SAKG

SAKG Newsletter Term 1 2019​

Welcome to Term 1 of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program at Monty Primary. The beautiful fresh produce that has been growing over the holidays is ready to harvest and be turned into some tasty dishes by our students. To those families starting at Monty this year, The SAKG Program is run by Elisa in the kitchen and Claire in the garden. Before becoming a teacher, Elisa worked in Nutrition and Dietetics and Claire has a degree in Science, Nutrition and Sustainability.

We are passionate about providing the younger generation with skills and knowledge to equip them in making healthy and sustainable choices for their future. It is incredibly rewarding watching our students develop in confidence both in the kitchen and garden, their willingness to try new foods is a testament to the program.

We need your help!

Both Kitchen and Garden classes rely on volunteer assistance for the success of the Program and we appreciate any time that you can offer. All volunteers will need a Working with Children Check that needs to be presented to the office prior to volunteering.

How Kitchen classes run

Students work together in small groups to prepare a dish from a recipe. There are 5 groups in each class, therefore 5 different dishes are prepared. The prepared dishes are shared by students, staff and volunteers. Ideally each group needs 1 adult working with them. Elisa and the classroom teacher will each work with a group. We require 3 volunteers per class so that each remaining group is supervised.

How Garden classes run

Garden classes vary from week to week. Some weeks we will do a class activity and some weeks we will work in groups. The Garden class volunteer’s role includes supervising group tasks, assisting the teacher with activities and clean up. Please note that no garden knowledge is necessary but if you have skills or expertise in a particular area, we would love you to share this with our students.

If you would like to volunteer during our garden classes or assist with some garden maintenance fill in your name in the session you’re available.

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.

Donations

We are currently looking for donations of a few items.

• Preloved electric fry pan in great working order
• Preloved Food processor in great working order
• Lemons
• Any home grown fruit or vegetables that you may have in excess

Thank you!

Elisa and Claire