Thank you

This week the Kitchen Garden program received a very generous donation from the Van Tienen-Hope family. Bill arrived at the kitchen door with the first drop-off of 6 wooden chopping boards - beautifully hand-made on the weekend with his sister Claire and the support and guidance of their Dad. This kind of community gesture means so much to me as a teacher - it tells me many things - including how much students are now connecting and transferring their knowledge and understanding of the sustainable values which the program has, so far,  been built on this year. Sometimes it's not an easy or affordable road saying 'No to Plastics' but this is just a little reminder of what can be achieved with patience and when we all put our best efforts in. Many thanks to Bill, Claire and their family.

Bunnings project

We have been working with the team at Bunnings Mornington to create an awesome caterpillar planter. Lindy Jackson, Activities Officer at Bunnings, and her assistant Erin, came with paint, brushes, potting mix, pea straw, water pots, aprons, herbs, flowers, mini poly tunnel, and an array of other goodies for students to work with. Students helped to design and decorate and plant out A Very Hungry Caterpillar herb and flower garden using our donated recycled planter pots outside the kitchen courtyard. Our caterpillar, yet to be given a name, will be utilised by foundations classes and other students. Weather was extremely kind to us (15 degrees at one stage!!) and as well as learning some new hands-on skills, Grade 5 & 6 students have had a lot of outdoor fun today.

New Logo

The Kitchen Garden program has a brillaint new logo. Huge thanks to Alecia Groom for her amazing work! Keep an eye out for the new logo. It will be featured on an exciting fundraising project coming up in Term 3... stay tuned!