Gardening is a great way for children to gain responsibility for tending to plants. Having ownership of a plant, however small, can help children to gain confidence and self-esteem. Learning patience is also a great skill for children to develop during gardening. This is an area that we are struggling to get the children to engage with due to lack of resources, so a chance to win would be super beneficial for our outdoor area!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('help support our Personal, Social and Emotional Development: Gardening is a great way for children to gain responsibility for tending to plants', 'Benefit'), ('help children to gain confidence and self-esteem', 'Benefit'), ('Learning patience is also a great skill for children to develop during gardening', 'Benefit'), ('This is an area that we are struggling to get the children to engage with due to lack of resources', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: In Reception we will have a new topic 'Growing' after Easter. We will be learning how to plant seeds and bulbs, how to propagate plants from cutting. We wish to develop our school vegetable garden as it is non existent at the moment. We are in need of different resources.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"we will have a new topic 'Growing' after Easter\", 'Context'), ('to develop our school vegetable garden', 'Usage'), ('it is non existent at the moment', 'Context'), ('We are in need of different resources', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a nursery, we aim to instil in our children the significance of gardening. We encourage them to engage in growing their own vegetables and foster an interest in gardening by observing the blossoming of flowers.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to instil in our children the significance of gardening', 'Benefit'), ('We encourage them to engage in growing their own vegetables and foster an interest in gardening by observing the blossoming of flowers', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I work in a special needs school; the children are aged 4 to 11; we support children with complex educational and health needs. We have 30 classes, expanding to 40 classes due to high levels of needs across Luton. \n", - "Life opportunities can be limited; we support children's academic progress and instil life skills in an enabling environment to support independent living for the future. We have dedicated a space outside to develop a retreat garden which will include sensory resources as well as teaching children how to garden and grow their own food which will be used to cook.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('I work in a special needs school; the children are aged 4 to 11; we support children with complex educational and health needs', 'Context'), ('We have 30 classes, expanding to 40 classes due to high levels of needs across Luton', 'Context'), (\"Life opportunities can be limited; we support children's academic progress and instil life skills in an enabling environment to support independent living for the future\", 'Context'), ('We have dedicated a space outside to develop a retreat garden which will include sensory resources as well as teaching children how to garden and grow their own food which will be used to cook', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: It would enable us to let our children produce a vegetable plot in our raised bed that has been sadly neglected in recent years. They could nurture the plants and eat the produce for snack and lunch. We are a nursery caring for 50 children from 6 months to 4 years, we are hoping to revamp our outside area to allow more growing of plants and children's experience to happen.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to let our children produce a vegetable plot in our raised bed that has been sadly neglected in recent years', 'Benefit'), ('nurture the plants and eat the produce for snack and lunch', 'Usage'), ('We are a nursery caring for 50 children from 6 months to 4 years', 'Context'), ('to revamp our outside area', 'Usage'), (\"allow more growing of plants and children's experience to happen\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our setting is very small and our outdoor space is too, we open our Zone allotment every year and my colleague Emma works so hard with the children to grow plants and flowers to keep our garden looking beautiful, we would love to be able to buy some space saving growing equipment to continue to expand our allotment area.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our setting is very small and our outdoor space is too, we open our Zone allotment every year', 'Context'), ('my colleague Emma works so hard with the children to grow plants and flowers to keep our garden looking beautiful', 'Context'), ('to buy some space saving growing equipment to continue to expand our allotment area', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our Cuffley EYFS children need your help! We're transforming our outdoor learning area, and your generous gardening supplies—gloves, sunflower, bean, lettuce, courgette seeds, compost, twine, and £500—are vital. Imagine tiny hands sowing seeds, watching life sprout, and harvesting their own food and learning about healthy eating through preparing meals with the food they grow. This hands-on experience fosters crucial skills: teamwork, observation, and understanding nature's cycle. Your support will cultivate a thriving garden, enriching our children's learning and creating lasting memories. Please help us grow!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We're transforming our outdoor learning area, and your generous gardening supplies—gloves, sunflower, bean, lettuce, courgette seeds, compost, twine, and £500—are vital\", 'Context'), ('learning about healthy eating through preparing meals with the food they grow', 'Benefit'), (\"fosters crucial skills: teamwork, observation, and understanding nature's cycle\", 'Benefit'), (\"cultivate a thriving garden, enriching our children's learning and creating lasting memories\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is located in a deprived area and many of our children do not have access to a garden of their own. 60% of our children have special educational needs and we have a high percentage of pupil premium children. We are aiming to create a garden in our outdoor provision to enable our children to have access to a safe, outdoor space. This will enable them to experience planting and caring for seeds, coming into contact with a range of wildlife and to role play in the ‘garden centre’ that we are hoping to set up.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is located in a deprived area and many of our children do not have access to a garden of their own', 'Context'), ('60% of our children have special educational needs and we have a high percentage of pupil premium children', 'Context'), ('to create a garden in our outdoor provision', 'Usage'), ('enable our children to have access to a safe, outdoor space', 'Benefit'), ('enable them to experience planting and caring for seeds, coming into contact with a range of wildlife and to role play in the ‘garden centre’ that we are hoping to set up', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This bundle would support us in developing our roof garden, we do not have a lot of greenery as we are in the middle of Croydon. This would help us to develop outdoor learning, and support our disadvantaged children by enabling us to develop a garden club.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('support us in developing our roof garden, we do not have a lot of greenery as we are in the middle of Croydon.', 'Usage'), ('to develop outdoor learning, and support our disadvantaged children', 'Benefit'), ('enabling us to develop a garden club', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would absolutely love to win all these amazing gifts for our Little Acorns Pre-School. We have a wonderful little garden that the children have great pleasure in learning how to maintain. We as a Pre-School re-cycle and re-use as much as we can for sustainability and to reduce climate change - we feel very strongly about this - teaching children about the future of their world. We would really love to win this very generous prize and be able to share this with the next generation of children to appreciate the hard work that goes into our wonderful garden.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a wonderful little garden that the children have great pleasure in learning how to maintain', 'Context'), ('We as a Pre-School re-cycle and re-use as much as we can for sustainability and to reduce climate change', 'Context'), ('teaching children about the future of their world', 'Benefit'), ('to appreciate the hard work that goes into our wonderful garden', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our primary school would love to win the gardening competition because our gardening projects are student-led that fosters learning, teamwork, and environmental responsibility. We want to transform our space into a thriving ecosystem with diverse plants, pollinator-friendly flowers, and use sustainable practices like composting and rainwater collection. Every student is involved, learning valuable life skills while nurturing a love for nature. Our garden will not only enhance our school’s beauty but also serves as an outdoor classroom, promoting hands-on education. Winning this competition would recognise our dedication and inspire future generations to continue caring for the environment.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('our gardening projects are student-led that fosters learning, teamwork, and environmental responsibility', 'Context'), ('to transform our space into a thriving ecosystem with diverse plants, pollinator-friendly flowers, and use sustainable practices like composting and rainwater collection', 'Usage'), ('Every student is involved, learning valuable life skills while nurturing a love for nature', 'Benefit'), ('enhance our school’s beauty but also serves as an outdoor classroom,', 'Benefit'), ('promoting hands-on education', 'Benefit'), ('recognise our dedication and inspire future generations to continue caring for the environment', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I work at Keinton Mandeville Primary which is a small rural school, our next EYFS theme is Ready, Steady, Grow - we would use the bundle to help our EYFS children learn how to independently plant a variety of plants. We have some greenhouses already to support them to also watch the plants as they grow. This will give them opportunities to use real life experiences for writing, communication, language and understanding of the world. We would also like to share these resources with our Horticultural therapy children as well as our Gardening Club to enhance those opportunities further.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('I work at Keinton Mandeville Primary which is a small rural school, our next EYFS theme is Ready, Steady, Grow', 'Context'), ('to help our EYFS children learn how to independently plant a variety of plants', 'Benefit'), ('We have some greenhouses already to support', 'Context'), ('give them opportunities to use real life experiences for writing, communication, language and understanding of the world', 'Benefit'), ('to enhance those opportunities further', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our early years provision are currently trying to give new life to an area of school that has over the years been used as a muddy play area. We are hoping that we can create a safe and calm garden where our children can relax, read and enjoy some mindfulness activities in gardening, alongside learning how to grow their own foods/flowers and create their own compost. \n", - "\n", - "Our school is a nurturing school that offers a welcoming and safe environment for all children. We are also an eco school and encourage our children in caring for our environment and ways in which we can use things around us to create new things. \n", - "\n", - "If we were lucky enough to win it would give us an opportunity to buy a small walk in greenhouse suitable for our little children to use as well as garden storage, including an outdoor book store amongst other gardening items like seeds, compost planters.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our early years provision are currently trying to give new life to an area of school that has over the years been used as a muddy play area.', 'Context'), ('create a safe and calm garden where our children can relax, read and enjoy some mindfulness activities in gardening', 'Benefit'), ('learning how to grow their own foods/flowers and create their own compost', 'Benefit'), ('Our school is a nurturing school that offers a welcoming and safe environment for all children', 'Context'), ('encourage our children in caring for our environment and ways in which we can use things around us to create new things', 'Benefit'), ('to buy a small walk in greenhouse suitable for our little children to use as well as garden storage, including an outdoor book store amongst other gardening items like seeds, compost planters', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a Reception unit we would like to develop a gardening area. The children have enjoyed planting beans this term and loved the experience of taking responsibility for their plant. They have enjoyed sitting and chatting around the bulb we planted in spring. I would love this so I don't have to spend my own money on it!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to develop a gardening area', 'Usage'), ('The children have enjoyed planting beans this term and loved the experience of taking responsibility for their plant', 'Context'), ('They have enjoyed sitting and chatting around the bulb we planted in spring', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our school, we are passionate about giving students the opportunity to connect with nature and learn through hands-on experiences. This gardening bundle would allow us to create an inspiring outdoor space where children can grow their own plants, from sunflowers to lettuce. With the £500 cash prize, we would renew our soil to fill our planters, ensuring a thriving garden for all. We also have an exciting vision to create a vertical strawberry garden, where students can enjoy fresh, homegrown fruit during the summer months. Your support would make a lasting impact on our students’ education and well-being!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our school, we are passionate about', 'Context'), ('giving students the opportunity to connect with nature and learn through hands-on experiences', 'Benefit'), ('to create an inspiring outdoor space', 'Usage'), ('renew our soil to fill our planters', 'Usage'), ('ensuring a thriving garden for all.', 'Benefit'), ('We also have an exciting vision to create a vertical strawberry garden, where students can enjoy fresh, homegrown fruit during the summer months', 'Context'), ('make a lasting impact on our students’ education and well-being!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to have a more productive and newly built school garden where children can experience the joy of gardening and watching new plants grow and how to plant seeds/bulbs safely and take care of them properly.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to have a more productive and newly built school garden', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would buy compost, seeds, plant pots, small gardening tools for under 3's, preschool and learning to learn. We are in an area where there isn't much greenspace and a lot of kids don't have gardens. It would provide new experiences for all the children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('buy compost, seeds, plant pots, small gardening tools', 'Usage'), (\"We are in an area where there isn't much greenspace and a lot of kids don't have gardens\", 'Context'), ('provide new experiences for all the children', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a primary school with a nursery and Reception foundation stage unit. We have up to 54 children in EYFS who absolutely adore being outside and learning through hands on, playful experiences, as many of the children do not live in properties with easy access to outdoor spaces. \n", - "Up until recently, we had been growing a variety of different vegetables using a plastic greenhouse. Unfortunately, the poor weather in the Autumn term meant that the greenhouse became destroyed, along with everything that the children were growing. If we could possibly try and restart this, it would mean so much.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a primary school with a nursery and Reception foundation stage unit', 'Context'), ('We have up to 54 children in EYFS who absolutely adore being outside and learning through hands on, playful experiences', 'Context'), ('many of the children do not live in properties with easy access to outdoor spaces', 'Context'), ('we had been growing a variety of different vegetables using a plastic greenhouse', 'Context'), ('the poor weather in the Autumn term', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a plot at the local allotments. Children love to dig, plant and water their plot. The children enjoy the herbs, taking delight in touching and smelling them. Their communication skills have really come on and it's lovely hearing them tell their parents what they have done, and what bugs they have found. Having extra seeds and resources would be so useful to use with the pre-school children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a plot at the local allotments', 'Context'), ('Children love to dig, plant and water their plot', 'Context'), ('The children enjoy the herbs, taking delight in touching and smelling them', 'Context'), ('extra seeds and resources', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school serves a diverse community where many children live in high-rise flats with little or no access to outdoor space. We’re hoping to run an after-school gardening club to give our pupils the chance to connect with nature, learn new skills, and take pride in nurturing something from seed to bloom. This support would help us provide the tools, resources, and guidance needed to create a green, calming space within our urban setting. It would make a real difference to our children’s well-being, encouraging responsibility, teamwork, and a lifelong love for the natural world.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school serves a diverse community where many children live in high-rise flats with little or no access to outdoor space', 'Context'), ('to run an after-school gardening club', 'Usage'), ('to give our pupils the chance to connect with nature, learn new skills, and take pride in nurturing something from seed to bloom', 'Benefit'), ('provide the tools, resources, and guidance needed to create a green, calming space within our urban setting', 'Benefit'), ('make a real difference to our children’s well-being, encouraging responsibility, teamwork, and a lifelong love for the natural world', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a school we are currently turning our school green to achieve our Eco School award. We have made our own gardening area where the children have worked super hard to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers. This gardening bundle or cash prize, would go towards outdoor learning within my primary school as so many children thrive but equipment is so expensive. Therefore, I think with a prize my school's garden area could look even better and we could be accredited our green school award.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we are currently turning our school green to achieve our Eco School award', 'Context'), ('We have made our own gardening area where the children have worked super hard to grow fruits, vegetables and flowers', 'Context'), ('towards outdoor learning within my primary school', 'Usage'), ('so many children thrive but equipment is so expensive', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our school, we have recently opened a SEND hub. As part of this, we are trying to build our pupil's resilience and independence, which they love to do outdoors. Being able to give the children a space to build and grow, and see the garden develop throughout the seasons would be so powerful - helping to embed seasons and change with them. This will also allow the pupils to develop their motor skills, doing hands on task in the gardening area. Outdoor learning and mindfulness are key to our practice, which tools for gardening will really support and enhance.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our school, we have recently opened a SEND hub', 'Context'), (\"to build our pupil's resilience and independence, which they love to do outdoors\", 'Benefit'), ('give the children a space to build and grow, and see the garden develop throughout the seasons would be so powerful', 'Benefit'), ('helping to embed seasons and change with them', 'Benefit'), ('allow the pupils to develop their motor skills, doing hands on task in the gardening area', 'Benefit'), ('Outdoor learning and mindfulness are key to our practice, which tools for gardening will really support and enhance', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Hello. We are desperately trying to develop our outdoor space over the next year. We have now had to remove all our outdoor play equipment as it was condemned for health and safety reasons. Many of our children live in flats so don’t have lovely green spaces in which to play. We reach our infant children the importance of outdoor play and would like to replace our old broken sand pit, Some climbing equipment and some outdoor seating. Thank you.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are desperately trying to develop our outdoor space over the next year', 'Context'), ('We have now had to remove all our outdoor play equipment as it was condemned for health and safety reasons', 'Context'), ('Many of our children live in flats so don’t have lovely green spaces in which to play', 'Context'), ('We reach our infant children the importance of outdoor play', 'Context'), ('to replace our old broken sand pit, Some climbing equipment and some outdoor seating', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is in an urban area with very little green space! In early years we are very fortunate to have a small amount of space for the children however, it is mainly concrete. We would use the funds to buy resources to make the space feel greener (planters, raised beds, green house, seeds and plants), provide the children with opportunities to grow and care for plants, fruit and vegetables and also provide experiences of food from the ground to our plates. Given the urban surroundings, our children do not get these experiences outside of school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is in an urban area with very little green space!', 'Context'), ('In early years we are very fortunate to have a small amount of space for the children however, it is mainly concrete', 'Context'), ('to buy resources', 'Usage'), ('to make the space feel greener (planters, raised beds, green house, seeds and plants', 'Benefit'), ('provide the children with opportunities to grow and care for plants, fruit and vegetables and also provide experiences of food from the ground to our plates', 'Benefit'), ('Given the urban surroundings, our children do not get these experiences outside of school', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We area a village primary school in Lancashire. Our outdoor space has been neglected in the past and we have just drawn up a plan to transform it. We intend to develop different areas including a nature area, sensory garden, growing patch and a wildflower area. We want the children to be involved in creating it and for it to support learning across the curriculum. We currently have no resources and this would give us the perfect start.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We area a village primary school in Lancashire', 'Context'), ('Our outdoor space has been neglected in the past and we have just drawn up a plan to transform it', 'Context'), ('to develop different areas including a nature area, sensory garden, growing patch and a wildflower area', 'Usage'), ('the children to be involved in creating it and for it to support learning across the curriculum', 'Benefit'), ('We currently have no resources', 'Context'), ('give us the perfect start.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Hello, we have a forest school that we have set up this year. It has been hard to resource it and this money would make a huge impact on our children. The club is attended by PP and SEN children and run by staff and parent volunteers. We would us the money to create a wider range of opportunities improving their cultural capital.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we have a forest school that we have set up this year', 'Context'), ('It has been hard to resource it and this money would make a huge impact on our children', 'Context'), ('The club is attended by PP and SEN children and run by staff and parent volunteers', 'Context'), ('to create a wider range of opportunities improving their cultural capital', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our topic in Summer for my Nursery class (2-3 year olds) is Growth. We would love the gardening bundle to help with the topic. If we won the money then this would go towards developing a growing area within our Forest School area on our field.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our topic in Summer for my Nursery class (2-3 year olds) is Growth', 'Context'), ('to help with the topic', 'Usage'), ('towards developing a growing area within our Forest School area on our field', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have recently started a gardening club so this would support this. Our club caters for all children and it’s going to transform a neglected part of the school site.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently started a gardening club', 'Context'), ('Our club caters for all children and it’s going to transform a neglected part of the school site', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I want to bring the horticultural approach to the SEMH school I work at. Most of our children come from care and would benefit heavily from gardening and taking care of their space. I would love to buy a green house for the children to be able to grow their own fruits and vegetables as most of our children will not experience that.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('bring the horticultural approach to the SEMH school I work at', 'Benefit'), ('Most of our children come from care and would benefit heavily from gardening and taking care of their space', 'Context'), ('to buy a green house', 'Usage'), ('for the children to be able to grow their own fruits and vegetables', 'Benefit'), ('most of our children will not experience that', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an inner city school with no grass! we have managed to get some planters built but have to fight every year to get budget to buy top up compost! last year we grew tomatoes, beans, strawberries and potatoes which we cooked and shared with the children they got so much out of it as they don't have gardens of their own and don't understand where food comes from.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an inner city school with no grass!', 'Context'), (\"we grew tomatoes, beans, strawberries and potatoes which we cooked and shared with the children they got so much out of it as they don't have gardens of their own and don't understand where food comes from\", 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a gardening club, that is aiming to grow a functional kitchen garden that can be used to supply our school kitchen. Any garden supplies would aid us in this project\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a gardening club, that is aiming to grow a functional kitchen garden that can be used to supply our school kitchen', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At the moment we are trying to improve our outside area. We have gardening beds but they are currently down in the dumps and need uplifting. We would be able to plant seeds and watch them grow which will link in with our Science and Trailblazer Curriculum.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At the moment we are trying to improve our outside area', 'Context'), ('We have gardening beds but they are currently down in the dumps and need uplifting', 'Context'), ('to plant seeds and watch them grow which will link in with our Science and Trailblazer Curriculum', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We began the year partnering with Climate friendly schools. We have used old pallets to create a living wall and began our sensory garden.\n", - "The children are loving growing plants from seeds and watching the process however we are very limited on space and window's to grow our seeds.\n", - "We would love to win and use the money to buy a small green house and to develop our growing area and veg patch.\n", - "We would also love to increase the number of compost bins we have so that we can recycle the fruit waste and then use the compost for the garden beds ready to grow more vegetables.\n", - "The children would benefit massively from this as we can get them outside learning first hand as well as providing the holistic learning to help support their physical and ,mental health.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We began the year partnering with Climate friendly schools', 'Context'), ('We have used old pallets to create a living wall and began our sensory garden.', 'Context'), (\"The children are loving growing plants from seeds and watching the process however we are very limited on space and window's to grow our seeds\", 'Context'), ('to buy a small green house and to develop our growing area and veg patch', 'Usage'), ('to increase the number of compost bins', 'Usage'), ('get them outside learning first hand', 'Benefit'), ('providing the holistic learning to help support their physical and ,mental health', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our Reception garden is used by over 70 children throughout the day. It is well used and well loved. We are very lucky to have space but unfortunately we don't have the money/resources to fill it and make it a quality learning environment. Our SEND children rely on this provision as it provides a quiet space and somewhere to seek sensory stimulation such as in the sand and water areas. Ideally we would love to update our planters, plant pots and window boxes so that all the children can be part of growing their own healthy food and take care of our learning environment and make their school playground somewhere to be proud of.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Reception garden is used by over 70 children throughout the day', 'Context'), ('It is well used and well loved', 'Context'), (\"We are very lucky to have space but unfortunately we don't have the money/resources to fill it and make it a quality learning environment\", 'Context'), ('Our SEND children rely on this provision', 'Context'), ('provides a quiet space and somewhere to seek sensory stimulation such as in the sand and water areas', 'Benefit'), ('to update our planters, plant pots and window boxes', 'Usage'), ('that all the children can be part of growing their own healthy food and take care of our learning environment and make their school playground somewhere to be proud of', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have an unused green house in our early years garden and we would like to buy pots, seeds, soil, watering cans to help get us up and running. We also have an area in the garden that grows a lot of nettles and it would be great to dig them out and plant our own plants as well as a bug hotel.