SAKG

SAKG Chicken Update

Hello Monty Community!

Welcome to another school year at Monty Primary and to our new Foundation families, we are very excited to meet you all. 

As part of our SAKG Program we have four beloved chickens: Peri Peri, Bonnie, Fluffy and our new addition Sweetie the Silkie who was kindly donated to us.

The ladies not only provide fresh eggs for our Kitchen Garden Program, they also provide a valuable learning experience for our Grade 3/4 student Chickens Monitors who take on the responsibility for caring for them on schooldays.

Weekend/holiday Chicken Carers

Thank you to everyone who has lovingly cared for the chooks over the summer and weekends. We are currently looking for carers who can look after our chickens on the weekends and school holidays in 2019. Don’t be put off if you have never looked after chickens before - the ladies are a breeze to care for and they will reward you with delicious eggs each morning (Sweetie’s eggs are smaller but just as delicious).

Please contact the office if you want any more information.

Locking chickens away

I have received a few reports from chicken carers who have let chickens out in the morning and arrived back to lock them up in the afternoon only to find that it has already been done, or they have arrived to let them out and they have already been let out and the eggs collected. It is highly appreciated that people are keeping an eye on the chickens, however to avoid confusion and unnecessary travel, chicken carer duties should be left for the carer assigned to that date. Please feel free to access the chicken monitor roster if you have any questions for the carer on duty.

If you arrive at school and see that the chickens aren’t let out by 11am or are still out at dark, please refer to the chicken monitor roster and contact the person on duty to let them know that you’ve let them out/put them away.

Thank you

Claire

Kitchen Garden Volunteers

Both Kitchen and Garden classes rely on volunteer assistance for the success of the Program and we appreciate any time that you can offer. You can sign up to be a Kitchen and/or Garden volunteer online via Google document and allocate yourself to the session and time that suits you. All volunteers will need a Working with Children Check that needs to be presented to the office prior to volunteering.

Thank you for all of the wonderful donations to our Kitchen Garden program, which has included an electric frypan and fresh produce. They have already been put to good use!

Parent Kitchen Sessions

If you would like to come and get some hands on experience and see how our kitchen classes run sign up to one of our sessions for parents in the last week of term. These classes will run in the same way that the classes for students run. You don’t need to know how to cook, or you might be a great cook and want to share your experience with others. You will get to work with other parents to cook a dish that will then be shared at the end. There are 40 places available (20 in each session) and it will be lots of fun!

Share Your Knowledge!

We know there are some talented parents and carers out there so if you would like to share some of your garden or kitchen expertise with our students please get in touch.

SAKG Volunteer Gardening Group

Due to the success of our Volunteer Garden Morning Tea last year, we are continuing our volunteer gardening sessions in 2019. Last year our Labyrinth Garden was transformed through the help of volunteers and this year we are hoping to continue to improve our indigenous garden.

We will be holding our volunteer garden group on Wednesday afternoons from 2:50pm - please feel welcome to attend.

Thank you!

Elisa and Claire