Kitchen Garden
Grow, Harvest, Prepare, Share
St Augustine's School
Week 1 in the Kitchen...
NAIDOC Week
We continued to focus on Indiginous ingredients in the Kitchen and used lemon myrtle, saltbush, warrigal greens and wattleseed.
We are very excited to commence term 3 and have the students back into the kitchen and garden! During the school holidays, NAIDOC week took place. As it is so important to learn about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history and culture, we love to imbed some traditional recipes into our program.
Junior students made semolina Capunti pasta with Warrigal Greens and Lemon Myrtle Oil and Torres Strait Island Fried Scones.
Our senior students made Warrigal Green pasta and Lemon Myrtle Oil, Torres Strait Island Fried Scones and began the process of preserving lemons.
The Hunt for Jars!🫙 🫙 🫙
In preparation for the upcoming weeks in the Kitchen Garden, we are collecting small glass jars to store some of our excess goodies and produce for future use.
Students will learn how to carefully clean and sterilise the jars, fill and correctly label, in addition to having a taste, of course!
The smaller the better, think minced garlic, quince paste, sample size jars.
Recipes
Parent (and Grandparent) Volunteers
This term, we would love to welcome helpers into our Kitchen Garden program to maximise the experience and learning outcomes.
In order to volunteer, you will need to hold a current Working With Children Check, and sign a code of conduct at the office.
Morning block classes run from 9am - 11am.
Middle block classes run from 11:40am - 1:40pm.
If you are interested, please get in touch with Miss Pia Macris (Monday and Tuesday classes), or Mrs Nicole Quanchi (Wednesday and Friday classes).
Contact details:
Pia - pmacris@safranksth.catholic.edu.au
Nicole - nquanchi@safranksth.catholic.edu.au
Looking forward to seeing you in the Kitchen Garden!
Kitchen Specialists;
Pia Macris & Nicole Quanchi
GARDEN
NAIDOC WEEK
JULY 2024
Welcome back to Term 3 and to our school garden. Our first week back has brought some fresh and crisp mornings, but with less than 47 days until Spring there is always a lot to do.
Week 1 in the garden.
NAIDOC Activities included working in our Indigenous garden and our Bush Tucker garden.
Our Preps & Year 2ś enjoyed wearing their Nasturtium hats and always seem to enjoy saying hello to Mystery & Luke Skywalker.
It was a fun time making our own imaginary gardens and sharing our garden themes with the class. My garden was a Desert garden with succulents, yellow flowers and lizards that love sunbathing in the sun.
Happy Winter Gardening
Sandy