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have an unused green house in our early years garden', 'Context'), ('to buy pots, seeds, soil, watering cans', 'Usage'), ('to help get us up and running', 'Benefit'), ('have an area in the garden that grows a lot of nettles and it would be great to dig them out and plant our own plants as well as a bug hotel.', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: All the children in our setting have additional needs and many of these children are from homes and situations that mean they have not had as many life experiences. We love getting our children outdoors and would love to create with them an area to grow fruit and vegetables for them to maintain and care for. This can then be used in cooking lessons and science lessons with them\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('All the children in our setting have additional needs and many of these children are from homes and situations that mean they have not had as many life experiences', 'Context'), ('We love getting our children outdoors', 'Context'), ('to create with them an area to grow fruit and vegetables', 'Usage'), ('for them to maintain and care for', 'Benefit'), ('in cooking lessons and science lessons with them', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a new school, only being open 3 years, we don't have a large store of resources like many older or much larger schools might. But I wouldn't want this to hinder the experience these children get. We have recently registered as part of the Eco- Schools Programme and have developed our own eco- club! The children have begun learning the importance of improving biodiversity on our school grounds. We have endeavored to create a sensory garden on our playground to support children's mental wellbeing and encourage more time spent outside. This gardening bundle would allow the children to get messy and have fun gardening whilst we also expose our children to the importance of caring for the environment around them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"As a new school, only being open 3 years, we don't have a large store of resources like many older or much larger schools might\", 'Context'), ('to hinder the experience these children get', 'Benefit'), ('We have recently registered as part of the Eco- Schools Programme and have developed our own eco- club!', 'Context'), ('The children have begun learning the importance of improving biodiversity on our school grounds', 'Context'), ('to create a sensory garden on our playground', 'Usage'), (\"to support children's mental wellbeing and encourage more time spent outside\", 'Benefit'), ('allow the children to get messy and have fun gardening whilst we also expose our children to the importance of caring for the environment around them', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an SENd school and as part of our curriculum we have introduced Gardening, by winning a bundle it would give us more items to use in the lessons giving our pupils greater knowledge of using equipment and how they use them. We are passionate about the environment and want to make grange a greener place and this would help.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an SENd school and as part of our curriculum we have introduced Gardening', 'Context'), ('give us more items to use in the lessons', 'Benefit'), ('giving our pupils greater knowledge of using equipment and how they use them', 'Benefit'), ('We are passionate about the environment and want to make grange a greener place', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: we are in a really deprived area of Burnley many parents use our food bank in nursery, we have recently grown some bean plants and have invested in a a small green house. we aim to grow more salad items and vegetables, for children to carry on growing or to put into our food bank to help parents.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we are in a really deprived area of Burnley many parents use our food bank in nursery', 'Context'), ('we have recently grown some bean plants and have invested in a a small green house', 'Context'), ('to grow more salad items and vegetables', 'Usage'), ('for children to carry on growing or to put into our food bank to help parents', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our nursery, we believe hands-on experiences with nature help children develop responsibility, curiosity, and a love for the environment. Many of our children have limited opportunities to grow plants at home, so we want to provide a rich gardening experience where they can care for plants from seed to harvest. With your support, we would grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs—teaching children about healthy eating and where food comes from. Tending to the garden will nurture patience, teamwork, and responsibility, while also supporting sensory exploration and communication skills. Your gardening bundle would bring learning to life in our setting!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our nursery, we believe hands-on experiences with nature help children develop responsibility, curiosity, and a love for the environment', 'Context'), ('Many of our children have limited opportunities to grow plants at home', 'Context'), ('provide a rich gardening experience where they can care for plants from seed to harvest', 'Benefit'), ('grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs—teaching', 'Usage'), ('nurture patience, teamwork, and responsibility, while also supporting sensory exploration and communication skills', 'Benefit'), ('bring learning to life in our setting!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to have this to develop our outdoor space into a sensory garden giving the pupils ownership of the space and how the plants will be chosen and looked after.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to develop our outdoor space into a sensory garden', 'Usage'), ('giving the pupils ownership of the space and how the plants will be chosen and looked after', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school, Crosscanonby St Johns, has recently come into a community allotment plot. This prize would benefit the school massively in getting this allotment up and running. we believe that this allotment is a way of brining our school community closer together and a way of promoting healthy eating within school. It gives the children a sense of independence being able to grow their own fruit and vegetables and a sense of confidence. Twinkl is used hugely within our school setting and believe that this competition prize would really boost their summer term.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school, Crosscanonby St Johns, has recently come into a community allotment plot', 'Context'), ('getting this allotment up and running', 'Usage'), ('brining our school community closer together and a way of promoting healthy eating within school', 'Benefit'), ('gives the children a sense of independence being able to grow their own fruit and vegetables and a sense of confidence', 'Benefit'), ('boost their summer term', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would like to create a sensory garden including different textures of plants, different herbs and scents etc, encourage gardening and planting fruit and vegetables to care for the environment. We are a small setting and have additional needs children in setting, who best thrive from being outdoors and learning.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to create a sensory garden including different textures of plants, different herbs and scents etc', 'Usage'), ('encourage gardening and planting fruit and vegetables to care for the environment', 'Benefit'), ('We are a small setting and have additional needs children in setting, who best thrive from being outdoors and learning', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our demographic means that majority of our children are disadvantaged, PPG and SEN due to socio-economic issues. This bundle would provide our children with even more opportunities to go outside and immerse in the environment. We are focusing on healthy eating for both are children and parents and this would allow us to support them greatly. We want to promote a positive impact to the environment and build our school community to give back to the local community. This would be an amazing opportunity for a school with a increasingly tight budget. Thank you so much!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our demographic means that majority of our children are disadvantaged, PPG and SEN due to socio-economic issues', 'Context'), ('provide our children with even more opportunities to go outside and immerse in the environment', 'Benefit'), ('We are focusing on healthy eating for both are children and parents', 'Context'), ('promote a positive impact to the environment and build our school community to give back to the local community', 'Benefit'), ('a school with a increasingly tight budget', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would use this with SEN children- teaching them a life skill of gardening. It will be great to regulate their emotions outside and will give them the chance to take ownership of a project.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('teaching them a life skill of gardening', 'Benefit'), ('to regulate their emotions outside and will give them the chance to take ownership of a project', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a fairly new setting in a deprived area. We have a small area outside that we are turning into our vegetable patch. The children are excited to try and grow vegetables for our Guinea pigs. We have a lot of children who live in temporary accommodations or flats and do not have access to their own garden. Following cultural capital we would love to enhance the children's opportunities to access a beautiful garden while at our setting.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a fairly new setting in a deprived area', 'Context'), ('We have a small area outside that we are turning into our vegetable patch', 'Context'), ('The children are excited to try and grow vegetables for our Guinea pigs', 'Context'), ('We have a lot of children who live in temporary accommodations or flats and do not have access to their own garden', 'Context'), (\"enhance the children's opportunities to access a beautiful garden while at our setting\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would be so,so helpful in being able to start up our gardening again. We would use the money to repair our raised beds which have fallen apart now. We are a fairly small village school with a wide range of children and abilities. Being outside in nature and learning about growing can be so therapeutic to children and adults alike but sadly there is quite often not enough in the budget to accommodate this and this prize would present us with a fabulous opportunity to develop our garden area and engage the children in this wonderful activity.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to start up our gardening again', 'Usage'), ('to repair our raised beds which have fallen apart now', 'Usage'), ('We are a fairly small village school with a wide range of children and abilities', 'Context'), ('there is quite often not enough in the budget to accommodate this and', 'Context'), ('to develop our garden area', 'Usage'), ('engage the children in this wonderful activity', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Bradworthy Primary Academy is part of rural farming community. However, many of our village children do not have access to their own outdoor space. With our broad and varied curriculum and our numerous extra-curricular activities, we aim to provide our children with as many rich opportunities as possible. Our popular weekly gardening club has recently lost much of it's outdoor gardening space after a major building project. We are now eager to rebuild and replant a school garden to improve the appearance of the school, but also to grow items that we can then use in our school kitchens.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Bradworthy Primary Academy is part of rural farming community', 'Context'), ('many of our village children do not have access to their own outdoor space', 'Context'), ('our broad and varied curriculum and our numerous extra-curricular activities', 'Usage'), ('to provide our children with as many rich opportunities as possible', 'Benefit'), (\"Our popular weekly gardening club has recently lost much of it's outdoor gardening space after a major building project\", 'Context'), ('to rebuild and replant a school garden', 'Usage'), ('to improve the appearance of the school, but also to grow items that we can then use in our school kitchens', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a small forest school area which would benefit from lots of lovely new items. We also have a sensory garden which needs a complete revamp so I am thinking it could become our new gardening area. Children need to spend more time exploring nature and the world around them so any new items would be wonderful.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a small forest school area which would benefit from lots of lovely new items', 'Context'), ('We also have a sensory garden which needs a complete revamp so I am thinking it could become our new gardening area.', 'Context'), ('Children need to spend more time exploring nature and the world around them', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Out topic next this term is how does your garden grow. It will take the children on a journey of growth, our big bag day is the children improving our out door garden. We have been trying to get donations from the parents to improve our outdoor area.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Out topic next this term is how does your garden grow', 'Context'), ('take the children on a journey of growth, our big bag day is the children improving our out door garden', 'Benefit'), ('to improve our outdoor area', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: A local men's mental health group have made us some lovely wooden planters but we now need something to fill with with. Compost and plants are so expensive.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"A local men's mental health group have made us some lovely wooden planters\", 'Context'), ('need something to fill with with', 'Usage'), ('Compost and plants are so expensive', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use the money to enhance our flower beds in the EYFS garden where all children can access during playtimes. Enhancing the flower beds would enable children to grow fruit and vegetables. They could also watch the flowers to develop their learning, Observing the wildlife that they would attract. We have broken decking which could help with the repair. The pupil school council would like to set up an afterschool gardening club too.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to enhance our flower beds in the EYFS garden', 'Usage'), ('enable children to grow fruit and vegetables', 'Benefit'), ('to develop their learning, Observing the wildlife that they would attract', 'Benefit'), ('We have broken decking which could help with the repair', 'Context'), ('to set up an afterschool gardening club too', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our school we are lucky enough to have a wonderful allotment. Since taking over as the lead of the allotment and outdoor learning, and understanding the importance of growing your own. I with the support of my head I'm wanting to push for a whole school approach to outdoor learning and most importantly a love of outdoor learning. Getting children outdoors is something I'm passionate about we are living in a technological society where children are stuck watching tablets, playing video games, or glued to mobile phones. This is having a detrimental effect on children's mental health and social skills. \n", - "In a recent email I sent to all staff at our school I highlighted the importance of outdoor learning. Being outside in a space where children can connect with nature, spark their curiosity, and unleash their creativity provides them with a wealth of skills. Access to green spaces is associated with improved mental well-being and overall health. It promotes improved memory, increases supportive social groups, and teaches self-discipline. It moderates stress and improves behaviours and symptoms of ADHD. Spending just 1-2 hours in nature can boost positive mood significantly. It decreases negative mood (tension, depression, and anger). Many of which our children feel or display characteristics of when starting the school day. \n", - "Our school demographic - we have a higher than average percentage of children who are PP and unfortunately, a lot of our children come from broken homes where they live unsteady and turbulent lifestyles, through no fault of their own. I want to provide our children the skills they need to succeed in a world which is trying so hard to damage the health of our younger generation. \n", - "I think being outside planting and growing their own food not only builds a more sustainable future but it empowers children to make healthier choices as they witness first-hand the effort and care required to produce nourishing fruits and vegetables. It also fosters a sense of responsibility and stewardship for the environment as they understand the impact of sustainable practices for our planet. Being outdoors and growing your own teaches patience, resilience, and a sense of achievement. I want children to make healthier choices to eat less processed foods and be more knowledgeable on where food comes from.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our school we are lucky enough to have a wonderful allotment', 'Context'), ('Since taking over as the lead of the allotment and outdoor learning, and understanding the importance of growing your own', 'Context'), ('to push for a whole school approach to outdoor learning and most importantly a love of outdoor learning', 'Usage'), (\"Getting children outdoors is something I'm passionate about\", 'Benefit'), ('we are living in a technological society where children are stuck watching tablets, playing video games, or glued to mobile phones', 'Context'), (\"This is having a detrimental effect on children's mental health and social skills\", 'Benefit'), ('highlighted the importance of outdoor learning', 'Benefit'), ('Being outside in a space where children can connect with nature, spark their curiosity, and unleash their creativity provides them with a wealth of skills', 'Benefit'), ('associated with improved mental well-being and overall health', 'Benefit'), ('promotes improved memory, increases supportive social groups, and teaches self-discipline', 'Benefit'), ('moderates stress and improves behaviours and symptoms of ADHD', 'Benefit'), ('boost positive mood significantly.', 'Benefit'), ('decreases negative mood (tension, depression, and anger', 'Benefit'), ('Many of which our children feel or display characteristics of when starting the school day', 'Benefit'), ('Our school demographic - we have a higher than average percentage of children who are PP and unfortunately, a lot of our children come from broken homes where they live unsteady and turbulent lifestyles, through no fault of their own', 'Context'), ('to provide our children the skills they need to succeed in a world which is trying so hard to damage the health of our younger generation', 'Benefit'), ('being outside planting and growing their own food', 'Benefit'), ('builds a more sustainable future but it empowers children to make healthier choices as they witness first-hand the effort and care required to produce nourishing fruits and vegetables', 'Benefit'), ('fosters a sense of responsibility and stewardship for the environment as they understand the impact of sustainable practices for our planet', 'Benefit'), ('teaches patience, resilience, and a sense of achievement', 'Benefit'), ('want children to make healthier choices to eat less processed foods and be more knowledgeable on where food comes from', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have been trying to improve the nature within our grounds that the children have easy access to. We are an inner city school in Camden, London, and we have a very small building and playground. We try to make the best out of what we have but due to budget and funding restraints it has been difficult to buy the resources that we need like soil, pots, tools and gloves etc. The money and resources would go towards all children in the school being involved in gardening within their science lesson. It will also particularly support the children within our Early Years setting to learn through sensory experiences and the natural world around them. Some of our SEND learners will benefit from this hugely as we have seen the impact in can have for them to access the outdoors and feel connected to nature.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have been trying to improve the nature within our grounds that the children have easy access to', 'Context'), ('We are an inner city school in Camden, London, and we have a very small building and playground', 'Context'), ('We try to make the best out of what we have', 'Context'), ('due to budget and funding restraints it has been difficult to buy the resources that we need like soil, pots, tools and gloves etc.', 'Context'), ('towards all children in the school being involved in gardening within their science lesson', 'Benefit'), ('support the children within our Early Years setting to learn through sensory experiences and the natural world around them', 'Benefit'), ('for them to access the outdoors and feel connected to nature', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would love to gift them everything they need, from sensory toys, to more equipment and more funds. they do everything for our children, from making them better people to making their activities inclusive for all. They go above and beyond for every single child in whatever way they need to. They are also volunteers who aren't paid to do this, they give up their time every week and the behind the scenes work that goes into the nights is incredible and I applaud them for it. They are incredible and would do anything for any child. I can't praise them enough, they are just incredible people who care for everyone. I would give them everything they need if I could. The Gardening equipment would mean that they can give the children more opportunities to have fun and work with the land they have, it would go towards a badge for them as well. Unfortunately the scout group doesn't have the fund to be able to provide this at the moment. So these tools would be an incredible gift for them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to gift them everything they need, from sensory toys, to more equipment and more funds', 'Usage'), ('they do everything for our children', 'Context'), ('making them better people to making their activities inclusive for all', 'Benefit'), ('They go above and beyond for every single child in whatever way they need to', 'Context'), (\"They are also volunteers who aren't paid to do this, they give up their time every week and the behind the scenes work that goes into the nights is incredible\", 'Context'), ('they are just incredible people who care for everyone', 'Context'), ('give the children more opportunities to have fun and work with the land they have', 'Benefit'), ('a badge for them', 'Usage'), (\"the scout group doesn't have the fund to be able to provide this at the moment\", 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I am currently setting up a forest school and gardening area at a nursery for children aged 0-5, this would be an amazing benefit for our nursery as we currently have nothing, this means that we can equip these areas quicker which would then lead to benefiting the children faster :)\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('I am currently setting up a forest school and gardening area at a nursery for children aged 0-5', 'Context'), ('we currently have nothing', 'Context'), ('equip these areas', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would be excellent for our EYFS children as they learn science topics about plants and growing. We have a dedicated area for planting and it is a good sensory outlet for children who become overstimulated easily.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('they learn science topics about plants and growing', 'Benefit'), ('We have a dedicated area for planting and it is a good sensory outlet for children who become overstimulated easily', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Being a school within a deprived area and having families with an minimal means to supports their children within our school will give them the opportunity to gain valuable experiences of growing their own fruit and vegetables. This would be a good start for them in having a healthy attachment to food, and would probably be the only experience of learning how and where their food grows before enjoying the process of preparing and cooking to taste, knowing that they had grown it all by themselves. Thus improving their mental health and well being, their personal and social social skills and achievement and knowing that some of the produce would be available to take for their families to share.\n", - "These experience are life long and can be forwarded on to their own family network, teaching family members what they have learnt from growing their amazing fruit and vegetables.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Being a school within a deprived area and having families with an minimal means to supports their children within our school', 'Context'), ('give them the opportunity to gain valuable experiences of growing their own fruit and vegetables', 'Benefit'), ('start for them in having a healthy attachment to food', 'Benefit'), ('improving their mental health and well being, their personal and social social skills and achievement and knowing that some of the produce would be available to take for their families to share', 'Benefit'), ('teaching family members what they have learnt from growing their amazing fruit and vegetables', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a wonderful Eco Warrior team and they are working on their eco schools award again this year. We are working on biodiversity and looking at how to grow things. We have also started looking at healthy living this year too and this would be great to teach them and classes how to grow their own vegetables, especially for children who may not get this experience at home.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a wonderful Eco Warrior team and they are working on their eco schools award again this year', 'Context'), ('We are working on biodiversity and looking at how to grow things', 'Context'), ('We have also started looking at healthy living this year too', 'Context'), ('to teach them and classes how to grow their own vegetables, especially for children who may not get this experience at home', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We run a 60-place nursery in an urban area of high deprivation and have recently started a daily gardening club with a small planting area. Gardening supplies would greatly benefit the children, enhancing their understanding of the natural world and food sources. This would positively impact their health and well-being, as they engage in outdoor gardening, a novel experience for those living in flats without gardens, and lead to food preparation with home-grown ingredients. We believe this would encourage them to try new foods, develop healthy habits, and inspire their families to explore fresh ideas.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We run a 60-place nursery in an urban area of high deprivation and have recently started a daily gardening club with a small planting area', 'Context'), ('enhancing their understanding of the natural world and food sources', 'Benefit'), ('impact their health and well-being', 'Benefit'), ('they engage in outdoor gardening, a novel experience for those living in flats without gardens, and lead to food preparation with home-grown ingredients', 'Benefit'), ('encourage them to try new foods, develop healthy habits, and inspire their families to explore fresh ideas', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: \"We are a school in a highly deprived area seeking support to develop our Forest School program. We have a great forest space that we’d love to enhance for purposeful, hands-on learning. Our children need more active learning to build resilience and self-esteem, and we’d greatly appreciate training or resources to help transform their experiences. With an increasing number of children with physical and sensory needs, this initiative would be vital in ensuring all our students can thrive.\"\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a school in a highly deprived area seeking support to develop our Forest School program', 'Context'), ('We have a great forest space that we’d love to enhance for purposeful, hands-on learning', 'Context'), ('Our children need more active learning to build resilience and self-esteem', 'Context'), ('training or resources', 'Usage'), ('to help transform their experiences', 'Benefit'), ('With an increasing number of children with physical and sensory needs', 'Context'), ('ensuring all our students can thrive', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Develop our school garden which needs a lot of love!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Develop our school garden which needs a lot of love!', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We recently partnered with Building Resilience in Young Minds to run a series of workshops for our Year 3 and 4 students. These sessions taught valuable strategies to reduce anxiety and build resilience, making a profound impact on both students and their families. We've already seen increased resilience in their learning, and now we’re aiming to expand the program to all year groups. To make this possible, we’re raising funds to ensure every child benefits from these essential skills.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We recently partnered with Building Resilience in Young Minds to run a series of workshops for our Year 3 and 4 students', 'Context'), ('taught valuable strategies to reduce anxiety and build resilience, making a profound impact on both students and their families', 'Benefit'), (\"We've already seen increased resilience in their learning\", 'Context'), ('to expand the program to all year groups', 'Usage'), ('to ensure every child benefits from these essential skills', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our children and young people would benefit from working outdoors with nature. Given their mental health needs, this holistic approach to learning would provide them the space and pace to breath and regulate.