From Garden to Plate!

So much authentic learning to be done in the garden and the kitchen this summer! 

Children from the "Green Team" harvested the corn from our garden . They learned how to take the husks off the corn and that we could put this in our compost bin. They also learned how to prepare the corn by cleaning and snapping it into smaller pieces so there would be more to share. We cooked them in a big pot of boiling water and shared them with the students in Harakeke. Lots of teamwork and cooperation amongst this group of children! Well done and a huge thank you to Ashton's Mum, Carly for supporting us in the garden and kitchen to do this.

We  harvested some rhubarb from our garden and learned how to use this to cook some rhubarb muffins. Lots of teamwork and cooperation amongst this group of children! Well done and a huge thank you to Saoirse's Mum , Mia, for supporting us in the garden and kitchen to do this.

We harvested and cooked potatoes from our garden with the wonderful support of Emily, Kayla and Alyssa's Mum. Cooper discovered that it is not only people who enjoy eating potatoes as he found one that had already been eaten and the culprit was still inside! Washing the potatoes was a messy task. They learned knife skills to cut the potatoes into wedges . They learned patience as they waited for them to be cooked in the oven and that while they were cooking was a good time to clean up the kitchen. Sharing the wedges at lunchtime around the school was a favourite part for all the children. The tasted delicious and got great reviews. Well done team and a huge thank you to Emily for making this possible.

Isla, Joe and Matthew enjoyed the opportunity to learn how to turn the parsley and basil from our school garden into the most delicious pesto. It tasted amazing. Thank you to Kylie, Baxter's Mum for helping us with this.

We enjoyed learning how to make sweet and savoury scones. We read and followed instructions, measured and mixed , rolled and cut our dough to cook scones that were enjoyed by all the Year 5 and 6 children. We really loved the savoury scones that used tomato relish made from our tomatoes in the garden and basil. Thank you to Cooper's Mum, Casey for helping us with this.

Matthew enjoyed making yummy stir fry using vegetables from our garden too!