Testimonials | We Can Grow

West Road Primary School

After School Club

""I would like to thank Steve, Katie and the ‘We can grow’ team for their support. From the moment we met, I knew we would have a great relationship. Steve came to school to meet me and told me about his idea for his company and what he could provide to our children.I loved his passion and enthusiasm for his company, and I was extremely proud to have him in our school teaching our children about gardening.Our children were amazed to be eating the food that they had grown, with one child stating that the ‘We can grow’ afterschool club had changed their life as they now eat vegetables.""

Adele Ward

St Georges CofE Community Primary School

IN School KS1 & EYFS

"We Can Grow sessions are always interesting, engaging and purposeful - our children love them and look forward to them every week. There are opportunities to use technology and a fantastic range of resources that as a school, we just wouldn’t be able to provide. We have now extended our work with We Can Grow to include sessions with KS1 and EYFS to maximise the impact on our children."

Katy Vaux

Grange Lane Primary School

After School Club

"Steve and Katie were outstanding with the group and their enthusiasm, skills and knowledge really enthused and engaged our children. Each week the children were taught a different skill of gardening which they have taken away with them and shared with their families."

Lauran Heyes

Castle Academy

We Can Grow School Club

"The children absolutely adore our Club. Each week they are keen to share their ideas with Steve and Katy. They take on the responsibility for looking after the plants and have also come up with some great ideas of how we can use the vegetables we are growing. Our Ofsted inspector was so impressed with the club and the children’s enthusiasm that she mentioned it in our recent report. This type of work has helped the school to reach its “good” judgement."

Ann-Marie Mason, Principal

St. Peter's Primary

We Can Grow School Club

"The resources which you have provided with us are such high quality to say nothing of your expertise and the engagement levels of the pupils. It is really refreshing to see the club is the best attended at school with 26 regular pupils accessing your provisions. It is a unique concept and one which we wholeheartedly support having seen the growing and sustainable impact it has on our pupils."

Mrs S. Groarke, Head Teacher

Rosedale Primary School

We Can Grow Breakfast Club

"They have learnt different families of vegetables, how to plant and how to care for them. It is something we are going to continue doing and look at using as part of our mentoring and mental well-being for everyone in school, gardening and caring for the planters and school grounds all year round."

Mrs Cathy Walker

Torndale Infant School

We Can Grow School Club

"The children have absolutely loved taking part and have learned so much. One of our children taking part has selective mute-ism but we are thrilled to say that throughout the club he has become very vocal, he has often spoken out loud to his peers as well as myself, Steve and Katie. The club has helped us to find that vital crux to work with this child going forward, something we can put into our one to one sessions to hopefully continue this positive effect within the school setting."

Miss Brough

Levett PRU

We Can Grow School Club

"As Doncaster Behaviour PRU, we had to choose carefully from the scheme on offer via Opportunity Area Funding. Initially We Can Grow seemed like a little bit of a gamble – would our teenagers really grow vegetables? The answer is quite simply a resounding YES! Our partnership has been beyond what any of us ever imagined. Our learners have been engaged and they have genuinely looked forward to each week. A child getting out of their taxi at the PRU and picking a carrot or spring onion from our beautiful planters to eat as they walk into the building is an amazing sight."

Levett Pru

Tranmoor Primary

We Can Grow Breakfast Club

"It’s difficult to list all the knock-on benefits it’s providing to the children both academically but also indirectly through life-skills such as communication, teamwork, self-esteem, problem-solving, and the application within a proper tangible project that everyone is invested in. The best part, however, is to experience the children’s reactions, they LOVE what they are doing and can’t get enough."

Ms. K. Bratt, Teacher