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our children and young people would benefit from working outdoors with nature', 'Benefit'), ('Given their mental health needs, this holistic approach to learning would provide them the space and pace to breath and regulate', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is constantly striving to be better for pupils, a lovely little tidy garden area in our early years nursery would bring so much joy to the children\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is constantly striving to be better for pupils', 'Context'), ('a lovely little tidy garden area in our early years nursery', 'Usage'), ('bring so much joy to the children', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are implementing a therapeutic approach to our provision time in school and so gardening is going to be a key way of helping regulate and soothe our most vulnerable children. The children in EYFS/KS1 love exploring nature and we would love to be able to expand their opportunities. Like many schools, we are suffering with a severe lack of funding and so if we were able to receive some support it would mean the world.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are implementing a therapeutic approach to our provision time in school', 'Context'), ('helping regulate and soothe our most vulnerable children', 'Benefit'), ('The children in EYFS/KS1 love exploring nature', 'Context'), ('to expand their opportunities', 'Usage'), ('Like many schools, we are suffering with a severe lack of funding', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would set up a gardening club, growing from seeds and documenting growth\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('set up a gardening club', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At LIPA School, we believe that every child should have the chance to dig deep, plant roots, and watch their dreams grow just like the seeds they nurture. Many of our children have limited access to green spaces, and this gardening bundle would be a gift of wonder, discovery, and connection to nature. Imagine their joy as tiny hands plant seeds, care for them, and witness life flourish! It’s more than just gardening it’s cultivating patience, responsibility, and pride. With your help, we can turn our school into a thriving, green sanctuary where every child blossoms. Please help us grow! ??\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we believe that every child should have the chance to dig deep, plant roots, and watch their dreams grow just like the seeds they nurture', 'Context'), ('Many of our children have limited access to green spaces', 'Context'), ('gift of wonder, discovery, and connection to nature', 'Benefit'), ('cultivating patience, responsibility, and pride', 'Benefit'), ('turn our school into a thriving, green sanctuary where every child blossoms', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At Oscott Manor School, our pupils thrive through hands-on, sensory learning. Many struggle with communication and anxiety, but gardening offers a calming, purposeful way to engage with the world. With this bundle, we’d create a small, accessible garden where our students can grow sunflowers, beans, and vegetables building confidence, independence, and life skills. Alan, one of our Year 10 pupils, loves routine and would take pride in watering and caring for the plants daily. The £500 would help us add raised beds and adaptive tools, making gardening enjoyable and accessible for all, bringing joy and learning to our students.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At Oscott Manor School, our pupils thrive through hands-on, sensory learning', 'Benefit'), ('Many struggle with communication and anxiety, but gardening offers a calming, purposeful way to engage with the world', 'Context'), ('create a small, accessible garden', 'Usage'), ('building confidence, independence, and life skills', 'Benefit'), ('Alan, one of our Year 10 pupils, loves routine', 'Context'), ('add raised beds and adaptive tools', 'Usage'), ('making gardening enjoyable and accessible for all, bringing joy and learning to our students', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: If we won the gardening bundle we would use this to improve our reflection garden area and to develop further our outdoor learning and nurture activities to support the mental health and well-being of our pupils.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to improve our reflection garden area', 'Usage'), ('to develop further our outdoor learning and nurture activities', 'Benefit'), ('to support the mental health and well-being of our pupils', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This bundle would be fantastic as we have just started to create our very own gardening area, we have already had bark put down and planted some herbs. But we would love to purchase some new planters so that we can grown our own vegetables and have a sunflower area.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we have just started to create our very own gardening area, we have already had bark put down and planted some herbs', 'Context'), ('to purchase some new planters', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: It would lovely to use the prize to enable the children to be able to grow their own fruit and vegetables to be able to use in learning how to cook healthy meals or sell fruit at breaktime to be able to reinvest to be able to carry on replenishing plants, bulbs and compost etc.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('enable the children to be able to grow their own fruit and vegetables', 'Benefit'), ('learning how to cook healthy meals or sell fruit at breaktime to be able to reinvest to be able to carry on replenishing plants, bulbs and compost etc', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The learners in our small primary school in an economically deprived area within the county (over 60%FSM) require hands on learning experiences to support their social and academic development. Cooperating, collaborating and communicating with peers really supports this development and engages learners to understand new concepts through pictoral and abstract learning methods. We would hope to grow fruit and vegetables if successful engage learners with cross-curricular maths, literacy and ITC skills whilst developing their understanding of a healthy diet.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('The learners in our small primary school in an economically deprived area within the county (over 60%FSM) require hands on learning experiences to support their social and academic development', 'Context'), ('Cooperating, collaborating and communicating with peers', 'Benefit'), ('engages learners to understand new concepts through pictoral and abstract learning methods', 'Benefit'), ('to grow fruit and vegetables', 'Usage'), ('engage learners with cross-curricular maths, literacy and ITC skills', 'Benefit'), ('developing their understanding of a healthy diet', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We run an afterschool activity which has a small budget and it would be brilliant if they have more opportunities to expand the activity maybe even growing fruit and vegetables which can be sold for a small sum in school which will slowly increase the available budget.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We run an afterschool activity which has a small budget', 'Context'), ('growing fruit and vegetables', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use the supplies in order to get the children more involved in growing even more fruits, veggies etc than we do already. We are looking to purchase more polytunnel space and also we are in the process of building another outdoor classroom which will be surrounded by opportunities to grow things to support wildlife\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to get the children more involved in growing even more fruits, veggies etc than we do already', 'Benefit'), ('We are looking to purchase more polytunnel space and also we are in the process of building another outdoor classroom which will be surrounded by opportunities to grow things to support wildlife', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: These fantastic resources would make a big difference to our Gardening Club. We have an allotment space on site but struggle to maintain it on a shoestring budget, relying on donations from parents and staff spending their own money. With the extra resources we will be able to grow more vegetables for the children to take home and share with their families. We will also be able to extend our offering further, to allow more of our children who struggle to self-regulate within the classroom environment, to get outside and learn skills they don’t have the opportunity to at home.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have an allotment space on site but struggle to maintain it on a shoestring budget', 'Context'), ('to grow more vegetables', 'Usage'), ('to allow more of our children who struggle to self-regulate within the classroom environment, to get outside and learn skills they don’t have the opportunity to at home', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have recently received funding to aid the building of an allotment area within the nursery for the whole school to access. However the funding is limited to the allotment and not equipment which we are still raising funds for. This would be a really good starting block with equipment or the £500 would provide us with the opportunity to purchase everything we need!!!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently received funding to aid the building of an allotment area within the nursery for the whole school to access', 'Context'), ('the funding is limited to the allotment and not equipment which we are still raising funds for', 'Context'), ('provide us with the opportunity to purchase everything we need!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are constantly developing our woodland area as all of our near 500 children access it and have woodland sessions. Gardening Club and the holiday club would also benefit and love this prize too. The children have thrived with this new addition to our school over the past few years and has broadened our already packed curriculum.\n", - "Wouldn't it be lovely to surprise them with some extra treats !\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are constantly developing our woodland area as all of our near 500 children access it and have woodland sessions', 'Context'), ('Gardening Club and the holiday club would also benefit and love this prize too', 'Usage'), ('The children have thrived with this new addition to our school over the past few years and has broadened our already packed curriculum', 'Context'), ('to surprise them with some extra treats', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our small secondary SEN School has Horticulture as a key part of curriculum. We have recently managed to have a small outdoor learning building erected close to our small orchard and also got a wonderful new Horticulture tutor. These bundles would go a long way. They would also support the Enterprise summer event where students sell to their parents and family members who visit potted plants etc that they have done.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our small secondary SEN School has Horticulture as a key part of curriculum', 'Context'), ('We have recently managed to have a small outdoor learning building erected close to our small orchard and also got a wonderful new Horticulture tutor', 'Context'), ('support the Enterprise summer event where students sell to their parents and family members who visit potted plants etc that they have done', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would buy equipment like small spades, forks, pots. Safety equipment for the children like gloves & wellington boots. Seeds so we can watch how things grow.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('buy equipment like small spades, forks, pots', 'Usage'), ('Safety equipment for the children like gloves & wellington boots', 'Usage'), ('we can watch how things grow', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Winning this gardening equipment would be a game-changer for our small, charity run preschool. With these tools, we could transform our outdoor space into a hands-on learning environment where children can connect with nature. Gardening would offer our little ones the opportunity to explore, grow, and learn about responsibility as they care for plants. It’s not just about growing food—it’s about fostering curiosity, teamwork, and healthy habits. The fresh produce we could grow would also help us provide healthy snacks, allowing us to teach the importance of healthy eating and sustainability in a fun, interactive way.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('transform our outdoor space into a hands-on learning environment where children can connect with nature', 'Benefit'), ('offer our little ones the opportunity to explore, grow, and learn about responsibility as they care for plants', 'Benefit'), ('fostering curiosity, teamwork, and healthy habits', 'Benefit'), ('provide healthy snacks, allowing us to teach the importance of healthy eating and sustainability in a fun, interactive way', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have fundraised for a garden area in our pre school to be used as a peaceful and tranquil space. The groundworks are complete but we need plants, vegetables and herbs to bring it alive. Many of our children need a quieter space for reflection and to help them manage their emotions and feelings. One of our children is undergoing treatment for leukaemia and an outside, calm space is a safer environment and peaceful space.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have fundraised for a garden area in our pre school to be used as a peaceful and tranquil space.', 'Context'), ('The groundworks are complete but we need plants, vegetables and herbs to bring it alive', 'Context'), ('Many of our children need a quieter space for reflection and to help them manage their emotions and feelings', 'Context'), ('One of our children is undergoing treatment for leukaemia and an outside, calm space is a safer environment and peaceful space', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a charity run pre school and we are starting to help the children engage in the garden with composting, sowing, planting and the whole process from start to finish. Help with this would be very much appreciated as this is essential for children’s growth\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a charity run pre school and we are starting to help the children engage in the garden with composting, sowing, planting and the whole process from start to finish', 'Context'), ('this is essential for children’s growth', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have just started a new ranger programme in our outdoor classroom and the children have decided they want to plant flowers to make the area colourful and attract insects,bees and birds. This prize would help us to achieve this. We would be very grateful for any chance to improve our area and learning.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have just started a new ranger programme in our outdoor classroom and the children have decided they want to plant flowers to make', 'Context'), ('to improve our area and learning', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would give this to the forest school area of the school so that the children could learn to plant, weed and learn more about the outdoors, I'm a member of the ptfa for the school and we are also developing an outdoor classroom, we are always looking for new ways to best support the children that go to willowbank all years, all abilities\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('the forest school area of the school', 'Usage'), (\"I'm a member of the ptfa for the school and we are also developing an outdoor classroom,\", 'Context'), ('we are always looking for new ways to best support the children that go to willowbank all years, all abilities', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our daycare, we prioritize outdoor learning and hands-on experiences to help children grow and thrive. With £500 and a gardening bundle, we would create an engaging garden space where children can plant, nurture, and harvest their own fruits, vegetables, and flowers. This would teach them responsibility, patience, and a love for nature. Our daycare provides a warm, nurturing environment where children develop key skills through play and exploration. By enhancing our outdoor space, we can offer even more sensory-rich, educational activities. We would love to support our children by providing a safe, stimulating setting where they can learn and flourish\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our daycare, we prioritize outdoor learning and hands-on experiences', 'Context'), ('to help children grow and thrive', 'Benefit'), ('create an engaging garden space where children can plant, nurture, and harvest their own fruits, vegetables, and flowers', 'Benefit'), ('teach them responsibility, patience, and a love for nature', 'Benefit'), ('provides a warm, nurturing environment where children develop key skills through play and exploration', 'Benefit'), ('offer even more sensory-rich, educational activities', 'Benefit'), ('providing a safe, stimulating setting where they can learn and flourish', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: In our school these gardening resources would provide an enriching, hands-on experience for our children. By cultivating plants and tending to the garden, students would learn about nature, responsibility, and sustainability, which is a big focus for our school action plan this year! Our outdoor spaces would begin to foster creativity, teamwork, and patience, while also enhancing their understanding of biology and ecosystems. Gardening could be incorporated into various subjects, from science lessons to art projects, offering a therapeutic environment for students to unwind and connect with nature. Adding to our green space would support their emotional well-being, boost cognitive skills, and encourage a lifelong appreciation for the environment.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('provide an enriching, hands-on experience for our children', 'Benefit'), ('learn about nature, responsibility, and sustainability, which is a big focus for our school action plan this year', 'Benefit'), ('to foster creativity, teamwork, and patience, while also enhancing their understanding of biology and ecosystems', 'Benefit'), ('offering a therapeutic environment for students to unwind and connect with nature', 'Benefit'), ('support their emotional well-being, boost cognitive skills, and encourage a lifelong appreciation for the environment', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have just started a fruit and veg garden so this would help as we have very limited resources for the children to use at the moment\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have just started a fruit and veg garden', 'Context'), ('we have very limited resources for the children to use at the moment', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a nursery in an area of deprivation, we would use the gardening equipment to create a therapeutic and educational garden for children. The equipment would enable hands-on learning, encouraging creativity, teamwork, and environmental awareness. By cultivating plants, children would gain valuable skills such as responsibility, patience, and problem-solving. Additionally, the garden could provide a peaceful space for relaxation and outdoor play, fostering a connection to nature\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As a nursery in an area of deprivation', 'Context'), ('we would use the gardening equipment to create a therapeutic and educational garden for children', 'Context'), ('enable hands-on learning, encouraging creativity, teamwork, and environmental awareness', 'Benefit'), ('gain valuable skills such as responsibility, patience, and problem-solving', 'Benefit'), ('provide a peaceful space for relaxation and outdoor play, fostering a connection to nature', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our preschool we are passionate about nurturing young minds with a connection with nature. we try each year to transform our allotment into a vibrant interesting learning space where children can plant, grow and harvest their own fruits and vegetables. this hands on experience will help to teach them about healthy eating and sustainable environments. By actively encouraging this and engaging in gardening our children will develop life skills such as teamwork responsibility and patience your support will help us inspire our next generation to care about their own well being and that of our planet!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our preschool we are passionate about nurturing young minds with a connection with nature', 'Context'), ('we try each year to transform our allotment into a vibrant interesting learning space where children can plant, grow and harvest their own fruits and vegetables', 'Context'), ('to teach them about healthy eating and sustainable environments', 'Benefit'), ('develop life skills such as teamwork responsibility and patience', 'Benefit'), ('inspire our next generation to care about their own well being and that of our planet!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our students love to see things grow, we have a polytunnel, but are lacking in the ingredients to make this thrive.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our students love to see things grow, we have a polytunnel, but are lacking in the ingredients to make this thrive', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have just set up a raised bed for each year group in the school and would love some additional gardening equipment to help us make them grow!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have just set up a raised bed for each year group in the school', 'Context'), ('some additional gardening equipment', 'Usage'), ('to help us make them grow!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a SEND school we value teaching life skills by teaching our pupils about the world all around them, this includes gardening and looking after their immediate environment, at home or at school. Unfortunately, we don't have a dedicated gardening teacher or many resources to support our teachers in providing the lessons. Our pupils love getting outdoors and watching their efforts grow before their eyes and more resources to enable better participation would really help support them in this endeavour, as well as support career choices as they grow through the school and into our 6th form college and beyond.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we value teaching life skills', 'Context'), ('teaching our pupils about the world all around them, this includes gardening and looking after their immediate environment, at home or at school', 'Benefit'), (\"we don't have a dedicated gardening teacher or many resources to support our teachers in providing the lessons\", 'Context'), ('Our pupils love getting outdoors and watching their efforts grow before their eyes and more resources to enable better participation would really help support them in this endeavour', 'Context'), ('support career choices as they grow through the school and into our 6th form college and beyond', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a homeschooling mum, I strive to create a nurturing, engaging, and dynamic learning environment for my children. Twinkl's diverse resources would be instrumental in tailoring lessons to suit their individual needs and interests. From hands-on activities to comprehensive lesson plans, these materials would enrich our daily learning experiences and save valuable preparation time. My ‘school’ is a home where curiosity and creativity thrive, and Twinkl's support would enhance our ability to explore subjects deeply while maintaining a fun, flexible approach. Expanding practical resources like project templates or subject-specific packs would further empower our educational journey. Thank you, Twinkl!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('I strive to create a nurturing, engaging, and dynamic learning environment for my children', 'Context'), ('tailoring lessons to suit their individual needs and interests', 'Benefit'), ('enrich our daily learning experiences and save valuable preparation time', 'Benefit'), ('My ‘school’ is a home where curiosity and creativity thrive', 'Context'), ('enhance our ability to explore subjects deeply while maintaining a fun, flexible approach', 'Benefit'), ('Expanding practical resources like project templates or subject-specific packs', 'Usage'), ('further empower our educational journey', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an outdoor school for Young people with SEMH. We would buy a range of edible plants and seeds for the young people to grow and then they can use them to cook with.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an outdoor school for Young people with SEMH.', 'Context'), ('buy a range of edible plants and seeds', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a very popular eco club at school that take care of the school poly tunnel and allotment. They are short on tools and would really benefit from the supplies. They are a team of dedicated students of all ages and visit every break and lunch time when possible. The club is inclusive and welcoming and all are welcome. They have grown an incredible banana tree!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a very popular eco club at school that take care of the school poly tunnel and allotment', 'Context'), ('They are short on tools and would really benefit from the supplies', 'Context'), ('They are a team of dedicated students of all ages and visit every break and lunch time when possible', 'Context'), ('The club is inclusive and welcoming and all are welcome', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The gardening bundle will greatly enhance our EYFS growing topic in our rural setting by engaging children in hands-on learning about nature and the environment. Sunflower, runner bean, lettuce, and courgette seeds offer opportunities for children to observe the growth process and understand the life cycle of plants. Compost will teach them about sustainability and how soil nurtures growth. Garden twine will help children develop fine motor skills as they tie plants and support their growth. This project promotes sensory exploration, teamwork, and a sense of responsibility, while fostering a deep connection to the natural world.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('enhance our EYFS growing topic in our rural setting', 'Benefit'), ('engaging children in hands-on learning about nature and the environment', 'Benefit'), ('Sunflower, runner bean, lettuce, and courgette seeds', 'Usage'), ('offer opportunities for children to observe the growth process and understand the life cycle of plants', 'Benefit'), ('teach them about sustainability and how soil nurtures growth', 'Benefit'), ('help children develop fine motor skills as they tie plants and support their growth', 'Benefit'), ('promotes sensory exploration, teamwork, and a sense of responsibility, while fostering a deep connection to the natural world', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our SEN school for children with autism, developing a vegetable and herb garden would provide invaluable sensory and therapeutic benefits. Gardening can enhance fine motor skills, improve focus, and promote emotional regulation through structured, hands-on tasks. It offers a calming environment where students can engage with nature, build independence, and gain a sense of achievement. Additionally, it can support social skills by encouraging teamwork and communication. Your support would help us create a safe, inclusive space that fosters learning and well-being, providing our students with vital life skills while enhancing their connection to the world around them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our SEN school for children with autism', 'Benefit'), ('developing a vegetable and herb garden', 'Usage'), ('provide invaluable sensory and therapeutic benefits', 'Benefit'), ('enhance fine motor skills, improve focus, and promote emotional regulation through structured, hands-on tasks', 'Benefit'), ('offers a calming environment where students can engage with nature, build independence, and gain a sense of achievement', 'Benefit'), ('support social skills by encouraging teamwork and communication', 'Benefit'), ('create a safe, inclusive space that fosters learning and well-being, providing our students with vital life skills while enhancing their connection to the world around them', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would make such a different to the provision we offer and our setting. We have an Eco Committee who are passionate about making 'green' changes to our world, but we don't have the resources or support currently to really make a difference. All year groups would benefit from some more time in our growing outdoor learning area and some additional funding and resources. We'd love to begin growing some veggies in our early years to support our learning on what living things need and how to stay healthy. It would be great to model to our eco committee how to live sustainably, too. Thank you so much!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('make such a different to the provision we offer and our setting', 'Benefit'), (\"We have an Eco Committee who are passionate about making 'green' changes to our world, but we don't have the resources or support currently to really make a difference\", 'Context'), ('some more time in our growing outdoor learning area and some additional funding and resources', 'Usage'), ('to begin growing some veggies', 'Usage'), ('to support our learning on what living things need and how to stay healthy', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Here at our Education Centre as the warmer weather moves in it would be an ideal time to spruce up our outside space next to our outside learning stables. As we know, a natural environment where children can have awe moments supports their emotional and mental health needs which in turn supports them to engage in their learning.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to spruce up our outside space next to our outside learning stables', 'Usage'), ('a natural environment where children can have awe moments supports their emotional and mental health needs which in turn supports them to engage in their learning', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This will be great for developing a sensory area by using flowers and vegetables to smell, touch, and taste. We would also use an area like this to enhance our science and wellbeing skills. This could also include a gardening club that we are just beginning for the wider school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to smell, touch, and taste', 'Benefit'), ('to enhance our science and wellbeing skills', 'Benefit'), ('a gardening club that we are just beginning for the wider school', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Are setting is a small one with 24 children a day . Every year we plant flowers ? and grow vegetables ? due to the lack of funding we will be unable to support our lovey nurturing nursery . This would help us hugely\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Are setting is a small one with 24 children a day', 'Context'), ('Every year we plant flowers ? and grow vegetables ? due to the lack of funding we will be unable to support our lovey nurturing nursery', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would buy two planting boxes (large scale) and the equipment and plants to go in it to help us grow plants. to put outside my SEND area and use this as part of the Transition program for our new Year 6's. We have a high proportion of autistic students and we find that gardening is a perfect way to get them chatting about themselves. We also thought if they planted things when they visited in the summer, they could follow how their plants grew (as they did) once joining our school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('buy two planting boxes (large scale) and the equipment and plants to go in it to help us grow plants', 'Usage'), (\"put outside my SEND area and use this as part of the Transition program for our new Year 6's\", 'Benefit'), ('We have a high proportion of autistic students', 'Context'), ('to get them chatting about themselves', 'Benefit'), ('they could follow how their plants grew (as they did) once joining our school', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are opening a new 2 year old room so would love to add to our outdoor space! It is opening after April half term. We are looking to make it very natural and holistic!