Kitchen and Garden & Sustainability News

Whats Happening in the Kitchen and Garden for 2026?

Our Year 6 and Year 4 students kicked off the program next week with the theme being "What's in your lunch box?".  Students prepared a selection of super easy lunch box snacks that you can make at home and are perfect for the freezer. It is also a great way to use up left over produce or food in your fridge the dishes can be adapted to what's in season on or offer.  A great way to reduce food waste and make the morning lunchbox prep a little easier.  It was hard to narrow down a favourite this week so I'm excited to see these recipes popping up in lunchboxes across the school

In the garden the Year 6 will gather all the skills and knowledge they have developed over their time in the program, to plan, design, plant and maintain their own patch. In groups they wil have a 1m x 1m garden they will plant with seasonal veggies and companin plants that we will then be able to harvest to use in kitchen.

Please ensure your childs permission/dietary form in complete prior to their first kitchen session. 

Garden: Term starts out with M19 & M22 on Tuesday in the garden and then S13 and S14 on Thursday. 

We will email out the final timetable early next week for your records

SURFSIDE SNACK SHACK

Our Snack Shackers kicked term term 1 this week making truffle balls. 

VOLUNTEERS

Thank you to our team of fabulous volunteers. Your dedication to our school is gratefully appreciated. Not only did we have a wonderful team of families who came in to help water the garden over the holidays, we also had our hard working team with Warren, Marianne and Leonie, popping in to give everything an extra drink on the really hot days. Thank you to everyone for helping us keep the garden growing.

If you have a spare hour or 2 per week and would like to volunteer in the best program on the Bellarine, please reach out and we will send you some info on how to get involved. Please make sure you check into the office to complete your volunteer induction (everyone must complete this each year - even if you have volunteered in the past) and have a valid Working With Children Check.

Thanks

Clancey and Georgie