In the kitchen
Last week the grades 3 and 4 children combined to do the cooking class due to lower numbers resulting from the production the previous night. The grade 5/6 class only had 24 children, instead of 29 which made it more manageable also. The recipes prepared by children last Friday include:
- Chicken and Leek Risotto with garlic chives
- Spicy Pumpkin, Thyme and Ricotta Tortellini with crunchy herbs
- Minestrone soup
- Mini Quiche Lorraine
- Silver Beet Torte
- Green Salad with Orange, Snow Peas and Toasted Sunflower Seeds
- Stewed Rhubarb or Blood Plums with Rice Pudding and Buttery Crumble
The food which was harvested from the school garden and included the silver beet, herbs, including sage, parsley, oregano, coriander and thyme, and the potatoes and spring onions. There was a star of the kitchen from each group who got to choose one of the recipes to take home.
The following grade 5/6 children were stars of the kitchen last week: Samantha, Jacob, Matthew, Megan, Malcom, Jayden, and Jesse.
Free plants/vegetables
As a result of the new building works to provide our school with a new modular set of rooms, the ‘U-shaped’ garden and the garden around the ramp will need to be removed. We plan on setting up a new ‘U-shaped’ garden in the area between the art room and the toilet block, near the weeping cherry tree.
Whilst we have tried to rescue most of the plants growing in our ‘U-shaped’ bed there are some remaining. These are being made available to families to pick or dig out. The vegetables remaining include silver beet, Asian greens, Tuscan Kale, and Strawberries. If you would like any of these plants, please bring along your own containers/pots and tools to remove the plants as soon as possible. There will be some tree removal at some stage during the school holidays and the sleepers from the ‘U-shaped’ bed will need to be removed before this takes place, so if you leave it too long, it may be too late. First In — Best Dressed.