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are opening a new 2 year old room', 'Context'), ('to add to our outdoor space', 'Usage'), ('It is opening after April half term', 'Context'), ('to make it very natural and holistic!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The gardening bundle will be so beneficial for our Foundation Stage pupils as myself and another P2 teacher are currently undertaking our Forest School Level 3 Accreditation. We are neeeding supplies to help us build up resources and be able to plan a range of activities that encompass the aim and values of Forest School. We are buying alot of these resources ourselves and are our of our own pocket. Having these resources within our school will help to rejuvenate our outdoor area. We recently got EA funding for outdoor play resources as we have no outdoor play provision and the gardening bundle/£500 will go towards the Forest School area part of this.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('myself and another P2 teacher are currently undertaking our Forest School Level 3 Accreditation', 'Context'), ('We are neeeding supplies to help us build up resources and be able to plan a range of activities that encompass the aim and values of Forest School', 'Context'), ('We are buying alot of these resources ourselves and are our of our own pocket', 'Context'), ('help to rejuvenate our outdoor area', 'Usage'), ('We recently got EA funding for outdoor play resources as we have no outdoor play provision', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently raising money by doing cake sales and sponsored running half marathons to raise money to be able to build a vegetable garden and sensory garden for our children in the school to help grow the vegetables, We have a thrive room with sensory items but we would love to be able to have a sensory garden outside. With the sensory garden and the vegetable garden we believe that it will benefit the children immensely . We have a number of children with emotional and sensory issues whom we believe going out into a garden would really help with their emotional wellbeing, Thank you for giving schools this opportunity.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently raising money by doing cake sales and sponsored running half marathons', 'Context'), ('to build a vegetable garden and sensory garden for our children in the school', 'Usage'), ('to help grow the vegetables,', 'Benefit'), ('We have a thrive room with sensory items', 'Context'), ('We have a number of children with emotional and sensory issues whom we believe going out into a garden would really help with their emotional wellbeing', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are looking for different resources to enhance our outdoor environment, our long term plan is to become a Forest School setting so money towards these resources would do a long way. Our children love spending time outdoors and we would like to promote this interest further by investing in key pieces of sustainable resources.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are looking for different resources to enhance our outdoor environment', 'Context'), ('to become a Forest School setting', 'Usage'), ('Our children love spending time outdoors', 'Context'), ('promote this interest further by investing in key pieces of sustainable resources', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are developing our outdoor space and one project we would like to get started is to build an allotment area to teach the children about growing fruit and vegetables also through our sustainability project, we would like to also teach the children to help feed our nurture animals through the food and herbs they need. Also to develop our wild flower meadow area to help develop our calming zone.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are developing our outdoor space', 'Context'), ('to build an allotment area', 'Usage'), ('to teach the children about growing fruit and vegetables also through our sustainability project', 'Benefit'), ('teach the children to help feed our nurture animals through the food and herbs they need', 'Benefit'), ('to develop our wild flower meadow area to help develop our calming zone', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I’m a Yr 2 teacher at Castilion Primary. We have had no caretaker at school since December! Our grounds are nowhere near ready for Spring! We have a really enthusiastic staff team but we just don’t know where to start! Please help us make our school beautiful. Our school is in Thamesmead, it is a deprived area and many of our children don’t have a garden or access to outdoor space. I’d love to put a smile on their faces!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have had no caretaker at school since December!', 'Context'), ('Our grounds are nowhere near ready for Spring!', 'Context'), ('We have a really enthusiastic staff team but we just don’t know where to start', 'Context'), ('make our school beautiful', 'Benefit'), ('Our school is in Thamesmead, it is a deprived area and many of our children don’t have a garden or access to outdoor space', 'Context'), ('to put a smile on their faces!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Many of our five-year-olds have never had the opportunity to grow their own plants or experience hands-on gardening. With your support, we could provide them with gardening products like child-friendly tools, soil, seeds, and raised beds. This would help them develop a love for nature, learn responsibility, and improve their well-being. Gardening would also support their learning in science and healthy eating. Your help would create a meaningful, hands-on experience that nurtures their curiosity and connection to the environment.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Many of our five-year-olds have never had the opportunity to grow their own plants or experience hands-on gardening', 'Context'), ('provide them with gardening products like child-friendly tools, soil, seeds, and raised beds', 'Benefit'), ('help them develop a love for nature, learn responsibility, and improve their well-being', 'Benefit'), ('support their learning in science and healthy eating', 'Benefit'), ('create a meaningful, hands-on experience that nurtures their curiosity and connection to the environment', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Winning this bundle would support our students in an alternative provision. By incorporating gardening into our curriculum, we can significantly support the mental health of our students, providing them a tranquil space to unwind and thrive. Moreover, the project will teach essential gardening skills, fostering a sense of responsibility and achievement. We believe that this enriching experience will not only enhance their wellbeing but also motivate their engagement with nature and learning.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('support our students in an alternative provision', 'Usage'), ('support the mental health of our students, providing them a tranquil space to unwind and thrive', 'Benefit'), ('teach essential gardening skills, fostering a sense of responsibility and achievement', 'Benefit'), ('not only enhance their wellbeing but also motivate their engagement with nature and learning', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a charity run preschool in Portsmouth in a church hall in an area of the city where green space is limited. We are currently fundraising to give our two year old rooms garden a well needed makeover to create a safe & fun learning environment that can be used all year round.\n", - "We are also turning a small side garden into a growing area for our 3-4 year olds so they can learn how to plant fruit, veg & flowers & we want to purchase a bug hotel & a bird house.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a charity run preschool in Portsmouth in a church hall in an area of the city where green space is limited', 'Context'), ('We are currently fundraising to give our two year old rooms garden a well needed makeover to create', 'Context'), ('turning a small side garden into a growing area for our 3-4 year olds', 'Usage'), ('they can learn how to plant fruit, veg & flowers', 'Benefit'), ('to purchase a bug hotel & a bird house', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are excited to apply for this funding to enhance our school garden. Our newly appointed Year 5 and 6 Gardening Ambassadors take great pride in maintaining the space, learning valuable life skills, and gaining hands-on experience in plant care. The garden serves as an engaging way to explore the curriculum, incorporating science, maths, health, and literacy. With this funding, we can purchase essential resources such as seeds, planters, compost, and tools, helping our students learn more about nature, sustainability, and healthy eating. This investment will ensure our garden continues to flourish for years to come.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to enhance our school garden', 'Usage'), ('Our newly appointed Year 5 and 6 Gardening Ambassadors take great pride in maintaining the space, learning valuable life skills, and gaining hands-on experience in plant care', 'Context'), ('to explore the curriculum, incorporating science, maths, health, and literacy', 'Benefit'), ('purchase essential resources such as seeds, planters, compost, and tools', 'Usage'), ('helping our students learn more about nature, sustainability, and healthy eating', 'Benefit'), ('ensure our garden continues to flourish for years to come', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Trinity St Mary’s is a one form entry urban school based in the heart of South Woodham Ferrers town centre. The school is in its second year of having an Eco-Committee having successfully achieved its green flag in summer 2023 and green flag with distinction in 2024 and the committee are now continuing to build on the work they started last year. One of the topics that the Eco-Committee wants to focus on this year is improving our school grounds and they would like to setup a gardening club and for each class to have an outside planting area. We are hoping that this project will benefit all children within the school. Setting up a school garden will have a number of benefits for our children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Trinity St Mary’s is a one form entry urban school based in the heart of South Woodham Ferrers town centre', 'Context'), ('The school is in its second year of having an Eco-Committee having successfully achieved its green flag in summer 2023 and green flag with distinction in 2024', 'Context'), ('improving our school grounds', 'Usage'), ('to setup a gardening club and for each class to have an outside planting area', 'Usage'), ('Setting up a school garden will have a number of benefits for our children', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At Flying Start Nursery and Preschool, we believe in hands-on learning and connecting children with nature. With these gardening supplies, we would create an interactive growing space where children can plant, care for, and observe fruits, vegetables, and flowers. The seeds, compost, and twine would help us teach children about life cycles, healthy eating, and sustainability. Gardening gloves and extra resources would ensure all children can participate safely. As a small community nursery, we value local connections, and this support would enhance outdoor learning, encouraging curiosity, teamwork, and a lifelong love for nature in our children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At Flying Start Nursery and Preschool, we believe in hands-on learning and connecting children with nature', 'Benefit'), ('create an interactive growing space where children can plant, care for, and observe fruits, vegetables, and flowers', 'Benefit'), ('teach children about life cycles, healthy eating, and sustainability', 'Benefit'), ('Gardening gloves and extra resources', 'Usage'), ('ensure all children can participate safely', 'Benefit'), ('As a small community nursery, we value local connections', 'Context'), ('enhance outdoor learning, encouraging curiosity, teamwork, and a lifelong love for nature in our children', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a new small provision, opened up in Luton, round green. A deprived area where children are less likely to experience such gardening experiences. \n", - "\n", - "This opportunity would enable our children to get their hands into experimenting with gardening tools and techniques and to be able to love it, to continue in the future .\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a new small provision, opened up in Luton, round green', 'Context'), ('A deprived area where children are less likely to experience such gardening experiences', 'Context'), ('enable our children to get their hands into experimenting with gardening tools and techniques and to be able to love it, to continue in the future', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: HEAL do not work out of a school building, but offer alternative and tailored learning to young people with SEND, SEMH and EHCP's. Having this gardening bundle means that we could share resources around our mobile teachers and offer sensory activities, linked with the environment, healthy living, wellbeing and sustainability in many locations. I personally teach 4 young people with severe learning needs who would really benefit from the hands on opportunities this garden bundle would offer.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"HEAL do not work out of a school building, but offer alternative and tailored learning to young people with SEND, SEMH and EHCP's\", 'Context'), ('offer sensory activities, linked with the environment, healthy living, wellbeing and sustainability in many locations', 'Benefit'), ('I personally teach 4 young people with severe learning needs who would really benefit from the hands on opportunities this garden bundle would offer', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This money would be used to purchase gardening equipment for our Specialist Provision classes to help them with outdoor learning as allows them to regulate and control their emotions completing practical tasks. We would like to plant some seeds and tend to a garden area in our school giving the children ownership and responsibility roles to look after this area whilst also using up excess energy stored from their conditions such as ADHD and ASD. The children in our specialist provision love being outdoors and as we are an eco-school this would be their chance to contribute to an area of whole school development.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to purchase gardening equipment for our Specialist Provision classes', 'Usage'), ('to help them with outdoor learning as allows them to regulate and control their emotions completing practical tasks', 'Benefit'), ('to plant some seeds and tend to a garden area in our school', 'Usage'), ('giving the children ownership and responsibility roles to look after this area whilst also using up excess energy stored from their conditions such as ADHD and ASD', 'Benefit'), ('The children in our specialist provision love being outdoors', 'Context'), ('we are an eco-school this would be their chance to contribute to an area of whole school development', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small rural school with 24% pupil premium and 27% special educational needs. We run a Gardening club as an extra curricular activity which enables full inclusivity mixing mainstream students with SEN students which benefits both. We have raised money from local grants to build our polytunnel and a number of raised beds. If successful the equipment would enable more students to take part in our upcoming projects ; creating a wildflower meadow and adding to our orchard.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a small rural school with 24% pupil premium and 27% special educational needs', 'Context'), ('We run a Gardening club as an extra curricular activity which enables full inclusivity mixing mainstream students with SEN students which benefits both', 'Context'), ('to build our polytunnel and a number of raised beds', 'Usage'), ('enable more students to take part in our upcoming projects', 'Benefit'), ('creating a wildflower meadow and adding to our orchard.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: With £500, we'd get our gardening class off to a great start! First, we'd buy seeds for easy-to-grow veggies like tomatoes, peas, and carrots, plus some herbs like mint and basil. We'd need compost and soil to fill up the beds and some basic gardening tools—trowels, gloves, and watering cans so everyone can pitch in. A bit of money would go towards making sure the polytunnel is set up well, with shelves or extra storage space to keep things tidy. We’d also invest in a few plant labels and markers, so everyone can track their progress. It’s a fantastic chance to get kids growing!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('get our gardening class off to a great start!', 'Benefit'), ('buy seeds for easy-to-grow veggies like tomatoes, peas, and carrots', 'Usage'), ('compost and soil to fill up the beds and some basic gardening tools—trowels, gloves, and watering cans', 'Usage'), ('so everyone can pitch in', 'Benefit'), ('making sure the polytunnel is set up well, with shelves or extra storage space to keep things tidy', 'Usage'), ('invest in a few plant labels and markers', 'Usage'), ('so everyone can track their progress', 'Benefit'), ('to get kids growing!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Holybrook Primary School would use a bundle of gardening tools or £500 to enhance their Early Years outdoor area, fostering a rich, hands-on learning environment for children aged 3-5. The tools would allow children to engage in planting, growing, and caring for plants, encouraging responsibility and curiosity about nature. Additionally, funds could be used to develop more outdoor play spaces, such as sensory gardens, outdoor classrooms, and safe play equipment, supporting the children's physical, cognitive, and social development. These improvements would promote exploration, creativity, and healthy outdoor activity, enhancing the overall learning experience for young learners\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Holybrook Primary School would use a bundle of gardening tools or £500 to enhance their Early Years outdoor area, fostering a rich, hands-on learning environment for children aged 3-5', 'Context'), ('allow children to engage in planting, growing, and caring for plants, encouraging responsibility and curiosity about nature', 'Benefit'), ('to develop more outdoor play spaces, such as sensory gardens, outdoor classrooms, and safe play equipment', 'Usage'), (\"supporting the children's physical, cognitive, and social development\", 'Benefit'), ('promote exploration, creativity, and healthy outdoor activity, enhancing the overall learning experience for young learners', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our Nursery is expanding to a new building where we will be designing a new Preschool garden. So obviously a garden bundle would be amazing as we develop a new mud kitchen area for the children. We are hoping for this to include a space to grow herbs and other plants that can be used in their mud kitchen play.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our Nursery is expanding to a new building where we will be designing a new Preschool garden.', 'Context'), ('develop a new mud kitchen area for the children', 'Usage'), ('a space to grow herbs and other plants that can be used in their mud kitchen play', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The gardening bundle would fit in well with our authentic teaching and learning, particularly with the children's interests of planting and minibeasts, and the additional support would allow us to purchase more authentic resources that would support the children to develop various skills, especially to enhance our outdoor area\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"fit in well with our authentic teaching and learning, particularly with the children's interests of planting and minibeasts, and the additional support would allow us to purchase more authentic resources that would support the children to develop various skills, especially to enhance our outdoor area\", 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As part of this year’s Children’s Mental Health theme, 'Know yourself, Grow yourself,' our school has created a Wellbeing Tree. The tree is decorated with leaves from the children, each detailing strategies they would use to support their mental health or help others. Continuing this theme, we’ve worked together to replenish our flower beds, providing a calming environment for the children to talk and relax. This project has been so beneficial that we’re expanding it into a Gardening Club. We’ll invite children who would benefit from this intervention to help us create vegetable patches, fostering growth and connection.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"As part of this year’s Children’s Mental Health theme, 'Know yourself, Grow yourself,\", 'Context'), ('our school has created a Wellbeing Tree. The tree is decorated with leaves from the children', 'Context'), ('detailing strategies they would use to support their mental health or help others', 'Benefit'), ('to replenish our flower beds', 'Usage'), ('providing a calming environment for the children to talk and relax', 'Benefit'), ('fostering growth and connection.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to use our outdoor learning area more and give the children some vital life skills as well as teaching them how to eat healthily and do so saving money!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to use our outdoor learning area more', 'Usage'), ('give the children some vital life skills as well as teaching them how to eat healthily and do so saving money!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As part of our School Development Plan we are striving to become more sustainable. We are trying to work alongside children, their families, the PTA and the school community to create a garden area. I have taken part in the Twinkl Professional Development Accredited Carbon Literacy training and have been inspired to teach the children about the importance of being sustainable. As a result, I am planning a whole school Environment week during the Summer term with a focus on outdoor learning, part of which will be gardening. These resources will be of great benefit to support this.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As part of our School Development Plan we are striving to become more sustainable', 'Context'), ('We are trying to work alongside children, their families, the PTA and the school community to create a garden area.', 'Context'), ('to teach the children about the importance of being sustainable', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our SEND department are moving into new accommodation with a garden so this would be great to start us off in our new home!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our SEND department are moving into new accommodation with a garden', 'Context'), ('to start us off in our new home!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: A lot of our families live in the inner sitting and do not have regular access to gardens or outside spaces. Having a garden bundle or money would allow us to create an area in the setting and at home for children to learn about the eco system and how we support it by growing our own foods.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('A lot of our families live in the inner sitting and do not have regular access to gardens or outside spaces', 'Context'), ('to create an area in the setting and at home', 'Usage'), ('for children to learn about the eco system and how we support it by growing our own foods', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: we are passionate about providing the most enriching environment for our young children, I work in a small respite unit that supports families with children who have complex medical needs and life limiting conditions... being NHS we have little to no budget for non medical things and rely on fundraising and bake sales. we have a small courtyard that is in desperate need of transforming.. I have a small dream of turning it into a sensory wildlife haven for our children to be able to go out and do some planting of flowers and fruit/veg and this prize would be so beneficial and a great starting place.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we are passionate about providing the most enriching environment for our young children', 'Context'), ('I work in a small respite unit that supports families with children who have complex medical needs and life limiting conditions', 'Context'), ('being NHS we have little to no budget for non medical things and rely on fundraising and bake sales', 'Context'), ('we have a small courtyard that is in desperate need of transforming', 'Context'), ('turning it into a sensory wildlife haven', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: If we were lucky enough to receive the garden bundle, we would use it to transform our outdoor space into a sanctuary for learning, exploring, and remembering. After the sudden loss of our beloved Mrs. Mugal in December 2024, who had dedicated over 30 years to our school, we want to honour her memory by creating a peaceful, educational garden. The seeds would be used with our primary pupils to teach them about nature, responsibility, and growth. We’d also establish a gardening club, fostering a sense of community and connection to the environment.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to transform our outdoor space into a sanctuary for learning, exploring, and remembering', 'Usage'), ('After the sudden loss of our beloved Mrs. Mugal in December 2024', 'Context'), ('to teach them about nature, responsibility, and growth', 'Benefit'), ('establish a gardening club', 'Usage'), ('fostering a sense of community and connection to the environment', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would be incredibly grateful for help to buy water butts to collect rain water, watering cans (ours are leaky and have lost their roses), and tools such as rakes, spades and gardening gloves . Our children including those with SEND are very keen that we are an Eco school and love growing wild flowers, fruit and vegetables, learning about ecology and bio-diversity as they go. They love harvesting and cooking their home grown produce and tasting it e.g. roast potatoes with garlic and rosemary they have grown themselves. We have a new space for our SEND department with a blank garden space that needs developing. The children have come up with a design and just need to be able to build and plant it up.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to buy water butts to collect rain water, watering cans (ours are leaky and have lost their roses), and tools such as rakes, spades and gardening gloves', 'Usage'), ('Our children including those with SEND are very keen that we are an Eco school and love growing wild flowers, fruit and vegetables, learning about ecology and bio-diversity as they go', 'Context'), ('They love harvesting and cooking their home grown produce and tasting it e.g. roast potatoes with garlic and rosemary they have grown themselves', 'Context'), ('We have a new space for our SEND department with a blank garden space that needs developing', 'Context'), ('The children have come up with a design and just need to be able to build and plant it up', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a small area that has recently been tidied up. We have ordered a couple of benches for the children to sit and enjoy the area. However, we currently have no flower beds/tubs and would love to provide a place for wildlife to visit.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a small area that has recently been tidied up', 'Context'), ('a couple of benches for the children to sit and enjoy the area', 'Usage'), ('we currently have no flower beds/tubs', 'Context'), ('provide a place for wildlife to visit', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This prize would mean the world for our school to win. Our school was built in 1836 and is a grade II listed building, it is so small we currently on have 94 students. Due to the size of our school our school playing field is a across the road and a short walk away from our building, which can make us all feel a little sad when we would like to be outdoors and enjoying gardening. However we do have an piece of small land at the front of school that has been used to create a sort of sensory area with scented plants however we do not have the resources to let the children have a go at planting and nuturing things. The children aswell as the staff would love to win a gardening bundle to plant the seeds and enjoy the food they grow..\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school was built in 1836 and is a grade II listed building, it is so small we currently on have 94 students', 'Context'), ('Due to the size of our school our school playing field is a across the road and a short walk away from our building', 'Context'), ('make us all feel a little sad when we would like to be outdoors and enjoying gardening', 'Benefit'), ('to create a sort of sensory area with scented plants', 'Usage'), ('we do not have the resources to let the children have a go at planting and nuturing things', 'Context'), ('to plant the seeds and enjoy the food they grow', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are working towards our Gold Reading Schools Award. We are aware of the number of pupils who do not have access to books at home so we are trying to create quality reading areas within school that are both welcoming and well resourced. As part of this we have designed book nook structures within our playground but we desperately need proper outdoor storage for books. This money would allow us to take our reading initiative outdoors and make books more accessible to our learners, wherever and whenever they choose to access them. This would complement the indoor resources available.