Kitchen and Garden & Sustainability News
KITCHEN AND GARDEN PROGRAM FOR 2025
Garden
Christmas is just around the corner and to celebrate not only christmas but the end of a fabuous term, our year 3s this week, made their own succulent pot to take home as a memory of their time in the garden program. They learnt some basic propagation skills and how to create a fun scene using plants, rocks, small decors, stones etc. We have some very creative students at surfside for sure! I was so impressed with the attention to detail and the thought that went into their pots.
As they are succulents, they will be very easy for them to care for and hopefully they have have them in year 6 and can share some photos with us.
Also, they have this skill now so please encourage them to make more from home and they can give them as gifts to family and friends.
Kitchen
Gingerbread Cookies!
Foods students mentioned they loved bit said they wouldnt have thought they would like:
Caramelised onion pizza
Green pancakes
Pumpkin Scones
Broccoli and Potato soup
Mexican rice
Mie goreng
Spring onion pancakes
Some extra pics from last week!
As always, we would love to see you in the kitchen helping with classes. You don't need to be an experienced cook but an extra pair of hands and eyes can really help out, and it's great fun to see the kids in action. There is no need to let us know you're coming, please just sign in at the office and ensure you have completed your volunteer requirements with Vicki.
GARDEN GURUS:
If you have any large logs or rocks we would love to use them in our new habitat gardens.
If you are interested in helping plant habitat and food for our native animals, we meet each Wednesday 2.15-3.15pm. Bring your gloves and have fun
Volunteering in garden-Volunteering is super easy and so much fun. You don't need to be a garden guru either. We just want you to come along and help our brilliant kids with any garden tasks they do.
You do however need a current working with childrens check and complete a simple orientation through the office (5 mins) and then your ready to go.
You can either rock up on the day of your childs session or let me know prior. They more helpers we have, the more advanced work the kids to do. You don't even have to have a student in the program to volunteer. Just come along and hang out. You may even just want to help in the garden in general. Again, no experience required! You can come and potter around anytime. Just let me know when your are coming and Ill set you up with some tasks.
Happy gardening!!
Sustainability Update
Dont forget about our recycle station that is located in the foyer at the back doors of the main building. You can bring along your plastic bread tags, milk carton lids (must be clean and dry), dental products (tooth brush, toothpaste tubes), EMPTY blister packs (all medications removed), stationary (pens, textas, glue sticks, white out tubes), batteries (take to kitchen on tues, wed or thursdays only).
Recycle Highlight
Stationary Recycling through Office works
Office works offer a great Bring It Back Program that offers a recycling option for lots of different office and tech supplies. Located at our Recycle Station in the foyer, we have a school stationary recycling box. Next time you are tidying up your stationary and come across, unwanted, broken or end of life stationary, bring it in and pop it in the box. Each box we deliver to Officeworks for recycling, gives an entry to win a voucher to spend in store.
Here is what you can recycle...
YES
Art Supplies
Calculators
Crayons & Oil Pastels
Erasers, Liquid Paper & Correction Tape
Exercise & Scrap Books
Glue Sticks
Maths Equipment
Paint Brushes
Paper Clips & Bulldog Clips
Pencil Cases
Pencils, Pens & Markers
Rulers
Sharpeners, Staplers & Hole Punches
A4 & Mini Whiteboards
Not accepted
Beads & Buttons
Coloured Craft Paper
Display Folders
Fabric & Material Scrap
Musical Instruments
Paint
Ribbon & String
Ring Binders
Scissors
What do officeworks do with it?
Thanks
Clancey and Georgie