Whole World Cake

A cross curricular programme supporting Science and Geography

The Whole World Cake is a worksheet-free session, suitable for children from Foundation level through to Year 4. Children are invited to help make a cake. They are sent around the Garden to search for the ingredients from the plants that produce them. The trail takes them through the woodland and into the glasshouses (desert, temperate and tropical) .

When they return, the ingredients are put together and the children learn about where the ingredients have come from, and the people involved in their production. The ingredients go into a 'magic oven' - and out comes a Whole World Cake, which children can sample.

The introductory talk touches on many age appropriate aspects of the science curriculum such as pollination, adaptation and uses of plants. In the follow-up session, they learn more about the ingredients, including how bananas travel across the world to our supermarkets and fair-trade.  

For the afternoon: Two or three activities (depending on arrival and departure time) can be chosen from the following:

• Exploring/own activities
• Sketching
• Finding bingo
• Herb activity (indoors) - matching information and items to six potted herbs and learning how they are used
• Creating a tree picture using natural materials and naming the different plant parts (KS2 also label their functions)
• Leaf/bark rubbings
• Natural sculptures
• Finding plants in the herb garden to help with illnesses (KS2) 

Clipboards are available to borrow.

• Availability: All year
• Age group: KS1/KS2
• Numbers: up to three classes
• Duration: Full day
• Cost: Please visit our programme costs page
• Allergies: children do not collect or taste any nuts. Upon booking, you will receive a copy of the vegetarian Whole World Cake recipe.