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are working towards our Gold Reading Schools Award', 'Context'), ('number of pupils who do not have access to books at home', 'Context'), ('to create quality reading areas within school that are both welcoming and well resourced', 'Usage'), ('need proper outdoor storage for books', 'Usage'), ('make books more accessible to our learners', 'Benefit'), ('complement the indoor resources available', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have just started a lunch time gardening club with limited resources. We would like to encourage nature into our school to create an eco-friendly environment and to respect nature. We have some avid gardeners who enjoy the peacefulness of our garden away from the hustle and bustle of playtimes. We hope to encourage more bees and butterflies which are in decline in England. We would love the opportunity to play a greater part in helping this come to fruition in our school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have just started a lunch time gardening club with limited resources', 'Context'), ('to encourage nature into our school', 'Usage'), ('to create an eco-friendly environment and to respect nature', 'Benefit'), ('We have some avid gardeners who enjoy the peacefulness of our garden away from the hustle and bustle of playtimes.', 'Context'), ('to encourage more bees and butterflies which are in decline in England', 'Benefit'), ('helping this come to fruition in our school', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a SEND setting in The Forest of Dean and would use the support to explore horticulture in EYFS and KS1-4 as well as FE. We have a sensory garden we would improve but also run horticulture modules for OCR and ASDAN. It would allow us to build learner engagement in gardening and give them responsibility.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a SEND setting in The Forest of Dean', 'Context'), ('to explore horticulture in EYFS and KS1-4 as well as FE', 'Usage'), ('to build learner engagement in gardening and give them responsibility.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school, located in a deprived area, strives to provide enriching experiences despite limited resources. We aim to develop our garden and growing skills, offering students hands-on learning and connection with nature. Your gardening bundles would be invaluable, allowing us to create a vibrant space for learning about plant life, healthy eating, and environmental stewardship. Many children lack access to green spaces; this project would foster well-being and practical skills. We need support in training staff and developing sustainable garden practices. Your contribution would empower us to cultivate a lasting, educational resource for our community.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school, located in a deprived area, strives to provide enriching experiences despite limited resources', 'Context'), ('to develop our garden and growing skills', 'Usage'), ('offering students hands-on learning and connection with nature', 'Benefit'), ('create a vibrant space for learning about plant life, healthy eating, and environmental stewardship', 'Benefit'), ('Many children lack access to green spaces', 'Context'), ('foster well-being and practical skills', 'Benefit'), ('support in training staff and developing sustainable garden practices', 'Usage'), ('to cultivate a lasting, educational resource for our community', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would be a fantastic opportunity for us to enable ALL of our neurodivergent pupils to engage in a meaningful way with nature. We could spend the money on items for forest school to make sure our outdoor learning curriculum is as fun as it could be!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to enable ALL of our neurodivergent pupils to engage in a meaningful way with nature', 'Benefit'), ('items for forest school', 'Usage'), ('to make sure our outdoor learning curriculum is as fun as it could be!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a mainstream school that is very SEN minded with our children. We like our children to be able to access outside provision as much as possible to better their life skills in fun and diverse ways.\n", - "We would love to be able to add to our very limited gardening resources that would then enable us to expand our gardening club after school.\n", - "We look to enrich our SEN and PP children to be inclusive as we possibly can.\n", - "We want to ensure that all our children get the same opportunities to explore all we can offer\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a mainstream school that is very SEN minded with our children', 'Context'), ('to better their life skills in fun and diverse ways', 'Benefit'), ('to add to our very limited gardening resources', 'Usage'), ('to expand our gardening club after school', 'Usage'), ('We look to enrich our SEN and PP children to be inclusive as we possibly can', 'Context'), ('to ensure that all our children get the same opportunities to explore all we can offer', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a small area of our playground that is fenced off and has some planters in. It is used as a SEN breakout space at lunchtimes and the children are able to plant plants and care for them and watch them grow. We would use the money to make this space better for our increasing number of pupils that need it.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a small area of our playground that is fenced off and has some planters in', 'Context'), ('It is used as a SEN breakout space at lunchtimes and the children are able to plant plants and care for them and watch them grow.', 'Context'), ('to make this space better for our increasing number of pupils that need it', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are seeking to develop a gardening project in our reception class's outdoor courtyard. With these funds, we would purchase planters, soil, seeds, gardening tools, and watering cans. The children will engage in planting and caring for flowers, vegetables, and herbs, learning about the environment, responsibility, and the science of growth. This hands-on project will enhance our classroom setting by fostering teamwork, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature. It will provide opportunities for experiential learning and will also improve our outdoor space, making it a vibrant, interactive area for children to explore and learn\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We are seeking to develop a gardening project in our reception class's outdoor courtyard\", 'Context'), ('purchase planters, soil, seeds, gardening tools, and watering cans', 'Usage'), ('The children will engage in planting and caring for flowers, vegetables, and herbs, learning about the environment, responsibility, and the science of growth', 'Benefit'), ('enhance our classroom setting by fostering teamwork, creativity, and a deeper connection to nature', 'Benefit'), ('provide opportunities for experiential learning and will also improve our outdoor space, making it a vibrant, interactive area for children to explore and learn', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are in the process of setting up a garden area on our field. We are recycling what we can to use in our garden - building bedding areas out of old decking and using other old bits of wood that have been donated to us. We are starting from scratch so we would use the money to purchase tools, seeds and flowers. We want to encourage our children to grow flowers and grow their own vegetables that we would then use in the meals supplied to our children at lunchtime.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are in the process of setting up a garden area on our field', 'Context'), ('We are recycling what we can to use in our garden - building bedding areas out of old decking and using other old bits of wood that have been donated to us', 'Context'), ('We are starting from scratch', 'Context'), ('to purchase tools, seeds and flowers', 'Usage'), ('encourage our children to grow flowers and grow their own vegetables', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have just developed a sensory flower garden and these resources would help the children access this area and learn about growing and also support our SEN children in developing their senses.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have just developed a sensory flower garden', 'Context'), ('help the children access this area and learn about growing and also support our SEN children in developing their senses', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our students are aged between 16-22 with special needs. As part of their community unit they volunteer at a local garden centre/nursery once a week. It would be wonderful for our students to have access to extra resources either through the gardening bundle or cash give away. The students gain so many skills from being outdoors, learning about their environment and working as a team, out in the community.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our students are aged between 16-22 with special needs', 'Context'), ('As part of their community unit they volunteer at a local garden centre/nursery once a week', 'Context'), ('The students gain so many skills from being outdoors, learning about their environment and working as a team', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: In Reception we have a very small outdoor space with only a very small grassed area so our planting and growing areas are really important to us. We try to give our children as many experiences as possible with nature as our area is quite deprived with limited opportunities for outdoor activities. The gardening bundle or the £500 would make an enormous difference to our children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('In Reception we have a very small outdoor space with only a very small grassed area so our planting and growing areas are really important to us', 'Context'), ('We try to give', 'Context'), ('our area is quite deprived with limited opportunities for outdoor activities', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Would help regenerate our greenhouse and vegetable garden\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('help regenerate our greenhouse and vegetable garden', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Helping teach the basics of gardening to the early years children. Teaching about caring for living things/the environment, as well as the insects that will come. Money would help to provide much needed loose parts and authentic resources for their numeracy and literacy skill development.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Helping teach the basics of gardening to the early years children', 'Benefit'), ('Teaching about caring for living things/the environment, as well as the insects that will come', 'Benefit'), ('to provide much needed loose parts and authentic resources', 'Usage'), ('for their numeracy and literacy skill development', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Cross Keys Learning is a SEND secondary school near the Kent coast, for 2 years we have been running horticulture / gardening sessions. Everyone benefits from outside lessons (even on cold days).\n", - "As a school we work on different projects so that all our students have a chance to get hands on with all types of projects from bug hotels to growing plants and making wooden structures.\n", - "Receiving an essential gardening bundle and funding would support our outdoor classroom sessions. Time spent for wellbeing, physical activities, enrichment, learning about our environment and growing food to use in our kitchens.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Cross Keys Learning is a SEND secondary school near the Kent coast', 'Context'), ('Everyone benefits from outside lessons (even on cold days', 'Context'), ('we work on different projects', 'Context'), ('so that all our students have a chance to get hands on with all types of projects from bug hotels to growing plants and making wooden structures', 'Benefit'), ('support our outdoor classroom sessions', 'Usage'), ('Time spent for wellbeing, physical activities, enrichment, learning about our environment and growing food to use in our kitchens', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school garden was destroyed in the storm earlier this year. Our polytunnel, plants and crops now need to be replaced and regrown. Funding for this would help towards the costs of rebuilding.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school garden was destroyed in the storm earlier this year', 'Context'), ('polytunnel, plants and crops now need to be replaced and regrown', 'Usage'), ('towards the costs of rebuilding', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We’ve recently introduced a polytunnel at our school to engage pupils in growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. This hands-on project aims to teach them valuable skills while fostering an understanding of the importance of growing their own food. By exploring how plants thrive in different conditions, pupils will gain a deeper appreciation for nature and sustainability. Alongside the polytunnel, we’re developing a planter area outside, which will feature a cosy reading space. This addition will provide pupils with an inspiring environment to learn outdoors, promoting both gardening and outdoor education.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to engage pupils in growing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers', 'Benefit'), ('to teach them valuable skills while fostering an understanding of the importance of growing their own food', 'Benefit'), ('exploring how plants thrive in different conditions', 'Benefit'), ('gain a deeper appreciation for nature and sustainability.', 'Benefit'), ('provide pupils with an inspiring environment to learn outdoors, promoting both gardening and outdoor education', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have started up our gardening club again and we would love to be able to enable more of our children to take part. This bundle would help to do this by getting our club started with the essentials. We are a rural school and parents cannot often support with things like this, so this would allow our children to have new experiences.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have started up our gardening club again', 'Context'), ('enable more of our children to take part', 'Benefit'), ('getting our club started with the essentials', 'Benefit'), ('We are a rural school and parents cannot often support with things like this', 'Context'), ('allow our children to have new experiences', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Quilters loves to grow a love of gardening. The junior children have a garden they grow vegetables which are used in the kitchen. The infants have a fairy garden with plants. We encourage the children to plant pots to teach them the importance of looking after nature.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Quilters loves to grow a love of gardening', 'Usage'), ('The junior children have a garden they grow vegetables which are used in the kitchen', 'Context'), ('The infants have a fairy garden with plants', 'Context'), ('to teach them the importance of looking after nature', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently updating our outdoor area and have recently introduced 2yr olds to our provision. It would be an amazing opportunity to offer a rich topic on growing, introducing some of our youngest children to the amazing world of gardening. This could be beneficial to our whole school, we could grow produce for the children to consume, offer a selection of resources or funding to our sensory area to provide children with visual/smelling opportunities and give children that wouldn't normally have the chance to grow a passion for gardening and looking after the environment around them. We are also interested in setting up a community garden which could pull the community together.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently updating our outdoor area and have recently introduced 2yr olds to our provision', 'Context'), ('to offer a rich topic on growing, introducing some of our youngest children to the amazing world of gardening', 'Benefit'), ('offer a selection of resources or funding to our sensory area', 'Benefit'), (\"to provide children with visual/smelling opportunities and give children that wouldn't normally have the chance to grow a passion for gardening and looking after the environment around them\", 'Benefit'), ('in setting up a community garden', 'Usage'), ('pull the community together', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a Church of England school with a Christian vision to 'unlock possibilities and make a difference'. Winning either of the prizes would help us live out our Christian vision - learning new skills, planting fruit and veg and caring for the natural world, making a difference in our community etc.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We are a Church of England school with a Christian vision to 'unlock possibilities and make a difference'\", 'Context'), ('learning new skills, planting fruit and veg and caring for the natural world, making a difference in our community etc', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The development of outdoor provision will benefit both staff and pupils. For staff, it fosters creative teaching and supports well-being. For pupils, an outdoor classroom, den building area, garden, and sensory-rich environments will promote academic, social, and emotional growth, especially for SEN children. The space encourages physical activity, improves mental health, and enhances pupil engagement. Ultimately, the project aims to create an inclusive, stimulating environment that enhances learning and well-being for all students.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('The development of outdoor provision will benefit both staff and pupils', 'Usage'), ('fosters creative teaching and supports well-being', 'Benefit'), ('an outdoor classroom, den building area, garden, and sensory-rich environments will promote academic, social, and emotional growth, especially for SEN children', 'Usage'), ('encourages physical activity, improves mental health, and enhances pupil engagement', 'Benefit'), ('to create an inclusive, stimulating environment that enhances learning and well-being for all students', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We're a specialist SEMH (not-for-profit) secondary school. We're in the process of moving to a new site and are relying on funding. We want to build an outside area where students can grow and care for plants - especially vegetables. We need to buy equipment like planters, soil, seeds, etc. Currently, we have no gardening equipment whatsoever.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We're a specialist SEMH (not-for-profit) secondary school\", 'Context'), (\"We're in the process of moving to a new site and are relying on funding\", 'Context'), ('to build an outside area where students can grow and care for plants - especially vegetables', 'Usage'), ('to buy equipment like planters, soil, seeds, etc', 'Usage'), ('Currently, we have no gardening equipment whatsoever', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our setting is very unique, we support young people to engage and build a bridge to learning. We encourage social situations to build confidence for our young people. Gardening is a great way to get to know our young people and build relationships and trust which lead to great lessons.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our setting is very unique, we support young people to engage and build a bridge to learning.', 'Context'), ('We encourage social situations to build confidence for our young people', 'Context'), ('to get to know our young people and build relationships and trust which lead to great lessons', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to use the gardening bundle to support children’s understanding of growing your own food and being able to eat what they have helped to grow.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('support children’s understanding of growing your own food and being able to eat what they have helped to grow', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a specialist primary in an area where children have little access to the outdoors. We'd love to have a garden to help them learn more about food and where it comes from!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a specialist primary in an area where children have little access to the outdoors', 'Context'), ('to have a garden', 'Usage'), ('to help them learn more about food and where it comes from!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school supports pupils with SEND, providing a nurturing environment tailored to their needs. Our sensory garden has become run-down, and we would love to revamp it to create a calming, engaging space for our pupils. Next term, a group of pupils will take part in a garden club, and this funding would help provide tools and equipment to transform the space into a welcoming area for exploration and relaxation. Enhancing the sensory garden will support our children’s sensory needs, encourage outdoor learning, and promote well-being, giving them a safe and stimulating environment to enjoy throughout the year.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school supports pupils with SEND', 'Context'), ('providing a nurturing environment tailored to their needs', 'Benefit'), ('Our sensory garden has become run-down', 'Context'), ('to revamp it', 'Usage'), ('to create a calming, engaging space for our pupils', 'Benefit'), ('a group of pupils will take part in a garden club', 'Context'), ('provide tools and equipment', 'Usage'), ('to transform the space into a welcoming area for exploration and relaxation', 'Benefit'), ('support our children’s sensory needs, encourage outdoor learning, and promote well-being, giving them a safe and stimulating environment to enjoy throughout the year', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use these resources as part of curriculum where we teach the children about how to look after plants and the importance of plants. \n", - "We are a school with extremely limited funds so spending money on resources is very limited and rely on donations from parents or using our own money. This would go a long way in our lovely village school!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('teach the children about how to look after plants and the importance of plants', 'Benefit'), ('We are a school with extremely limited funds', 'Context'), ('spending money on resources is very limited and rely on donations from parents or using our own money', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: School have a garden but unfortunately nothing plant yet sound like be abandoned.no tool and seed and this prize could have help the school to reimplement the garden club and kids will be enjoying especially the nursery ,reception and yr 1 or 2 :)\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('School have a garden but unfortunately nothing plant yet sound like be abandoned.no', 'Context'), ('tool and seed', 'Usage'), ('help the school to reimplement the garden club', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently working with our children to become a more sustainable and eco friendly school. Part of this includes growing fruit and vegetables that can be used for snack and also provide extra habitats for our insects.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently working with our children to become a more sustainable and eco friendly school', 'Context'), ('growing fruit and vegetables that can be used for snack and also provide extra habitats for our insects', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: It would be used to help gain badges and make our meeting place look nice ,to encourage people to look after the church garden\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to help gain badges and make our meeting place look nice ,to encourage people to look after the church garden', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would support our sustainability program with out cooking club through children going and using the products. We would also use them for our nurture groups for children to use the outdoors for relaxation and calming. We would also use them for the outside community to get them involved within our school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('support our sustainability program with out cooking club through children going and using the products', 'Benefit'), ('for children to use the outdoors for relaxation and calming', 'Benefit'), ('to get them involved within our school', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love the money to revamp some of our outdoor provision area. We would really love to add in a planting, growing, exploration area to provide the children with greater exposure to these types of activities.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to revamp some of our outdoor provision area', 'Usage'), ('to add in a planting, growing, exploration area', 'Usage'), ('to provide the children with greater exposure to these types of activities', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have begun to explore growing with the children alongside recycling. This includes repurposing an old bath into a growing bed.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have begun to explore growing with the children alongside recycling.', 'Context'), ('repurposing an old bath into a growing bed', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would buy different resources to focus on the children’s interests as well as build more interests for them. It will enhance their learning in all areas of their development and the children would get so much out of the resources we would purchase.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('buy different resources', 'Usage'), ('to focus on the children’s interests as well as build more interests for them', 'Benefit'), ('enhance their learning in all areas of their development and the children would get so much out of the resources we would purchase', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a small gardening club with big ideas and no money! The aim is to create a sensory garden in a forgotten courtyard area of our old and battered Victorian school. As a one form entry school with hardly any pupil premium children and a very old school that requires lots of money to keep it standing upright, we have very little left to spend on creating opportunities beyond the curriculum. The money would be used to buy tools and plants to create a sensory experience For children to relax and enjoy.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a small gardening club with big ideas and no money!', 'Context'), ('to create a sensory garden in a forgotten courtyard area of our old and battered Victorian school', 'Usage'), ('As a one form entry school with hardly any pupil premium children and a very old school that requires lots of money to keep it standing upright', 'Context'), ('we have very little left to spend on creating opportunities beyond the curriculum', 'Context'), ('to buy tools and plants', 'Usage'), ('to create a sensory experience For children to relax and enjoy', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Gardening is good for mental health. For our sensory learners and those who use wheelchairs, it's just as important. Smells, colours and touch are vital. \n", - "We would buy some wheelchair height raised beds and hanging baskets with pulleys to allow easy access. \n", - "We would buy lots of textured plants for different tactile experiences, lots of colours such as vibrant yellow sunflowers and lots of smells such as violet and basil. \n", - "I'd love to include a safe water feature too if the money stretched!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Gardening is good for mental health', 'Benefit'), (\"For our sensory learners and those who use wheelchairs, it's just as important\", 'Benefit'), ('Smells, colours and touch are vital', 'Benefit'), ('buy some wheelchair height raised beds and hanging baskets with pulleys', 'Usage'), ('allow easy access', 'Benefit'), ('buy lots of textured plants for different tactile experiences', 'Usage'), ('lots of colours such as vibrant yellow sunflowers and lots of smells such as violet and basil', 'Benefit'), ('to include a safe water feature too', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Getting any child back to the rudiments of gardening, growing and getting their hands dirty in the garden, has to be one of the BIGGEST challenges facing parents/carers in modern times, let alone teachers at school. But, with the chance of winning a gardening bundle, twinned with our newly found Forest School scheme in school, getting children in touch with nature again and taking ownership of their learning, whilst at the same time seeing the fruits of their labour develop and flourish in front of their eyes, would be an AMAZING achievement for our school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Getting any child back to the rudiments of gardening, growing and getting their hands dirty in the garden, has to be one of the BIGGEST challenges facing parents/carers in modern times, let alone teachers at school', 'Benefit'), ('getting children in touch with nature again and taking ownership of their learning', 'Benefit'), ('seeing the fruits of their labour develop and flourish in front of their eyes,', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a school in the middle of a very large housing estate. Some of our children don't get chance to see how plants grow or know what edible crops are best to grow. To get children involved in planting and maintaining will expand their knowledge for future generations.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a school in the middle of a very large housing estate', 'Context'), (\"Some of our children don't get chance to see how plants grow or know what edible crops are best to grow\", 'Context'), ('To get children involved in planting and maintaining will expand their knowledge for future generations', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would buy gardening tools that the children can use and learn new skills with. We would also buy some fresh herbs to create a sensory garden - this would be used for all children, but especially those with additional needs. We would also love to but a miniature greenhouse for starting our seeds off in, as our classroom windows are quite shady.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We would buy gardening tools', 'Usage'), ('buy some fresh herbs to create a sensory garden', 'Usage'), ('our classroom windows are quite shady', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would use the prize to encourage our School Gardening Club, which is most popular during Spring and Summer. Each Year Group has a raised bed to grow produce and flowers. The children all learn to grow:- in patience, self-belief, pride in their work, and to appreciate the fresh food and flowers that are the product of their hard work. Gardening also gets them outside, away from their gadgets, and brings nature right into their classrooms. I would use the prize to encourage other children to engage by giving them choices in what they would like to grow for themselves.