Following the success of Jamie’s School Dinners, giving children a greater understanding of how food is grown and prepared has become an important part of lessons.

Two months ago, pupils from Fieldhead School dug over their own patch at Oakwell Hall Country Park, prepared the soil with compost and planted seeds for spring onions, radishes, peas and beans.

And on Friday, they were back at the Nutter Lane park to weed, tend and label up their seedlings.

During a final visit in July they will have the chance to reap what they have sown by having a lunch made entirely from their harvest. Nicola Webzell, of the school, is in charge of the sessions due to her own success at growing veggies at home.

She said: “It’s been good for the children to see some things are easy to grow. They might want to have a go in their own garden.

“They’ve also had a chance to taste a lot of different types of fruit and go pond dipping.”

And it wasn’t just the children who got to learn about ‘grow your own’, they also brought their parents along to get involved too.

“We wanted to make the day something for the whole family,” said Nicola.