Wentworth Show with the Kitchen Garden program

Thank you to all the helpers over the Saturday and Sunday mornings at the Wentworth Show. They were Travis, Mitch, Holly, Jacqueline, Jameika, Chloe, Murphy, Nellie, Josh, Matthew and Amber. There were even some extra Hancock helpers! Thanks also to the parents who got them there; we really appreciate your support. We served the public Cheesy Herb and Silverbeet scones. Thanks to 4/5H and especially 2/3G who did the lion’s share of the cooking. Over the 2 days, the children received a total of $141.15 in loose change donations which is wonderful!

Very big thanks to all the helpers that are coming along to our kitchen and garden sessions. It means so much to have your help and the children love having you there.

This year the Kitchen Garden Program’s green eggs were entered in the Produce and Preserve section and a selection of 10 Vegetables was entered in the Vegetables section. It was very exciting to see a prize of First for the eggs and A Special Prize for Best Exhibitor in the Vegetables Junior section! Well done to our lovely white chook and to Vince and the children who work so hard in the garden.

Pizza, Salad, Vegetable Lasagne and Rosemary and Vine Fruit Bread

The Grade 6 class are undertaking the Pizza Party Unit from the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden "Tools for Teachers" resource. This term we have made our own Pizzas with different flavourings in the Kitchen sessions - Potato and Rosemary, Pumpkin, Chilli and Fetta. The picture above shows a simple Pizza Napoletana made with tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. The children have been working hard in their follow up sessions in the afternoon, to determine whether it is best to make their own pizzas or buy them in. They have decided based on their findings that they will make their own and we are closer to working out what the toppings will be. They have created surveys, collected data and then graphed this data. We have worked on fractions to determine how many slices each Pizza should be cut into.

The above picture also shows a beautiful green salad with crisp baby radishes, a vegetable lasagne with pumpkin and silverbeet and Rosemary and vine fruit bread.  Delicious!!

Garden design using nature