Term 4 so far!
PRODUCE
The garden has been quite productive again this term, supplying much of the ingredients for the kitchen menus. This produce included broccoli, cauliflower, celery, rhubarb, lemons, lemongrass, broad beans, spring onions, coriander, oregano, thyme, parsley, silver beet, mint, carrots, nasturtium leaves & flowers and of course eggs!
LESSONS
The older students have spent some lesson time attending to the jobs that just need to be done – weeding and pulling out old crops! The big leaves from the winter crops are now decomposing in our big compost bin to make compost for our garden.
With the unusually hot days earlier this week garden lesson was inside – sketching leaves. The effort put in by the students was evident – all the sketches were very good. They will finish them next lesson, adding labels.
The sequence of key stages in the life cycle of a plant or animal is a curriculum Science topic so it was timely to receive some silkworms and to find tadpoles in our pond. The middle primary lessons revolved around sharing their own knowledge as well as thinking up many, many more questions for us to research.
Lessons have also included planting our summer crops.
Menu for kitchen – sushi, Vietnamese rice paper rolls, vegetable gyoza, vegetable samosa, vegie croquettes.
James enjoys the meals and the garden