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Kitchen & Garden

Blakeview Primary School is proud to be a member of the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. The purpose of this program is to introduce pleasurable food education to children during their learning years, in order to form positive food habits for life.

Our year 2 to 6 classes are fortunate to attend all year round with fortnightly lessons, alternating between kitchen and garden lessons with our specialist, Miss Orrien. Our reception and year 1 classes attend once a term to slowly introduce our garden and kitchen experiences.

In our garden lessons students are given the opportunity to learn about our plant cycles and seasonal produce to be able to then grow, harvest, prepare and share our produce to take into the kitchen and turn it into delicious meals. Students are involved from the very start with planting the seeds, harvesting the produce, working safely with garden tools, weeding, discovering different insects and much more. We also have a number of chickens our students care for by ensuring their coop is clean, they are fed, their water is full and their eggs have been collected daily.

In our kitchen lessons students learn life long valuable skills. They learn the importance of kitchen safety, how to prepare and cook meals, the history of where food comes from, how to use different equipment and working within a team. Students also learn how to set the table, as well as how to maintain a clean kitchen space.

We have some wonderful volunteers who participate in both the kitchen and garden lessons each week.  If you are interested, please contact Dawn in the front office, or Orrien, in the kitchen.

 

What do our students think about the program?

Mitchell, year 2 “I like when we pick weeds and harvest the fruits. I also like to go into the chicken coop and feed them and collect the eggs”.

Kaylee, year 2 “I like making different foods so I know how to make them when I’m older. I like doing garden because it is fun planting seeds”.

Alek, year 3 ”I like when we make our food and it turns out how we want it to and when we make mistakes it’s still always fine and we learn from it. I also love helping in the garden by picking weeds, seeing the chickens and cleaning up”.

Kelsey, year 3 ”I like going into the chicken coop and collecting the eggs. I also like harvesting the carrots from the garden beds. I also liked when we got to help clean up the garden ready for our new garden beds”.