SEED TO SALSA

Expedition Date: November

Location: At your school

Expedition Description: From Seed to Salsa: Grow, Harvest & Taste!

Join AgraLiving for a hands-on garden adventure where students will discover how tiny seeds can grow into delicious, healthy foods. Children will explore what plants need to survive, learn how fruits and vegetables help keep our bodies healthy, and become young gardeners as they plant their own seeds. Students will investigate healthy habits, discover the difference between needs and wants, learn about vitamins and minerals and even prepare and taste their own fresh salsa using garden ingredients! From planting and growing to harvesting and eating, this exciting expedition brings science, health and sustainability to life.

Curriculum Objectives:

• 2Bp.01 Know that humans need to manage diet, maintain hygiene and move regularly to be healthy.
• 2Bp.02 Describe what illness is and describe the common signs of illness in humans.
• 2.SS.H2 Describe differences and similarities between individual needs and wants, i.e. gender, abilities, age, finances

Learning Objectives:

• Explain how plants help people stay healthy by providing foods rich in vitamins, minerals and nutrients.
• Identify healthy habits, including good nutrition, hygiene and physical activity, that help keep our bodies strong and reduce illness.
• Describe common signs of illness and discuss ways to stay healthy.
• Compare the needs of plants and people, recognising what is required for growth, health and wellbeing.
• Explain what plants need to grow and demonstrate how to plant and care for a seed.
• Use scientific and health-related vocabulary confidently when discussing gardens, food, habitats and healthy lifestyles.
• Work collaboratively to create a healthy plate, plant a seed and prepare a healthy salsa using plant-based ingredients.

A free copy of the Mentor Text is provided at the expedition: See Marcus Grow by Marcus Bridgewater

Vocabulary Voyage

The P2 Seed to Salsa thematic unit is built around the mentor text , supporting ELA curriculum-aligned literacy learning alongside an experiential school visit with AgraLiving as part of the Horizons Programme.

The Vocabulary Voyage offers a set of optional resources designed to enrich language learning in an engaging and practical way. Three short, flexible vocabulary activities encourage pupils to develop language through through small-group discussion, collaboration and creative thinking. Two additional independent writing tasks, linked to the theme of the unit, provide structured opportunities for pupils to apply new vocabulary in meaningful written contexts.

These resources ssupport oral language development, vocabulary growth, comprehension, and writing skills, while remaining easy to incorporate into short literacy blocks or small pockets of classroom time.