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Sunflower challenge pack

£10.00

Celebrate World Down Syndrome Day this March with DSUK’s Sunflower Challenge, designed for children to take part at school or at home. This fun, hands-on activity helps children learn about nature while opening up conversations about kindness and inclusion. Just like sunflowers, we all grow and bloom in different ways – and that’s something to celebrate.

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Each pack includes:

  • A bright A4 classroom poster to inspire and remind children of the challenge
  • A double-sided A5 flyer with growing instructions and challenge details
  • A pack of sunflower seeds ready for planting
  • A sheet of colourful stickers to encourage and reward participation

Children can decorate their pots, plant their seeds, and watch their sunflowers grow. Every plant will look different – some taller, some with fewer leaves, some a little slower to bloom – helping children see how difference makes the world brighter.

What you’ll need: soil and pots for planting (any size you wish – recycling containers works brilliantly).

Extra support for schools: downloadable resources and activity ideas will be provided to make it easy for your school to take part and celebrate together.

Join families and schools across the UK in this positive, creative challenge and help children learn that, like sunflowers, we all thrive in our own unique way.