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to encourage our School Gardening Club, which is most popular during Spring and Summer', 'Usage'), ('Each Year Group has a raised bed to grow produce and flowers', 'Context'), ('The children all learn to grow:- in patience, self-belief, pride in their work, and to appreciate the fresh food and flowers that are the product of their hard work', 'Context'), ('gets them outside, away from their gadgets, and brings nature right into their classrooms', 'Benefit'), ('to encourage other children to engage by giving them choices in what they would like to grow for themselves', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: really lovely community school , we have such a lovely staff and students with dedicated green spaces\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we have such a lovely staff and students with dedicated green spaces', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have limited outside space and would really be able to improve learning outcomes for all our little owlets with these resources. We are a pack away setting in a Methodist Chapel Hall so the whole community would benefit from being part of the environment improvements and the children will benefit so much from looking after things, growth and decay. We would include healthy life styles and physical development\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have limited outside space', 'Context'), ('to improve learning outcomes for all our little owlets with these resources', 'Benefit'), ('We are a pack away setting in a Methodist Chapel Hall', 'Context'), ('the whole community would benefit from being part of the environment improvements and the children will benefit so much from looking after things, growth and decay', 'Benefit'), ('include healthy life styles and physical development', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are doing the topic Let’s get growing in summer in EYFS and the children have already shown a fascination of the outdoors. This will add valuable resources for the children to plant their own seeds and watch them grow learning the valuable skills in gardening in the surroundings of concrete and tarmac. The nature will expose the children to areas of nature they don’t get at home.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are doing the topic Let’s get growing in summer in EYFS and the children have already shown a fascination of the outdoors', 'Context'), ('for the children to plant their own seeds and watch them grow learning the valuable skills in gardening in the surroundings of concrete and tarmac.', 'Benefit'), ('expose the children to areas of nature they don’t get at home', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a TA who gardens with students. It works as a form of regulation. He is able to mentor students in a less threatening manner, benefitting from being both outdoors and engaged in something productive. They are also learning skills that some have used, going onto courses at Plumpton College in horticulture and forestry. It also allows us to assess whether students can cope with more extended forest school sessions.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a TA who gardens with students', 'Context'), ('to mentor students in a less threatening manner', 'Benefit'), ('benefitting from being both outdoors and engaged in something productive', 'Benefit'), ('They are also learning skills that some have used, going onto courses at Plumpton College in horticulture and forestry', 'Context'), ('to assess whether students can cope with more extended forest school sessions', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I work in ks1 of an SEN school. Our topic for Summer term is nature and the environment. Due to my class being ASD and learning through sensory experiences, we will be doing lots of planting and gardening as a way to learn about nature, plants and how to care for them. This would be an incredible help.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('I work in ks1 of an SEN school', 'Context'), ('Our topic for Summer term is nature and the environment', 'Context'), ('Due to my class being ASD and learning through sensory experiences', 'Context'), ('lots of planting and gardening', 'Usage'), ('to learn about nature, plants and how to care for them', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: What an amazing giveaway prize ! \n", - "\n", - "Someone put our gardening gloves outside in the shed throughout winter and they have all unfortunelatley been chewed by mice or rats so don't have any sadley at all. The younger children\n", - "Look forward to planting and seeing things growing .\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"Someone put our gardening gloves outside in the shed throughout winter and they have all unfortunelatley been chewed by mice or rats so don't have any sadley at all\", 'Context'), ('Look forward to planting and seeing things growing .', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would like to set up an allotment type area in our key stage 1 outdoor zone so the children have opportunities to plant and grow their own food. We would also like to add a living teepee to the area. The gardening bundle and money would allow us to buy the tools needed to develop this area along with some planters and raised beds so that all children can access the allotment. It would also allow us to add a sensory area where we could plant fragrant herbs and plants.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to set up an allotment type area in our key stage 1 outdoor zone', 'Usage'), ('so the children have opportunities to plant and grow their own food', 'Benefit'), ('to add a living teepee to the area', 'Usage'), ('to buy the tools needed to develop this area along with some planters and raised beds so that all children can access the allotment', 'Usage'), ('to add a sensory area', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would purchase equipment for Year 5. They study sexual and asexual reproduction of plants. I would like to create a gardening area where they can grow fruits, vegetables and herbs relating to our DT curriculum. We would be able to grow our own resources.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('purchase equipment for Year 5', 'Usage'), ('They study sexual and asexual reproduction of plants', 'Context'), ('to create a gardening area', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to buy some raised beds for our new area and new SEND provision and teach the children about life cycles in real time.\n", - "It would be lovely to grow veg to be used in the classroom too.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to buy some raised beds for our new area and new SEND provision and teach the children about life cycles in real time', 'Usage'), ('to grow veg to be used in the classroom too', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As an inclusive school with a growing intake of SEN children we think the children would truly benefit from forest learning and developing life skills in an outdoor environment. For example, they could learn all about the life-cycle, help create habitats for wildlife and see how their own plants grow. They could also help water plants too. They will develop motor skills. So this is a lovely opportunity for the children to be outside and experience the chance to see how their very own plants are growing. We would be building planters, so that children have access at a suitable level if they need the support of a teacher or TA.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As an inclusive school with a growing intake of SEN children', 'Context'), ('we think the children would truly benefit from forest learning and developing life skills in an outdoor environment', 'Context'), ('they could learn all about the life-cycle, help create habitats for wildlife and see how their own plants grow', 'Benefit'), ('help water plants too', 'Usage'), ('They will develop motor skills', 'Benefit'), ('so that children have access at a suitable level if they need the support of a teacher or TA', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I am new to Rosa Street School and have an eco club after school. We are in the process of developing our outdoor garden space but have limited funds and resources. Winning would mean that the children can improve our outdoor area while learning about growing and planting as well as passing on their knowledge to the other children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Rosa Street School and have an eco club after school', 'Context'), ('We are in the process of developing our outdoor garden space but have limited funds and resources', 'Context'), ('improve our outdoor area', 'Usage'), ('learning about growing and planting as well as passing on their knowledge to the other children', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have just started our new gardening groups and they are so enthusiastic but the funds are low and we have relied on donations from pupils families and fundraising activities. Either of these prizes would enable us to create a gardening section for the children to be proud of and use as sensory and educational purposes. It would also encourage more wildlife into our gardens for the children to enjoy.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have just started our new gardening groups and they are so enthusiastic but the funds are low and we have relied on donations from pupils families and fundraising activities', 'Context'), ('to create a gardening section', 'Usage'), ('for the children to be proud of and use as sensory and educational purposes', 'Benefit'), ('encourage more wildlife into our gardens for the children to enjoy', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a special resources provision (SRP) for children with Autism and speech and language needs. There have been many changes during the five past years since we first opened the SRP. As the years have passed, the needs of the children have widened and having gained more children with high needs has posed various challenges. This year, we have moved to a new space at school and have worked hard to create a positive learning space to suit the needs of all the children in our care and meet our vison for an inclusive school. We would like to devlop our outdoor learning space. Currently, the children are fenced in a concreted area with a small patch of grass. Although we are in the process of creating an engagning environment which encourages independence, the children would very much benefot from nurturing a garden. Here we would need planters, tools, plants and seeds, compost, mirrors, chimes as well as greedhouse. This would be invaluable to the children, particularly those who are unable to join thier mainstream classes.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a special resources provision (SRP) for children with Autism and speech and language needs', 'Context'), ('There have been many changes during the five past years since we first opened the SRP. As the years have passed, the needs of the children have widened and having gained more children with high needs has posed various challenges', 'Context'), ('we have moved to a new space at school', 'Context'), ('to create a positive learning space', 'Usage'), ('to suit the needs of all the children in our care and meet our vison for an inclusive school', 'Benefit'), ('to devlop our outdoor learning space', 'Usage'), ('Currently, the children are fenced in a concreted area with a small patch of grass', 'Context'), ('we are in the process of creating an engagning environment which encourages independence,', 'Context'), ('planters, tools, plants and seeds, compost, mirrors, chimes as well as greedhouse.', 'Usage'), ('invaluable to the children, particularly those who are unable to join thier mainstream classes', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are trying to set up a garden with raised beds. We want to be more sustainable and grow our own vegetables and the children will use these in our cooking kitchen. The idea is that children learn to grow and cooking healthy foods.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are trying to set up a garden with raised beds', 'Context'), ('to be more sustainable and grow our own vegetables and the children will use these in our cooking kitchen', 'Usage'), ('that children learn to grow and cooking healthy foods', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an Eco school and have a number of planters around our school grounds, some of which have been restored with the help of our Eco club. The garden bundle will assist the school in continuing to grow a variety of pollinating plants and help to develop the biodiversity in our school grounds. Gardening is great for children as they can learn new skills, work as a team and of course have lots of fun.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an Eco school and have a number of planters around our school grounds, some of which have been restored with the help of our Eco club', 'Context'), ('assist the school in continuing to grow a variety of pollinating plants and help to develop the biodiversity in our school grounds', 'Benefit'), ('great for children as they can learn new skills, work as a team', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a school in the city of Birmingham and we are keen to provide exciting opportunities for our children. After half term, we are starting an Eco club where the children can help maintain the school grounds. Our SEND children love being outside in our forest area, exploring nature while developing their motor skills. Currently, our science topic in Year 1 is Plants, so we have been spending a lot of time outside. The children have thoroughly enjoyed planting their own bean seeds, as well as helping to brighten up our Year 1 outdoor area with plants, due to not having any real grass on our school site. Many of our children do not have a garden at home, so we believe it is vital for the children to have first-hand opportunities in nature.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a school in the city of Birmingham and we are keen to provide exciting opportunities for our children', 'Context'), ('After half term', 'Context'), ('we are starting an Eco club where the children can help maintain the school grounds', 'Context'), ('Our SEND children love being outside in our forest area, exploring nature while developing their motor skills', 'Context'), ('our science topic in Year 1 is Plants', 'Context'), ('helping to brighten up our Year 1 outdoor area with plants, due to not having any real grass on our school site', 'Benefit'), ('Many of our children do not have a garden at home', 'Context'), ('for the children to have first-hand opportunities in nature', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Children in our school love to be outside and explore however due to high levels of deprivation in the area many have very limited experiences of gardens and gardening. We are planning to plant and grow a sensory garden with the children in our EYFS outdoor area to awaken their senses. The gardening bundle will support the children to get involved and the £500 would allow us to buy a wide range of sensory plants. Thank you Twinkl!!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Children in our school love to be outside and explore however due to high levels of deprivation in the area many have very limited experiences of gardens and gardening', 'Context'), ('to plant and grow a sensory garden with the children in our EYFS outdoor area to awaken their senses', 'Usage'), ('to buy a wide range of sensory plants', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have just had our courtyard refreshed for Summer and have set up a KS2 gardening club at lunchtimes. This is a great opportunity for fresh air, looking after the environment and some much needed mental wellbeing for the children in the middle of the busy school day. Any extra to support this project would be greatly received.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have just had our courtyard refreshed for Summer and have set up a KS2 gardening club at lunchtimes.', 'Context'), ('opportunity for fresh air, looking after the environment and some much needed mental wellbeing for the children in the middle of the busy school day', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a little up and coming forest school area, I bring most resources from home so it would be fab to have enough resources, like gloves, for a whole group, no need to share 1 pair between 5!! \n", - "What a gorgeous prize! \n", - "Our kids absolutely thrive being outside and we are introducing more and more outdoors areas for learning and finding moments of mindfulness.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a little up and coming forest school area, I bring most resources from home', 'Context'), ('to have enough resources, like gloves, for a whole group', 'Usage'), ('Our kids absolutely thrive being outside', 'Context'), ('introducing more and more outdoors areas for learning and finding moments of mindfulness', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Winning a gardening bundle would be a fantastic opportunity for our school, enhancing hands-on learning and outdoor education. Gardening aligns with our values of growth, thankfulness, and togetherness, allowing students to develop responsibility, teamwork, and an appreciation for nature. With seeds, compost, and tools, our pupils could cultivate their own plants, reinforcing science lessons and healthy eating habits. This initiative would also provide a calming, focused activity, particularly beneficial for students who struggle with concentration. Additionally, involving parents and the wider community in our gardening efforts would strengthen relationships and demonstrate our commitment to holistic, practical education.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('enhancing hands-on learning and outdoor education', 'Benefit'), ('Gardening aligns with our values of growth, thankfulness, and togetherness', 'Benefit'), ('allowing students to develop responsibility, teamwork, and an appreciation for nature', 'Benefit'), ('seeds, compost, and tools', 'Usage'), ('reinforcing science lessons and healthy eating habits', 'Benefit'), ('provide a calming, focused activity, particularly beneficial for students who struggle with concentration', 'Benefit'), ('strengthen relationships and demonstrate our commitment to holistic, practical education', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small Catholic school and this term our focus is on being 'Stewards of God's Creation'. This encompasses all things environmental and how we can look after our precious world. We already have some chickens and use the eggs in our lessons and for some lunches and would like to extend this to growing our own vegetables to share with our school families.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We are a small Catholic school and this term our focus is on being 'Stewards of God's Creation'\", 'Context'), ('We already have some chickens and use the eggs in our lessons and for some lunches', 'Context'), ('to growing our own vegetables', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our allotment has re- wilded and we need a team of super children to help fix it! But they need tools, gloves to protect their hands, twine to control the plants and seeds to grow with their green fingers and compost to help them on their way! It will be enjoyed and admired by our school and local community! Twinkl, please help!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our allotment has re- wilded and we need a team of super children to help fix it!', 'Context'), ('tools, gloves to protect their hands, twine to control the plants and seeds to grow with their green fingers and compost to help them on their way!', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The Eco Warriors in my setting would like to engage in using their gardening skills to make the school more environmentally aware and provide a calming and engaging space to improve the students’ mental and physical health. The support from Twinkl would enrich our curriculum and allow the children to plant and monitor food and flowers and allow all the children of the school understand plant life cycles and help further promote the importance of healthy eating,.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to engage in using their gardening skills', 'Benefit'), ('to make the school more environmentally aware and provide a calming and engaging space to improve the students’ mental and physical health', 'Benefit'), ('enrich our curriculum and allow the children to plant and monitor food and flowers', 'Benefit'), ('allow all the children of the school understand plant life cycles and help further promote the importance of healthy eating,', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are beginning to build our own allotment where we will grow a range of vegetables and salad for the children to try. We have some old gardening stuff but with tight budgets we are seeking support to build on with some new resources so that we can continue the venture for our children. This will be accessed by children from Yr R t oYr 6.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are beginning to build our own allotment where we will grow a range of vegetables and salad for the children to try', 'Context'), ('We have some old gardening stuff but with tight budgets', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a specialist setting for children withy autism we spend a lot of curriculum time developing life skills. Last year we created a school allotment and this year we will be developing this further to grow fruit and veg that the students can use in food tech lessons. Each area of the school has a dedicated bed and we are excited to start growing :)\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As a specialist setting for children withy autism we spend a lot of curriculum time developing life skills', 'Context'), ('we created a school allotment', 'Context'), ('to grow fruit and veg that the students can use in food tech lessons', 'Benefit'), ('Each area of the school has a dedicated bed and we are excited to start growing :)', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: In our school we have a wonderful forest schools area with raised beds for planting, unfortunately we have been unable to use this area to its full potential due to costs. Giving our children an opportunity to grow produce that would help to inspire healthy eating would be fanatstic.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('In our school we have a wonderful forest schools area with raised beds for planting', 'Context'), ('we have been unable to use this area to its full potential due to costs', 'Context'), ('Giving our children an opportunity to grow produce that would help to inspire healthy eating would be fanatstic', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would spend £500 on outdoor resources to enhance our Early Years and community allotment. The funds would provide seeds, gardening tools, and equipment to support growing vegetables and flowers, fostering children’s connection to nature. We would also build a bug hotel to attract local wildlife, teaching children about biodiversity. Despite our small urban space, these resources will empower students to care for the environment, encouraging responsibility and sustainability. This project will also strengthen our ties with the local community, as the allotment can be shared with neighbors, promoting environmental awareness and collaboration.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to enhance our Early Years and community allotment', 'Usage'), ('provide seeds, gardening tools, and equipment to support growing vegetables and flowers', 'Usage'), ('fostering children’s connection to nature', 'Benefit'), ('build a bug hotel', 'Usage'), ('to attract local wildlife, teaching children about biodiversity', 'Benefit'), ('empower students to care for the environment, encouraging responsibility and sustainability', 'Benefit'), ('strengthen our ties with the local community', 'Benefit'), ('promoting environmental awareness and collaboration', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Over the past few years we have lost a lot of our trees and we would like a greener space where the children can take ownership of the area for themselves.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Over the past few years we have lost a lot of our trees', 'Context'), ('a greener space where the children can take ownership of the area for themselves', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would be so perfect to support my setting as we are a nature based learning and child led environment. \n", - "The garden is a true work in progress and we are slowly adding more plants and growing spaces for them to simply potter and to create the space we envision, a space for children to thrive and be truly happy and content exploring in nature.\n", - "Thank you!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to support my setting', 'Benefit'), ('we are a nature based learning and child led environment', 'Context'), ('The garden is a true work in progress', 'Context'), ('we are slowly adding more plants and growing spaces', 'Context'), ('for them to simply potter and to create the space we envision, a space for children to thrive and be truly happy and content exploring in nature', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small rural school in a very deprived area of beautiful Cornwall. We would spend the money on a “kitchen garden” where we’d purchase resources to help our children grow their own food, invite the community in to help (with the intention of showing how families can do this at home as well) and use the produce in our school dinners. Yum!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a small rural school in a very deprived area of beautiful Cornwall', 'Context'), ('a “kitchen gardenâ€\\x9d where we’d purchase resources', 'Usage'), ('to help our children grow their own food, invite the community in to help (with the intention of showing how families can do this at home as well) and use the produce in our school dinners', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As the weather is getting better it would be so beneficial to our students to spend more time outdoors and learning about nature and growing plants. As an SEN learning environment, hands on learning like this would be incredibly beneficial to our students.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As the weather is getting better', 'Context'), ('to spend more time outdoors and learning about nature and growing plants', 'Benefit'), ('As an SEN learning environment', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We're starting a community garden at school and we really want to get the nursery class involved by planting on our window sill. It will be exciting for them to see the seeds grow in to the plants and then be transferred to our community garden. It's a way of getting the youngest in the school involved in this very special project.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We're starting a community garden at school\", 'Context'), ('to get the nursery class involved by planting on our window sill', 'Usage'), ('for them to see the seeds grow in to the plants and then be transferred to our community garden', 'Benefit'), ('getting the youngest in the school involved in this very special project', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is a PRU in South East London, supporting students who face barriers to mainstream education. Many of our pupils benefit from hands-on, therapeutic activities, and a school garden would provide a vital space for wellbeing, teamwork, and learning. With gardening equipment, we could create an engaging, sensory-rich environment where students develop responsibility, patience, and practical skills. This initiative would also support cross-curricular learning in science, art, and English, while promoting mental health and environmental awareness. Your support would help us transform an unused space into a thriving garden, fostering resilience and growth in our students.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is a PRU in South East London, supporting students who face barriers to mainstream education', 'Context'), ('Many of our pupils benefit from hands-on, therapeutic activities, and a school garden would provide a', 'Context'), ('create an engaging, sensory-rich environment where students develop responsibility, patience, and practical skills', 'Benefit'), ('support cross-curricular learning in science, art, and English', 'Benefit'), ('promoting mental health and environmental awareness', 'Benefit'), ('transform an unused space into a thriving garden', 'Usage'), ('fostering resilience and growth in our students', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a large inner city school we have very little outside space. However we do have a small and unloved garden area that has long been neglected. I would love to take ownership of this and use this money to support our SEND students through some nature therapy and engagement work. The funds would help provide for the first years worth of supplies beyond those in the package.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As a large inner city school we have very little outside space', 'Context'), ('we do have a small and unloved garden area that has long been neglected', 'Context'), ('to support our SEND students through some nature therapy and engagement work', 'Usage'), ('provide for the first years worth of supplies beyond those in the package', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At Newlands Primary School we have recently stared a Forrest school after school club. we offer this free to our students as we believe we can use the outdoors to teach vital skills. due to offering it for free we have been limited to the activities we have been able to offer this bundle will offer us the chance to greatly expand our activites and introduce the students to more skills.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At Newlands Primary School we have recently stared a Forrest school after school club', 'Benefit'), ('we offer this free to our students as we believe we can use the outdoors to teach vital skills', 'Context'), ('due to offering it for free we have been limited to the activities we have been able to offer', 'Context'), ('to greatly expand our activites', 'Usage'), ('introduce the students to more skills', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I am the Lead Nursery Teacher. Our nursery outdoor area was an old car park, so imagine metal railings and concrete floor. Well........we waited and asked the right people in our academy and have now had a whole new outdoor space made. We are speechless with how it has been achieved. However the heart of the garden has not been '[planted yet'. The garden has it's official opening after our Easter break which we are all very excited about especially as it is spring time where we can maximise out planting. This is where you might be able to help us. My team are keen to get started with the children but now the money has been spent on the development we do not have enough money to get planting. Our parents donate where they can but we understand that in the area we are it is of high deprivation. If we were lucky enough to win we would definitely put the recourses into having our own vegetable patch. We are keen to plant flowers to encourage bees and butterflies as the children have been learning about mini beasts and observing the caterpillars change into cocoons. We would like to purchase some gardening tools for our nursery children to develop their hand and eye co ordination and a love for the natural environment.\n", - "Fingers crossed!