July 2025
by Joe
The school year has come to an end, and unbelievably, so has the very first year of the EATS Educates project. It has been an incredible journey, with more than 300 pupils from the four primary schools in Rosyth taking part.
But before we get too emotional reflecting on what the pupils have achieved, there was one final – and very important – task to complete… harvesting their hard-earned veg!
Each school’s event had a real party atmosphere, filled with music, laughter and plenty of excitement. Pupils were able to see the full cycle of growth, from the seeds they had carefully nurtured to the produce they were finally able to pick. They eagerly filled bags to the brim with potatoes, peas, spring onions, spinach and more to take home and share with their families.
The event at King’s Road Primary School had an especially fun celebration vibe, with music and games as part of the school’s End-of-Year festivities. Parents joined the session to hear about the fantastic work pupils had done in the quad and to see the improvements they had made, including repainting benches and tidying planters during the Quad Maintenance session earlier in the term.
At Park Road Primary School, we were delighted to welcome family members, who brought along a wonderful spread of homemade picnic food using fresh fruit and vegetables. P5 and P6 pupils — who had participated in the EATS Educates project throughout the year — gave presentations to parents, sharing the activities they had taken part in and the skills they had gained. Afterwards, everyone relaxed on picnic blankets in the sunshine, enjoying lunch together among the growing beds.
At St John’s RCPS, the weather wasn’t quite as kind, but spirits stayed high. Rain certainly didn’t stop the pupils, who successfully harvested five large delivery crates of produce, including approximately 15kg of potatoes. They also shared wonderful videos they had made about the EATS Educates project, using excellent teamwork and creativity they made everyone laugh and refelct on a wonderful year.
Camdean Primary School, which involved the highest number of pupils in the programme — more than 130 across five classes — also enjoyed a hugely successful harvest. Throughout the day, classes visited the growing area to pick and pack a bag of produce to take home. Pupils were also able to sample a delicious potato salad made from potatoes they had harvested the previous week.
The Harvest Celebration events were a huge success. Pupils went home with bags full of produce they had grown themselves; parents saw first-hand the positive impact the EATS Educates programme has had on their children; and pupils were able to celebrate the full growing cycle — from preparing the soil, planting seeds and caring for crops, to harvesting and cooking fresh, organic fruit and vegetables.
A brilliant end to a brilliant first year — and we can’t wait to see what the next growing season brings, as we already start to look ahead to after the summer break and continuing to work with these wonderful young people again.