ENRICHMENT – Take part
Take part
Campaigns, competitions and challenges for your school to get involved with
CAMPAIGN
Grow Your Own Potatoes Helping pupils connect the dots between food, farming and sustainability can build life skills that last. Grow Your Own Potatoes is a hands-on, free education programme that teaches primary school children all about this wonderful food staple: where they come from, how they grow and how they fit into a healthy, balanced diet. Schools can register to receive a growing kit with everything needed to grow two crops of potatoes, plus access to downloadable resources and easy ‘How To’ guides. It’s easy to run with no gardening expertise required and supports science, nutrition and sustainability in the curriculum. Now supported by sponsorship, with the collective help of the potato industry, the programme is free for schools. For more information, visit
growyourownpotatoes.org.uk
What
CAMPAIGN ESA Climate Detectives 2026
COMPETITION IOM Starpack Schools Competition 2026
CAMPAIGN Safer Internet Day 2026
CHALLENGE Keep Britain Tidy’s Great British Spring Clean
CAMPAIGN National Storytelling Week 2026
When 6 April 2026 Who
UK pupils aged up to 19 years
Further information
Climate Detectives is a school project for young people up to 19 years old from the European Space Agency and ESERO, the UK’s Space Education and Resource Office. Teams of students identify and investigate a real local problem related to environment and climate by using and analysing data from ground measurements and/or from Earth observation satellites.
climatedetectives.esa.int
Register your school before 2 April 2026
Pupils aged 11 to 17
The IOM3 Starpack Schools Competition gives students an introduction to the world of consumer packaging design. The competition has been designed to link closely to the design and technology curriculum and give learners an opportunity to develop their research and design skills.
iom3.org/events-awards/competitions/starpack-competition/ starpack-schools-competition.html
10 February 2026
UK school children
This year’s theme is ‘Smart tech, safe choices – Exploring the safe and responsible use of AI’. Free resources will help schools to cover a range of issues from looking at voice assistants and chatbots, to exploring some of the ethical considerations in responsible use of AI.
saferinternet.org.uk/safer-internet-day/safer-internet-day-2026
13-29 March 2026
UK school children
Schools and nurseries are being encouraged to join this year’s Great Big School Clean, part of the country’s biggest mass action environmental campaign to fight litter. During the campaign, volunteers pledge to protect our environment by picking a bag, or more, of litter. Schools can ‘pledge to pick’ via the website from 13 February.
keepbritaintidy.org
2-8 February
UK school children
Celebrate National Storytelling Week by signing up for online workshops and downloading free resources from the National Literacy Trust. The theme this year is ‘Soundtrack your story’; how we can build worlds through sound and lyrics, and how music reflects the world we live in.
literacytrust.org.uk/resources/national-storytelling-week
School Fundraising SPRING 2026 57
RAISE FUNDS Create events and
fundraisers based on this year’s awareness days, anniversaries and
competitions.
pta.co.uk/ events/planning/event- planning-calendar/
BY EMMA GRIFFIN; IMAGE: CALLUM BENNETTS/MAVERICK PHOTO AGENCY
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