\n", - "Thank you Twinkle\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our nursery outdoor area was an old car park', 'Context'), ('metal railings and concrete floor', 'Usage'), (\"the heart of the garden has not been '[planted yet'\", 'Context'), ('it is spring time where we can maximise out planting.', 'Context'), ('now the money has been spent on the development we do not have enough money to get planting', 'Context'), ('Our parents donate where they can', 'Context'), ('in the area we are it is of high deprivation', 'Context'), ('put the recourses into having our own vegetable patch', 'Usage'), ('We are keen to plant flowers to encourage bees and butterflies as the children have been learning about mini beasts and observing the caterpillars change into cocoons', 'Context'), ('to purchase some gardening tools', 'Usage'), ('to develop their hand and eye co ordination and a love for the natural environment', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would buy outdoor sensory objects to improve out areas outside and provide inclusion for our SEND children. It would help massively for our continuous provision and to add the children’s interests to the areas. We love our outdoor area and would love to make it more inviting for the children.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We would buy outdoor sensory objects', 'Usage'), ('to improve out areas outside and provide inclusion for our SEND children', 'Benefit'), ('for our continuous provision and to add the children’s interests to the areas', 'Benefit'), ('We love our outdoor area', 'Context'), ('make it more inviting for the children', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Children are always looking to explore the natural world around us. In our setting we have a lot of space for gardening and introducing our children to different types of plants and amazing animals. With this bundle and cash prize, we could really help them get a step closer to experiencing the wonders we take for granted on a daily basis.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Children are always looking to explore the natural world around us', 'Context'), ('In our setting we have a lot of space for gardening and introducing our children to different types of plants and amazing animals', 'Context'), ('help them get a step closer to experiencing the wonders we take for granted on a daily basis', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently developing our Forest School area to include a vegetable garden. At the moment we are clearing the ground ready. We are aiming to encourage all year groups to grow items that they can then create a meal with. This would help greatly in their understanding of garden to plate and explore new flavours.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently developing our Forest School area to include a vegetable garden.', 'Context'), ('At the moment we are clearing the ground ready', 'Context'), ('to encourage all year groups to grow items that they can then create a meal with', 'Benefit'), ('help greatly in their understanding of garden to plate and explore new flavours', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently in the process of making a garden and growing area for the children that attend pre-school. This will help us to support healthy eating and give the children an understanding of where our food comes from. This bundle would enable us to support the children from an underprivileged and deprived area to experience a garden and growing experience that they may not get at home.\n", - "Thank you in advance!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently in the process of making a garden and growing area for the children that attend pre-school', 'Context'), ('to support healthy eating and give the children an understanding of where our food comes from', 'Benefit'), ('to support the children from an underprivileged and deprived area to experience a garden and growing experience that they may not get at home', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a lovely gardening patch for growing fruit and vegetables but unfortunately, we do not have the resources to grow anything due to budget limitations. Winning a garden bundle or £500 would certainly help to facilitate this and we could then encourage our students to take part in an extra-curricular Gardening Club open to all year groups. This would also assist some of our SEND students who may find it difficult to take part in other extra-curricular clubs where it is often a busy and noisy environment. Having this facility available would empower both teachers and students. It would create a more equitable and effective learning experience, and the support would be invaluable in providing personalized learning experiences too.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a lovely gardening patch for growing fruit and vegetables but unfortunately, we do not have the resources to grow anything due to budget limitations', 'Context'), ('to take part in an extra-curricular Gardening Club open to all year groups', 'Usage'), ('assist some of our SEND students who may find it difficult to take part in other extra-curricular clubs where it is often a busy and noisy environment', 'Benefit'), ('create a more equitable and effective learning experience, and the support would be invaluable in providing personalized learning experiences too', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are lucky enough in Ysgol Bro Ogwr to have a garden area that we are developing to further our learning of food, growing, nature and wellbeing. This bundle would be amazing for further developing our garden.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are lucky enough in Ysgol Bro Ogwr to have a garden area that we are developing to further', 'Context'), ('further developing our garden', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would really help the children engage more by being away from their desks and experiencing nature first hand. Seeing plants and food grow would give them a better understanding of science and the world around them, whilst helping with their team building skills, communication, motor skills and love for the outdoors.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('help the children engage more by being away from their desks and experiencing nature first hand', 'Benefit'), ('give them a better understanding of science and the world around them', 'Benefit'), ('helping with their team building skills, communication, motor skills and love for the outdoors', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have recently opened up a quiet space for children at breaktimes and it would be lovely for us to make it more sensory with plants and ornaments. We also put on a huge year 6 production, this year being 'Frozen' and there are always lots of resources needed for this.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently opened up a quiet space for children at breaktimes', 'Context'), ('to make it more sensory with plants and ornaments', 'Benefit'), ('put on a huge year 6 production', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our pupils would love a gardening bundle to help them keep our planters weed free. We are just about to start our gardening for the year so this would really help as some of the tools are getting tired. £500 would go a long way to helping us refresh the small green houses we have and some netting to protect the young plants in the planters from the birds. We would also like some new games for our playground and quiet room.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to help them keep our planters weed free', 'Benefit'), ('We are just about to start our gardening for the year', 'Context'), ('some of the tools are getting tired', 'Context'), ('helping us refresh the small green houses we have and some netting to protect the young plants in the planters from the birds', 'Usage'), ('some new games for our playground and quiet room', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We love being outside watching and learning from the seasons. Our current children loved watching the caterpillars grow into butterflies and we want to do a different cycle this year. We need to revamp some outside equipment so if we win this would be soo helpful\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We love being outside watching and learning from the seasons', 'Context'), ('Our current children loved watching the caterpillars grow into butterflies and we want to do a different cycle this year', 'Context'), ('to revamp some outside equipment', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We currently have a good outdoor space for our early years but we don't have any growing space. I am seeking funding to obtain compost and will be installing tyre tower to allow the children to plant fruit and vegetable. The children will then be able to experience how this grow and then we can use our yields to use in cooking. I would also like to have a herb garden close to our mud kitchen to allow them to use this as well as having these wonderful smells as sensory garden\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"We currently have a good outdoor space for our early years but we don't have any growing space\", 'Context'), ('to obtain compost and will be installing tyre tower', 'Usage'), ('allow the children to plant fruit and vegetable', 'Benefit'), ('to have a herb garden close to our mud kitchen', 'Usage'), ('allow them to use this as well as having these wonderful smells as sensory garden', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a school supporting children with SEMH and we spend majority of our time outside in our new forest school area which is in need of resources. Our children feel regulated when outside and getting busy with their hands and it makes them feel happy knowing they are contributing to improving an area from building things or planting seeds ready to watch them grow. We are looking at expanding our resources within our forest school area to offer children more experiences of exploring nature and using natural resources to create art. We would buy more gardening equipment and replace items that have been damaged previously. We would love to have our own vegetable growing are where the children can plant vegetables, watch them grow, harvest them and then use them in cooking within our school.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a school supporting children with SEMH and we spend majority of our time outside in our new forest school area which is in need of resources', 'Context'), ('Our children feel regulated when outside and getting busy with their hands and it makes them feel happy knowing they are contributing to improving an area from building things or planting seeds ready to watch them grow.', 'Benefit'), ('We are looking at expanding our resources within our forest school area', 'Context'), ('to offer children more experiences of exploring nature and using natural resources to create art', 'Benefit'), ('buy more gardening equipment and replace items that have been damaged previously', 'Usage'), ('to have our own vegetable growing are', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: The gardening bundle would be perfect for our forest school. We are trying to set up a new ks1 play area so the £500 would go towards some new play equipment for that area.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are trying to set up a new ks1 play area so the £500 would go towards some new play equipment for that area', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: A 'Sensory Garden' for children with ASD/ASDH and with additional complex needs, would be a safe place and designed to stimulate their senses, such as sight, smell, touch, sound and taste. We would have colourful, growing pots full of different vegetables and herbs. We would need to buy the pots, plants and tools so they would have the independence to grow these plants. We would decorate with educational signage for them to learn about growing. Using Makaton, child friendly symbols for children who have difficulty reading. We would also have a ‘Bug House’ so that they could learn about insects.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"A 'Sensory Garden' for children with ASD/ASDH and with additional complex needs\", 'Benefit'), ('to stimulate their senses, such as sight, smell, touch, sound and taste', 'Benefit'), ('colourful, growing pots full of different vegetables and herbs', 'Usage'), ('to buy the pots, plants and tools', 'Usage'), ('decorate with educational signage', 'Usage'), ('for them to learn about growing', 'Benefit'), ('Using Makaton, child friendly symbols for children who have difficulty reading', 'Benefit'), ('a ‘Bug House’', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are trying to develop space that was overgrown and an eyesore to make it into a sustainable, Children’s garden where we can grow food. Wildflowers and welcome nature into the garden. The children have drew how they would like the garden to look and have areas to reflect and rest. Fruits they would like to eat for snack and have somewhere we can work together to make the vision come to life. Gardening is wonderful hobby but can be expensive, so the money would be very much appreciated to create this beautiful space and improve the wellbeing of children in our community.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are trying to develop space that was overgrown and an eyesore to make it into a sustainable, Children’s garden where we can grow food. Wildflowers and welcome nature into the garden. The children have drew how they would like the garden to look and have areas to reflect and rest', 'Context'), ('Fruits they would like to eat for snack and have somewhere', 'Usage'), ('to create this beautiful space and improve the wellbeing of children in our community', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Doing primary liaison to educating children on sustainability where food comes from, and how pollinators, such as bees, are important to the ecosystem and our future food production.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to educating children on sustainability where food comes from, and how pollinators, such as bees, are important to the ecosystem and our future food production', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love this! We have recently just started our echo school journey and have been wanting to start a plant to plate journey but haven’t got the gardening equipment yet! We would use this alongside parent helpers to start our gardening area in our planters to plant foods to grow and then use in the nursery\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently just started our echo school journey and have been wanting to start a plant to plate journey but haven’t got the gardening equipment yet!', 'Context'), ('to start our gardening area in our planters to plant foods to grow and then use in the nursery', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are currently redeveloping our garden area. We’ve raised beds for each class and are aiming to grow vegetables in our class areas and develop a sensory area. This would then enhance our knowledge and skills as well as improve our use of outdoor learning. \n", - "We are a small school with 3 classes. We do a lot of cross stage learning and this would be another way of enhancing this too.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently redeveloping our garden area.', 'Context'), ('to grow vegetables in our class areas and develop a sensory area', 'Usage'), ('enhance our knowledge and skills as well as improve our use of outdoor learning', 'Benefit'), ('We are a small school with 3 classes', 'Context'), ('We do a lot of cross stage learning', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have recently created raised beds in our garden area which are ready to be planted. This prize would enable us to plant these up with a wide range of engaging plants for our children to explore, enabling us to complete this project.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have recently created raised beds in our garden area which are ready to be planted', 'Context'), ('to plant these up with a wide range of engaging plants for our children to explore', 'Usage'), ('enabling us to complete this project', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Unfortunately in our setting we do not have a garden but as practitioners we understand the benefits of outdoor play and learning and the importance of ensuring children spend quality time in the fresh air everyday. We use the space we do have to carry out gardening and environment learning to help children explore and learn. \n", - "This means that we are out and about in our community all the time, visiting local parks, litter picking, going in nature hunts, visiting the ducks down the river and saying hello to those we pass and planting flowers and plants in Nursery. \n", - "\n", - "We have been lucky enough to obtain an allotment, which everyone is so excited about and cannot wait to develop. \n", - "\n", - "The idea with this is to visit and tend to plants, veg, compost patch, bug hotel/wildlife area, etc. every day and teach our children valuable life skills. We will also be starting our own Gardening club where we will be inviting families along to join us and get stuck in. \n", - "\n", - "Our home grown veg will be used to make yummy treats back at Nursery but we also hope to donate some to our community by giving veg to our local food bank/kitchen and leaving flowers on people’s door steps or giving them to our local care home when we visit. \n", - "\n", - "We do have a limited budget and there is a lot of work to still be done to our allotment space so winning this prize/s would help go towards essential gardening supplies for the children such as pots and planters, kids gardening gloves, seeds and plants, children’s gardening tools etc. \n", - "\n", - "As mentioned we also want to be as eco friendly as possible so the prize could be put towards a water butt or compost bin for children to use and learn about recycling and reducing waste. \n", - "\n", - "We also want to make our allotment space a haven for wildlife and this prize could help buy bug hotels, bird feeders, bird houses, etc. and the gardening supplies would help us create a lovely flowering space for wildlife. \n", - "\n", - "Thank You ?\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Unfortunately in our setting we do not have a garden but as practitioners we understand the benefits of outdoor play and learning and the importance of ensuring children spend quality time in the fresh air everyday', 'Context'), ('to help children explore and learn', 'Benefit'), ('We have been lucky enough to obtain an allotment, which everyone is so excited about and cannot wait to develop', 'Context'), ('to visit and tend to plants, veg, compost patch, bug hotel/wildlife area, etc.', 'Usage'), ('teach our children valuable life skills', 'Benefit'), ('starting our own Gardening club', 'Usage'), ('We do have a limited budget and there is a lot of work to still be done to our allotment space', 'Context'), ('essential gardening supplies for the children such as pots and planters, kids gardening gloves, seeds and plants, children’s gardening tools etc', 'Usage'), ('to be as eco friendly as possible', 'Benefit'), ('towards a water butt or compost bin', 'Usage'), ('for children to use and learn about recycling and reducing waste', 'Benefit'), ('to make our allotment space a haven for wildlife', 'Usage'), ('buy bug hotels, bird feeders, bird houses, etc', 'Usage'), ('create a lovely flowering space for wildlife', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would plant edible fruit/veg/flowers to use in our cookery coursework as well as creating natural self-care products. We would explore the sensory aspects of plants as well as their historical uses. We are a group of 30+ young people with autism/ADHD and other additional support needs based in a area of low employment and are looking to improve our self esteem and confidence.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('plant edible fruit/veg/flowers to use in our cookery coursework as well as creating natural self-care products', 'Usage'), ('explore the sensory aspects of plants as well as their historical uses', 'Benefit'), ('We are a group of 30+ young people with autism/ADHD and other additional support needs based in a area of low employment and are looking to improve our self esteem and confidence', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use this great support to enable our learners to explore and discover how plants grow, what humans can do to help keep plants thriving and healthy, and how other living creatures interact with plants, such as bees pollinating flowers and other animals spreading seeds or feeding on fruits. It would give our learners direct experience of sensory learning as they dig, plant and water their seeds and observe, measure and perhaps taste what they grow!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('enable our learners to explore and discover how plants grow, what humans can do to help keep plants thriving and healthy, and how other living creatures interact with plants, such as bees pollinating flowers and other animals spreading seeds or feeding on fruits', 'Benefit'), ('give our learners direct experience of sensory learning as they dig, plant and water their seeds and observe, measure and perhaps taste what they grow!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At sproatley school we have a very large forest school, unfortunately due to lack of funds it has started to fall apart. We would love to re-energise the area by building some raised beds and adding a poly tunnel. The children all love to use the forest school so giving it a new purpose would be wonderful and very inspirational.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we have a very large forest school, unfortunately due to lack of funds it has started to fall apart', 'Context'), ('to re-energise the area', 'Usage'), ('building some raised beds and adding a poly tunnel', 'Usage'), ('The children all love to use the forest school', 'Context'), ('giving it a new purpose', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As we are an inner-city school, we have no green areas therefore the gardening bundle would allow us to plant lots of plants to grow on our windowsills and flower beds. We would really love to be able to grow our own fruit and vegetables so that we can harvest and eat them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As we are an inner-city school, we have no green areas', 'Context'), ('to plant lots of plants to grow on our windowsills and flower beds', 'Usage'), ('to grow our own fruit and vegetables so that we can harvest and eat them', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would use this to support our secondary school additional support needs stage 5 pupils in accessing growing areas and other outdoor spaces in the school, including setting up an outdoor mud kitchen area. As our pupils are at pre early and early level we are under resourced for early years equipment as we are within a mainstream secondary so our budget doesn’t stretch to this type of much needed equipment with our changing cohort of pupils.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to support our secondary school additional support needs stage 5 pupils in accessing growing areas and other outdoor spaces in the school', 'Usage'), ('setting up an outdoor mud kitchen area', 'Usage'), ('As our pupils are at pre early and early level we are under resourced for early years equipment as we are within a mainstream secondary', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our school, we’re always looking for meaningful ways to get children learning outside the classroom. With your gardening bundle, we’d start a school garden where pupils can grow vegetables, learn about nature, and enjoy the satisfaction of seeing something they’ve planted thrive. Many of our children don’t have access to gardens at home, so this would be a great opportunity to connect them with the outdoors. It would also help build teamwork, responsibility and an understanding of where food comes from. Your support would make a big difference and help us bring learning to life in a fun, hands-on way.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('At our school, we’re always looking for meaningful ways to get', 'Context'), ('start a school garden', 'Usage'), ('Many of our children don’t have access to gardens at home', 'Context'), ('to connect them with the outdoors', 'Benefit'), ('build teamwork, responsibility and an understanding of where food comes from', 'Benefit'), ('help us bring learning to life in a fun, hands-on way', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: In APS we are currently trying to inspire our learners by engaging in learning outside the classroom alot more and use the fantastic outdoor space that we have. We are lucky to have the space but it needs developed more by our pupils and staff and this would support us in doing so and support our sustainability journey.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we are currently trying to inspire our learners by engaging in learning outside the classroom alot more and use the fantastic outdoor space that we have', 'Context'), ('We are lucky to have the space but it needs developed more by our pupils and staff', 'Context'), ('support our sustainability journey', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: My P1 class are learning about plants and growing after Easter. We are hoping to plant things to help make our outdoor area look prettier and also encourage minibeasts.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('My P1 class are learning about plants and growing after Easter', 'Context'), ('to plant things', 'Usage'), ('to help make our outdoor area look prettier and also encourage minibeasts.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I'm a childminder with 5 little people who love to grow!!! We currently have peas and carrots growing! We have 1 empty planter ready to plant more exciting things ....we'd love to expand too if we won the £500!!! Let's grow together my little people say ❤️??☘️\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We currently have peas and carrots growing! We have 1 empty planter ready to plant more exciting things', 'Context'), ('to expand too', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our school is in an urban area of high deprivation - it would be great to give the children a gardening experience and help them to see how seeds and plants grow - much better than the bean or sunflower seed in a yogurt pot that goes home and dies!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our school is in an urban area of high deprivation', 'Context'), ('to give the children a gardening experience and help them to see how seeds and plants grow - much better than the bean or sunflower seed in a yogurt pot that goes home and dies!', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are setting up an eco school within the nursery woodlands, so far we are recycling the water to use on the plants and a composter, we need to start being more self efficient so have been growing veg , if we won the gardening bundle it would encourage the children to look after the surroundinga and teach them about being more eco in nursery\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are setting up an eco school within the nursery woodlands', 'Context'), ('recycling the water to use on the plants and a composter', 'Usage'), ('to start being more self efficient so have been growing veg', 'Benefit'), ('encourage the children to look after the surroundinga and teach them about being more eco in nursery', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our small primary and nursery school in a rural setting serves a tight-knit community, where resources are often limited. The support could help us enrich our curriculum with new learning tools and materials, particularly for our younger children in the nursery and early primary grades. It would be instrumental in providing additional support for children with special educational needs, ensuring they receive personalized interventions. Additionally, we could use the resources for staff development, empowering teachers with new strategies for fostering literacy, numeracy, and emotional well-being. This support would make a lasting impact on the academic and personal growth of our students.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('small primary and nursery school in a rural setting serves a tight-knit community, where resources are often limited', 'Context'), ('help us enrich our curriculum with new learning tools and materials', 'Usage'), ('providing additional support for children with special educational needs, ensuring they receive personalized interventions', 'Benefit'), ('for staff development', 'Usage'), ('empowering teachers with new strategies for fostering literacy, numeracy, and emotional well-being', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a nursery unit attached to a primary school in Peterlee, Co. Durham. We are located within a deprived area where children can lack experiences. The we are always looking to provide as many valuable experiences as possible and the new gardening equipment and supplies would be used to enhance our curriulum within the nursery, allowing the children to have hands on experience in gowing flowers and vegetables that we could then pick and eat allowing the children to see the value in growing produce and understand the care that is required to gain healthy produce. This would support our knowlegde of the world learning aspect.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a nursery unit attached to a primary school in Peterlee, Co. Durham', 'Context'), ('We are located within a deprived area where children can lack experiences', 'Context'), ('The we are always looking to provide as many valuable experiences as possible', 'Context'), ('the new gardening equipment and supplies', 'Usage'), ('to enhance our curriulum within the nursery', 'Usage'), ('allowing the children to have hands on experience in gowing flowers and vegetables that we could then pick and eat', 'Benefit'), ('allowing the children to see the value in growing produce and understand the care that is required to gain healthy produce', 'Benefit'), ('support our knowlegde of the world learning aspect', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would purchase raised allotments so that the children can grown their own fruit and vegetables to gain a better understanding of where food comes from. This will enhance our sustainability action plan as we are also developing the grounds to promote more wildlife and insects from planting flowers and hedgerows. \n", - "Each class would have their own allotment to nurture in line with our Nurturing school value.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('purchase raised allotments', 'Usage'), ('to gain a better understanding of where food comes from', 'Benefit'), ('enhance our sustainability action plan', 'Benefit'), ('to promote more wildlife and insects from planting flowers and hedgerows', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small nursery and After School Club for children from birth to 16 years. We have a space in our outdoor play area where we could use the gardening bundle to create a growing area for children to plant, care for, and harvest their own fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Gardening offers sensory-rich learning experiences and helps children understand where food comes from, encouraging healthier eating habits. It supports teamwork and communication skills as children work together. Most importantly, it provides a calm, outdoor space that promotes well-being, confidence, and pride as they watch their plants grow and thrive.