This term has seen the Year 5/6 classes participating in the kitchen garden program.

Students have enthusiastically embraced gardening lessons and have completed a variety of tasks such as tidying, watering, harvesting, seed saving, planting out new fruit trees and native edibles as well as moving and dismantling garden beds to  make way for new ones!!

We have had a bumper crop this summer which has included a variety of tomatoes as well as herbs and stone fruits. The chest freezer in the Stephanie Alexander kitchen is full of poached, stewed and prepared fruit as well as tomatoes. This will enable us to utilize these beautiful ingredients throughout the year.

A taste of what our mini master chefs have been cooking up in the kitchen...

Week 4.           DIY Pizzas

Week 5.           Green Goddess Dip, Bruschetta, Lemon Myrtle Cookies

Week 6.           Silver beet dip, Zucchini Mini Muffins, Rainbow Fruit Skewers

Week 7.           Roasted Eggplant Dip, Summer Pasta Salad, Tropical Punch

Week 8.           Smashed Pea, Lemon and Mint Dip, Vegetable Fried Rice, Apple Cinnamon Muffins

Week 9.           Roasted Beetroot Dip, Warrigal Greens and Cheese Pinwheels, Deconstructed Fruit Crumble

Week 10.         DIY Vietnamese Cold Rolls

Thank you to our school community for the lovely donations this term: Woolworth’s promotion seedlings, Granny Smith apples, peaches and pomegranates.

Term 2 will see the Reception classes participating in the program in weeks 2 and 3 and the Year 6/7 classes participating from week 4.

Covid-19 restrictions permitting we will be requiring 6 helpers for each of our cooking lessons and some helpers in the garden would be great as well!

If you have completed the RAN-EC training and have a current Working with Children check we would love your help. Please ring or message me of your availability. If you would like to obtain your Working with Children check or RAN-EC training please see the lovely staff in the Administration Office.

Michele Smith

Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Coordinator

Volunteer Mobile 0408 637 850