2013 victorian schools garden awards. chris and kay’s p/1/2 class having fun in the garden and...
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2013 Victorian Schools Garden Awards
Chris and Kay’s P/1/2 Class having fun in the garden and kitchen.
Maurice and Chrissy’s P/1/2 ClassPlanting with their big buddies
We love our big grounds
Gardening in Sarah, Kenzie and Rebecca’s P/1/2 Class
We planted seeds with parents,
Felicity and Casey.
5/6 Sharon and Mathew Gardening
Muddy hands
Tree planting
In the garden
Rot or Remain!Barb, Jacqui and Claudia’s grade 3/4s did an Inquiry
project on whether materials rot or remain.
Some things that rot in the garden:>Apple
>Lemon
>Orange
>Banana
>Mandarin
>Vegie scraps
>Fruit scraps
Before:
Some things that remain in the garden:>Plastic bottle>Plastic bag>Tin Can>Chip packet>Glad-wrap>Wool>Polystyrene>Cotton
After:
Damien and
Meg’s 5/6s
We planted trees at the back of the
oval with our buddy class.
Waratah Special Developmental School Satellite Classes Students get involved
in many different garden experiences:
Identifying where the patch lies and
developing sensory needs like feeling the
dirt, plants and water.
Studying life cycles.
Cutting plants from the ground, chopping and adding to dishes
they cook each Friday.
Map of our school kitchen garden
Environmental Committee AwardEach week the class with the cleanest yard duty area wins this glittery award. Students developed this initiative to help improve the cleanliness of our school grounds.
WORKING BEES Brunswick South West Primary School have quarterly working bees. The community comes together to help
maintain our wonderful school grounds, buildings and kitchen garden.
Golden Garden Trophy Award The class with the most parents at the working bee win a fun activity in the garden or cooking with produce from the garden. Activities have included
cooking peach cake, creating signs and planting strawberries and raspberries.
Friday morning parent gardening groupParents are encouraged to come in and work in the kitchen garden and
school grounds on Friday mornings from 9-11am. This volunteer activity builds a sense of community and ownership towards our school garden and
grounds.
Planting Native Trees
This photo shows 3 generations of the Braybon family planting a native tree at our school to celebrate Education Week.
Students, parents and
teachers planted
native trees throughout the school.
Re-use and recycle initiatives
Students collect food scraps from their classes and deposit into the garden’s worm farms.
We are reusing air conditioner straw lined
pads for strawberry patches.
Worm farms
Every student participated in planting 500 native and local trees and grasses on the embankment at the back of our school oval.
BEFORE AFTER
Some of the special features at our school include: The amazing mosaic kitchen garden sign, the construction of espaliered
trees and pea tunnels.
New playground facilitiesThe retaining wall around the junior school
playground was replaced by money raised from the school Fete!
OUR WONDERFUL SCHOOL GROUNDSThe pictures below show just a few of the fantastic facilities we have
at our school.The playground bridge, colourful lattice, garden noticeboard, circular seating around the featured White Mulberry tree, class planter boxes
and mosaic playground seating.
Games in the Kitchen Garden Everyone is invited to come and join in some games after school (3.30pm onward) on Friday in the Kitchen Garden. There will be quoits, hookie, hopscotch, tennis, t-ball, maybe some tennis-racquet cricket, and any other games people would like to bring along. Afternoon snacks of dips (made from what is doing well in the garden), Turkish bread and fruit will be provided to keep the kids energy up for running around. Tea and coffee will also be available. Any home baked goodies as additional contributions would be most welcome! The garden is looking great, so many things flowering and growing! Please come and enjoy the view and company of other Brunswick South West Primary Schoolers.
The Invitation
ALL TOGETHER – WE ARE BRUNSWICK SOUTH WEST. We came together to celebrate our kitchen garden and ground facilities.
The Preparation
The FUN!!
This wonderful PowerPoint was created by students,
staff and parents from
Brunswick South West Primary School.
We hope you enjoyed learning about our school
kitchen garden and grounds.