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a small nursery and After School Club for children from birth to 16 years', 'Context'), ('We have a space in our outdoor play area where we could use the gardening bundle to create a growing area for children to plant, care for, and harvest their own fruit, vegetables, and flowers', 'Context'), ('offers sensory-rich learning experiences and helps children understand where food comes from, encouraging healthier eating habits', 'Benefit'), ('supports teamwork and communication skills as children work together', 'Benefit'), ('provides a calm, outdoor space that promotes well-being, confidence, and pride as they watch their plants grow and thrive', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an established preschool serving the community for nearly 40 years. We have never had an official outdoor play area, but was recently allocated funding for a outdoor play area. We would love to have a growing area where the children will be able to grow their own fruit and veg and enhance their learning learning and playing. We believe in giving our children the best experiences that we can.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are an established preschool serving the community for nearly 40 years', 'Context'), ('We have never had an official outdoor play area, but was recently allocated funding for a outdoor play area.', 'Context'), ('to have a growing area', 'Usage'), ('enhance their learning learning and playing', 'Benefit'), ('We believe in giving our children the best experiences that we can', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Want to improve Eco club at our secondary school. Many students love to spend some time at lunchtime learning to grow seeds, pot up plants and enjoy the flowers in our mainly concrete playgrounds.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to improve Eco club at our secondary school', 'Usage'), ('Many students love to spend some time at lunchtime learning to grow seeds, pot up plants and enjoy the flowers in our mainly concrete playgrounds', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our small rural school in Cornwall would benefit immensely if we won this prize. Our children our passion about the environment and looking after our planet. They speak with purpose and conviction about environmental issues and want to make a positive impact. If we won we would plant a vegetable garden with each class from nursery to year 6 taking on a raised bed. We’d grow and care for our plants and then look to cook with the produce grown. We have strong community links and it would be great to invite some older members of the community into school to share our harvest.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our children our passion about the environment and looking after our planet', 'Context'), ('They speak with purpose and conviction about environmental issues and want to make a positive impact', 'Context'), ('plant a vegetable garden with each class from nursery to year 6 taking on a raised bed', 'Usage'), ('We have strong community links', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would benefit as we would love to develop a sensory area for our children. We have an area where we would love to grow I’ve up and around to enclose it and add pallets with herbs such as mint and lavender to allow our children to develop their sensory needs and use this as a quiet place to relax, also using lavender will encourage bees to come to our garden and we will set up areas for bees and insects to explore.\n", - "Our nursery has up to 100 children a day and this will help us add an area for our children when it gets too busy and loud for them to regulate in a safe quiet are.\n", - "If we won the money we could use this to start getting the resources and will be able to fundraiser for the rest and children for years to come will enjoy our wee sensory nature garden to help with regulation and enjoy a safe space. \n", - "Books will also be added and treasure baskets with sensory items inside to further develop this area.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to develop a sensory area for our children', 'Usage'), ('We have an area where we would love to grow I’ve up and around to enclose it and add pallets with herbs such as mint and lavender', 'Context'), ('allow our children to develop their sensory needs and use this as a quiet place to relax', 'Benefit'), ('encourage bees to come to our garden and we will set up areas for bees and insects to explore', 'Benefit'), ('Our nursery has up to 100 children a day and this will help us add an area for our children when it gets too busy and loud for them to regulate in a safe quiet are', 'Context'), ('to help with regulation and enjoy a safe space', 'Benefit'), ('Books will also be added and treasure baskets with sensory items', 'Usage'), ('to further develop this area.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a great outdoor space and it would be hugely beneficial to our children if we could create ways to enhance their learning whilst accessing the outdoor space. Our school is in an area of low deprivation and the skills and knowledge the children would gain from growing their own veg, fruit etc. It would give children transferable skills which would enable them to engage in real, life long learning.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a great outdoor space', 'Context'), ('create ways to enhance their learning whilst accessing the outdoor space', 'Benefit'), ('Our school is in an area of low deprivation and the skills and knowledge the children would gain from growing their own veg, fruit etc', 'Context'), ('give children transferable skills which would enable them to engage in real, life long learning', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As a Green Flag school committed to sustainability and inclusive education, winning a gardening bundle would allow us to enrich our outdoor learning provision. We would create a sensory-friendly garden space, promoting biodiversity through pollinator-friendly planting and vegetable beds maintained by our eco-club. This space would support science and wellbeing lessons, provide calming sensory regulation for neurodiverse pupils, and offer inclusive, hands-on experiences for all learners. Gardening activities would also be integrated into our continuous provision for Year 1, fostering curiosity, responsibility, and environmental awareness. This bundle would be a valuable resource in nurturing both our pupils and our planet.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As a Green Flag school committed to sustainability and inclusive education', 'Context'), ('to enrich our outdoor learning provision', 'Usage'), ('create a sensory-friendly garden space, promoting biodiversity through pollinator-friendly planting and vegetable beds maintained by our eco-club', 'Benefit'), ('support science and wellbeing lessons, provide calming sensory regulation for neurodiverse pupils, and offer inclusive, hands-on experiences for all learners', 'Benefit'), ('fostering curiosity, responsibility, and environmental awareness', 'Benefit'), ('nurturing both our pupils and our planet', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love this in our setting as we work in a deprived area and this would be so good for our children as they love helping out in our nursery garden.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we work in a deprived area', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love this to enable our P1s to have more hands on experiences in our garden. With a lack of resources, it is very difficult to let everyone share the old equipment that we have.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('enable our P1s to have more hands on experiences in our garden', 'Benefit'), ('With a lack of resources, it is very difficult to let everyone share the old equipment that we have', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are creating a kitchen garden at our nursery as partner our sustainability project. The garden is in an internal courtyard and will be all pots and raised beds. We are so excited to use Hugelkultur to start our beds off and to learn about the composting cycle that will keep our soil in tip top condition. We are a newly opened setting with very limited resources and this would help us along so much. Our families are ready to help us get started and we are so excited to grow our first vegetables. The children have planned what they want to grow and lettuce and sunflowers were 2 of their choices. We have tried hard to recycle and upcycle and to purchase second hand but some additional funds to help us buy compost and some fruit trees and pots would be amazing. The children visit an orchard locally and are really keen to have their own apple trees at nursery. Thank you for this opportunity\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are creating a kitchen garden at our nursery as partner our sustainability project', 'Context'), ('The garden is in an internal courtyard and will be all pots and raised beds', 'Context'), ('to start our beds off and to learn about the composting cycle that will keep our soil in tip top condition', 'Usage'), ('We are a newly opened setting with very limited resources', 'Context'), ('The children have planned what they want to grow and lettuce and sunflowers were 2 of their choices', 'Context'), ('to recycle and upcycle and to purchase second hand', 'Usage'), ('buy compost and some fruit trees and pots', 'Usage'), ('The children visit an orchard locally and are really keen to have their own apple trees at nursery', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are set in a very deprived area of Blackpool. We try to give our children the best chances and opportunities we can. Lots of our children like being outside to regulate and learn. We have a grassy area that we use for outdoor learning but we would love any donations to improve this area. Whilst in this area the children learn: \n", - "How to look after the environment by litter picking. \n", - "Learn about life cycles ie looking for tadpoles.\n", - "Learn other Science facts about plants and trees\n", - "Have experiences such as reading round the camp fire. \n", - "Have fun and working together ie making dens and collecting twigs. \n", - "Thank you\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are set in a very deprived area of Blackpool', 'Context'), ('We try to give our children the best chances and opportunities we can', 'Context'), ('Lots of our children like being outside to regulate and learn', 'Context'), ('We have a grassy area that we use for outdoor learning', 'Context'), ('to improve this area', 'Usage'), ('Learn about life cycles ie looking for tadpoles.', 'Benefit'), ('Learn other Science facts about plants and trees\\r\\nHave experiences such as reading round the camp fire', 'Benefit'), ('Have fun and working together ie making dens and collecting twigs.', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: I would love to provide an outdoor library or reading nook for our pupils to encourage a love of reading and help a reading for pleasure vibe to flow throughout the school day. It would encourage book talk and provide a quiet area for pupils too.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to provide an outdoor library or reading nook', 'Usage'), ('to encourage a love of reading and help a reading for pleasure vibe to flow throughout the school day', 'Benefit'), ('encourage book talk and provide a quiet area for pupils too', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: As somebody that encourages children to nurture their minds with nature and as part of our development of the garden space. We would use these resources to provide a safe and engaging space for children to learn about the lifecycle of plants etc, while growing our own fruit and vegetables for snack etc, this will enable us to teach our children to take great care and respect the plants etc, sparking conversations that our children may not have. Our children are around 18 months delayed within their development due to living in an area of deprivation, so this responsibility of gardening with highly benefit them and their wellbeing.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('As somebody that encourages children to nurture their minds with nature and as part of our development of the garden space', 'Context'), ('to provide a safe and engaging space for children to learn about the lifecycle of plants etc, while growing our own fruit and vegetables for snack etc', 'Benefit'), ('teach our children to take great care and respect the plants etc, sparking conversations that our children may not have', 'Benefit'), ('Our children are around 18 months delayed within their development due to living in an area of deprivation', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: we have just had our outdoor learning area completed and this bundle would be ideal to help our children start their gardening journey. We also run a weekly gardening club after school with many budding enthusiastic gardeners attending but as usual equipment is in short supply. Please help us by providing us with this fantastic opportunity\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('we have just had our outdoor learning area completed', 'Context'), ('to help our children start their gardening journey', 'Benefit'), ('We also run a weekly gardening club after school with many budding enthusiastic gardeners attending but as usual equipment is in short supply', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Our children in the nursery have been keen to learn about where foods come from and beginning to use them kind their play learning more about fruit and veg. being able to grow them with the children and involving them in the full process will hopefully help to ensure positive connections with foods and instill life long skills and a love for healthy products to all our Children starting from the baby room right through to our afterachool club.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Our children in the nursery have been keen to learn about where foods come from and beginning to use them kind their play learning more about fruit and veg', 'Context'), ('to grow them with the children and involving them in the full process', 'Benefit'), ('to ensure positive connections with foods and instill life long skills and a love for healthy products to all our Children starting from the baby room right through to our afterachool club', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a private nursery and looking to expand on our outdoor learning. We want to involve our full families in this and having them help plant would be a perfect way.\n", - "\n", - "Our children do mot currently see the process of from ground to.plate. this would allow for that.we have children with ASN who need extra help to regulate at times. Gardening would be perfect for this.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a private nursery and looking to expand on our outdoor learning', 'Context'), ('to involve our full families in this and having them help plant would be a perfect way', 'Benefit'), ('Our children do mot currently see the process of from ground to.plate. this would allow for that.we', 'Context'), ('have children with ASN who need extra help to regulate at times', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a small, rural school who have recently been having some building work done which means we have not been able to access our Forest School area. I would use this money to purchase new resources such as watering cans, tarpaulins , whittling tools and resources for a mud kitchen.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are a small, rural school who have recently been having some building work done which means we have not been able to access our Forest School area', 'Context'), ('to purchase new resources such as watering cans, tarpaulins , whittling tools and resources for a mud kitchen.', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We're a group of mixed Rainbows and Brownies, 18 in total aged 5-9. It would be great for them to get their hands dirty and get growing. 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Funds raised we could utilise at the setting to give our children more outdoor learning opportunities in the community.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to start growing our own fruit and veg', 'Usage'), ('to sell to the community and our families at a very low cost such as soup packs', 'Benefit'), ('to support healthy living', 'Benefit'), ('to give our children more outdoor learning opportunities in the community', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are a very outdoorsy school - every week every child attends forest school. This term our 17 year 3 children will be starting their bee keeping experience. 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Being in an area of high deprivation we are looking to help children and families have access to good food whilst building their growing and cooking skills. We would look to buy gardening tools, greenhouses, planters and other such materials to help support our journey into developing our outdoor space for children and families to access on a daily basis.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are in the process of starting our own gardening club within our setting, this will involve staff, parents and our children', 'Context'), ('to grow sustainable foods', 'Usage'), ('to engage parents and children together', 'Benefit'), ('Being in an area of high deprivation we are looking to help', 'Context'), ('building their growing and cooking skills', 'Benefit'), ('to buy gardening tools, greenhouses, planters and other such materials', 'Usage'), ('to help support our journey into developing our outdoor space for children and families to access on a daily basis', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love to be able to buy additional compost to top up our grow boxes as our crops failed last year! We would also like to buy some small watering cans to allow younger children to water the crops more easily. Additional money would go to replace some fruit trees that didn’t survive the windy weather.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to buy additional compost to top up our grow boxes', 'Usage'), ('our crops failed last year!', 'Context'), ('to buy some small watering cans', 'Usage'), ('allow younger children to water the crops more easily', 'Benefit'), ('to replace some fruit trees that didn’t survive the windy weather', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Working in a special school, this will support the children with understanding how plants grow/ survive through practical sessions. It will support key skills building on their fine and gross motor development. Hook children into the natural world getting them excited about watching their plants grow and teach them how to care for living things.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('support the children with understanding how plants grow/ survive through practical sessions', 'Benefit'), ('support key skills building on their fine and gross motor development', 'Benefit'), ('Hook children into the natural world getting them excited about watching their plants grow and teach them how to care for living things', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have previously had ‘Eco’ days where we have invited parents in and the children would be on a rotation of activities to improve the outdoors, planting, painting/restoring outdoor furniture. This a great way to partner with our parents and community. \n", - "Each class has their own planter so we have thoughts of growing and selling our own vegetables to raise money for our school. \n", - "UKS2 have recently done a mini project about birds around our outdoor area and would like to make more feeders and have bird baths for them.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have previously had ‘Eco’ days where we have invited parents in and the children would be on a rotation of activities to improve the outdoors, planting, painting/restoring outdoor furniture', 'Context'), ('to partner with our parents and community', 'Benefit'), ('Each class has their own planter', 'Context'), ('of growing and selling our own vegetables', 'Usage'), ('to raise money for our school', 'Benefit'), ('to make more feeders and have bird baths for them', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We currently are focusing on nurture in school inside and out ! We are having a community gardening day and want to develop the pond area into a sensory area as part of our opal project it would revitalise a tired area and be wonderful for the children!\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We currently are focusing on nurture in school inside and out !', 'Context'), ('We are having a community gardening day and want to develop the pond area into a sensory area as part of our opal project it would revitalise a tired area and be wonderful for the children!', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We would love this. I am an EYO and am trying to promote children's knowledge and understanding of growing plants. Whether its flowers or veg to harvest. Most children tell me that \"carrots from shop\" I believe we are equipping children with skills they will carry with them to adulthood. We are getting new drainage put into one of our gardens so we will have a blank canvas after Easter. Included will be 6 big planters we have started to plant seeds for these. Winning this price would blown us away it would offer so many opportunities for our little people ? ? ? ?\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [(\"to promote children's knowledge and understanding of growing plants. Whether its flowers or veg to harvest\", 'Benefit'), ('Most children tell me that \"carrots from shop\" I believe we are equipping children with skills they will carry with them to adulthood', 'Context'), ('We are getting new drainage put into one of our gardens', 'Context'), ('offer so many opportunities for our little people', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have an allotment and we need everything, the children enjoy learning about nature , the food chain, how insects help to pollinate, and we are part of the community, I also find that they are keen to try what we have grown fresh. With the new setting the table coming into use in August it will help us to promote healthy eating. I am a childminder and have the allotment with another childminder we already have some pallets to make into raised beds. But we do need everything else. This is a fantastic prize. Thank you ?\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have an allotment and we need everything, the children enjoy learning about nature , the food chain, how insects help to pollinate, and we are part of the community', 'Context'), ('the new setting the table coming into use in August', 'Usage'), ('help us to promote healthy eating.', 'Benefit'), ('I am a childminder and have the allotment with another childminder we already have some pallets to make into raised beds', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are in an early childhood centre with 50 children. We have raised beds in our garden area which are needing attention before we can plant this year. Money would help us buy new equipment for the children to help with this and plant vegetables. Aiming for silver award in Rights Promoting School. After harvesting veg we would reopen our shop “little roots” to give the veg to people in our community, supporting parental involvement and links with the local community. Involving children in the project gives them sense of pride and achievement.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are in an early childhood centre with 50 children', 'Context'), ('We have raised beds in our garden area which are needing attention before we can plant this year', 'Context'), ('buy new equipment for the children to help with this and plant vegetables', 'Usage'), ('Aiming for silver award in Rights Promoting School', 'Benefit'), ('give the veg to people in our community', 'Benefit'), ('supporting parental involvement and links with the local community', 'Benefit'), ('gives them sense of pride and achievement', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have a raised beds at the front of our school that are looking rather neglected and overgrown.\n", - "This equipment would help enourmsly in helping support our children in revamping this area, alot of our neurodiverse children love to be outside ,getting soil between their fingers and helping nature .\n", - "If we won we could also revitalise the seating area and make it more compatible in becoming a learning space all year round.\n", - "Plant seeds and flowers that cover all seasons and enjoy cooking those that we grow .\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have a raised beds at the front of our school that are looking rather neglected and overgrown.', 'Context'), ('enourmsly in helping support our children in revamping this area, alot of our neurodiverse children love to be outside ,getting soil between their fingers and helping nature', 'Benefit'), ('revitalise the seating area', 'Usage'), ('make it more compatible in becoming a learning space all year round', 'Benefit'), ('Plant seeds and flowers that cover all seasons and enjoy cooking those that we grow .', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We have an area that used to be a beautiful secret garden that is now is disarray we would use the support to bring it back to life and my pupils also want to bring some colour to their playground by planting flowers in tyres, while learning about photosynthesis. This project will also teach them about nature, responsibility, and healthy eating. It will help develop fine motor skills, encourage patience, and boost mental well-being. My pupils love being outdoors, it promotes physical activity and curiosity.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We have an area that used to be a beautiful secret garden that is now is disarray', 'Context'), ('to bring it back to life', 'Usage'), ('bring some colour to their playground', 'Benefit'), ('teach them about nature, responsibility, and healthy eating', 'Benefit'), ('develop fine motor skills, encourage patience, and boost mental well-being', 'Benefit'), ('My pupils love being outdoors, it promotes physical activity and curiosity', 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: This would allow the eco committee to get the outdoor learning space back as it was pre Covid. It’s been rather sad since it suffered that double neglect. \n", - "\n", - "We could also plant a sunflower hedge to soften the new green fences that have been likened to a prison by some pupils.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('to get the outdoor learning space back as it was pre Covid.', 'Usage'), ('s been rather sad since it suffered that double neglect', 'Context'), ('plant a sunflower hedge to soften the new green fences that have been likened to a prison by some pupils', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: Cortachy Primary is a small, rural school nestled in the heart of the beautiful Angus Glens. We’re eager to buy more gardening resources and work together with our parents and wider community to expand our growing efforts. By doing so, we can deepen our understanding of sustainability and the journey our food takes. Caring for our plants will also give us the chance to cook, bake, and explore the healthy choices we can make along the way.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('Cortachy Primary is a small, rural school nestled in the heart of the beautiful Angus Glens', 'Context'), ('to buy more gardening resources and work together with our parents and wider community to expand our growing efforts', 'Usage'), ('deepen our understanding of sustainability and the journey our food takes', 'Benefit'), ('the chance to cook, bake, and explore the healthy choices we can make along the way', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are an inner city, multicultural school with many languages and cultures. Our families don’t really garden, but each year we have a food festival where families cook and share food from their culture. This is a vibrant affair that is used to share, educate and unite. 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Teachers are having to buy paper to use in their classroom, whiteboard pens, pencils and handwriting pens. We've been looking for funding for seeds, soil, anything to do with planting and have been told we do not qualify or that organisations cannot help or can only help if the school spends over a certain amount of money. We would really appreciate any support.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are currently studying plants and animals as part of our whole school topic', 'Context'), ('we have over 300 pupils and out council currently has a budget freeze and has done since before Christmas', 'Context'), ('Teachers are having to buy paper to use in their classroom, whiteboard pens, pencils and handwriting pens', 'Context'), (\"We've been looking for funding for seeds, soil, anything to do with planting and have been told we do not qualify or that organisations cannot help or can only help if the school spends over a certain amount of money\", 'Context')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are already started a project where every child in the school, if they wish, will grow and plant their own sunflower. We have targeted our children with SEND in particular as movement and labour have really supported their learning. This would support us in buying more equipment such as watering cans, gloves to ensure everyone has a chance to help something flourish.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are already started a project where every child in the school, if they wish, will grow and plant their own sunflower. We have targeted our children with SEND in particular as movement and labour have really supported their learning', 'Context'), ('buying more equipment such as watering cans, gloves', 'Usage'), ('to ensure everyone has a chance to help something flourish', 'Benefit')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: We are developing our playground and beginning our OPAL journey, where we hope children can enjoy outdoor play and incorporate learning during playtime. We would love to include a dedicated garden zone, and this kit would be greatly appreciated to help us create and develop that space.\n", - "\n", - "ENTITIES: [('We are developing our playground and beginning our OPAL journey', 'Context'), ('can enjoy outdoor play and incorporate learning during playtime.', 'Benefit'), ('to include a dedicated garden zone', 'Usage')]\n", - "------------------------------------------------------------\n", - "TEXT: At our school, we are passionate about outdoor learning and creating meaningful experiences for our children. We are currently developing our “Secret Gardenâ€�� — a quiet, nurturing space where children can connect with nature. We’ve begun planting produce and flowers to attract bees and support local wildlife, promoting sustainability and hands-on learning. This support would help us expand our garden with tools, seeds, and resources to involve more pupils, especially those who benefit from sensory and therapeutic environments. 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