Reuse/Recycle! Many things can be reused/recycled in a kitchen garden ... some ideas include: toasters, cable reels, patty cake tins, water sprayers, fruit boxes, yoghurt containers and jugs ... of course donations of pots can always be used in school gardens ... thanks to Bethany, at Parramatta CEO, for kindly thinking of NCKG - the lunchtime composting students have put the pots to good use! Victorian Schools' Garden Award. Northern Metropolitan Region Winners Yarra Primary School is the proud winner of the NMR Victorian Schools' Garden Awards for 2009.
On October 30th we were visited by the judges who flew in via a $4mil helicopter which landed on the School's basketball court. After introducing themselves and showing off the magnificent helicopter to an enthusiastic crowd of students, teachers, parents and friends, they proceeded to walk around looking at our school and its gardens to determine the State Garden Award winner. It was a very exciting morning for all that attended the school and for the YPS community. Awards Ceremony The whole school attended the awards ceremony on Wednesday December 2nd which was held in the Melbourne Botanical Gardens. Yarra Primary School was awarded 2 awards: The Northern Metropolitan Region Award and the Catholic Education Office Merit Award. To find out more about this prestigious award click here Video (Duration: 1:28, Size: 5.8Mb) Kitchen Garden at Wesburn Primary School.
Stephanie Alexander, the famous Melbourne chef and author, initiated the first kitchen garden programme at Collingwood College in 2001.
Our school is one of only 43 schools in Victoria and a total of 90 across Australia with the programme. It is a ‘hands-on’ programme in which students from years 3-6 learn to grow, harvest, prepare and share fresh food. Each week these students spend one hour in the extensive herb and vegetable garden and school orchard, actively involved in creating and caring for it. They learn organic vegetable gardening methods and engage in such activities as seed sowing and saving, weeding, soil preparation and testing, pruning, fertilising, and harvesting of food for the school kitchen. Students also spend nearly two hours in the kitchen each week.
The kitchen garden programme complements many aspects of the integrated school curriculum as children: A strong volunteer base enables the children to work in small groups. Mt Eliza Primary School: Home. Donald Primary School. Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Weeden Heights Primary School aims to encourage and facilitate learning for life through an engaging, fun and hands on experience in the kitchen and garden.
We aim to promote and strengthen our community involvement in the Program and encourage the understanding of a variety of different foods as well as the relationship between the garden and the table. Through integration in the curriculum, children will develop practical understanding of environmental issues and build self-esteem, confidence and a sense of achievement through kitchen and garden activities. At Weeden Heights, all children in Grades 3-6 are involved in the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program with sessions running either weekly or fortnightly in both the kitchen and garden.
Community involvement is integral to the success of the Program and we always welcome new volunteers to assist us. Home - Elwood Primary School. Webster Central School District.