My name is Lea and I am a student of Global Nutrition and Health, specializing in Lifestyle & Health Education at Metropolitan University College in Copenhagen, Denmark. I am now in my last year of this bachelorās degree programme and in this blog I will be writing about my internship at an elementary school in my home country, Slovakia. The main content of my work here will be setting up a school garden together with the children and teachers. The idea of school gardens has been introduced to us several times at the university, since engaging in gardening, especially at a young age, has shown to have multiple health-related benefits: increased vegetable consumption, promoting food literacy and sustainable living, increased physical activity levels, and many more. A school garden can also serve as an outdoor classroom, suitable for teaching for instance biology, geology and other natural sciences.
I am fascinated with the idea of school gardens, because I see great importance in giving children the opportunity to be present in nature, to play, learn and get hands-on experience... And so I am very happy that I got the chance to try to establish one :-))