Dunipace Primary - a place to grow

4 October 2012

Dunipace Primary School Orchard - Learning to Achieve project

Pupils and teachers were successful in 2010 in receiving support from Grounds for Learning to learn more about Scotland's orchard history. The 2 year projct involved the children in a wide range of activities including research, storytelling, visits to heritage orchards, art work, grafting new fruit trees, apple pressing and juice tasting, photography and event organising.

The school then planned, designed, planted and mainitained an orchard containing 10 traditional Scottish fruit varieties, right in the school grounds.

All of the children were able to get involved in the project, and the project has provided a more meaningful context for the children to learn about fruit trees, orchards and biodiversity.

The great thing about the orchard is it will provide a high quality learning environment for years to come, with space to add to the orchard over time.