Kitchen and Garden & Sustainability News

Whats Happening in the Kitchen and Garden for 2026?

WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM OUR YEAR 5 AND 3 STUDENTS !!

Garden

We welcome the year 3s and 5s to the garden this term!! We are super excited to have the year 3s join us as it is their first time in the program!!

This fortnight we are learning what's growing in the garden and going on a taste sension wonder. The year 3's were delighted and surprised by some weird and wacky things you can eat while walking through the garden. They learnt that not only does fennel taste delicious, it is also helpful to sooth a sore tummy. Mint is helpful when you forget to brush your teeth and calendula can be infused in oil to help treat skin conditions.

Year 5 jumped straight back into gardening and cleaned up the chicken coop, weeded, raked and turned compost bins.

If you would like to see how awesome your child is in garden, we would love you to come along and help out. You don't have to be a gardening expert either. Just come along and have a fun time with your child in the garden.

KITCHEN

What an exciting start to Semester 2 in the kitchen!  Our theme for this fortnight is FUNdamentals, learning (or remembering for the returning Grade 5s) the routines and expectations in the kitchen that allow our time in the kitchen to be safe, productive and of course FUN!  

In celebration of Indonesian week, we cooked up an Indonesian feast!  Our menu was quite ambitious with many different fresh ingredients to learn and a lot chopping involved, and our brand new to the kitchen Year 3 students couldn't have impressed us more!  By lunchtime we had students sticking their heads into the kitchen asking what smelt so good!  The pandan flavoured pancakes are always a favourite but the Mie Goreng was gobbled up just as quickly!  We'd love to hear from you if you try any of the recipes below at home.   

As always we love for you to come and join us in the kitchen to see (and taste!) just what the students are capable of.  Just sign in at the office and come on down to the kitchen - we'll have an apron waiting for you!

Recipes

SNACK SHACK

Our Snack Shackers made yummy musk slice. Next week we will serving peppermint slice! If anyone is interested in helping out with this program, we meet on a Tuesday session 5 (2.15-3.15). Please contact Clancey to see how you can get involved! 

Food Scrap Friday

Our Food Scrap Friday team are looking for new team members! If you have ever wondered how we make our fabulous compost for the garden and how our school is very clever at keeping tonnes of food scraps out of landfill, then the Food Scrap Friday team is for you! Come along this Friday before school as find out how you can get involved.

Recycling at Surfside - SHREDDED PAPER!

We need your shredded paper for our compost bins. If you have access to shredded paper at home or work, we would like you to donate it. You can leave it at the office or drop off to the garden Tues, Wed and Thursdays

VOLUNTEERS

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 George