Students of St Albans Meadows Primary School put their chef hats on last week and invited their parents to school for a home-made, home-grown lunch.
Students of all year levels have been undergoing the kitchen garden program in which they grew fresh ingredients in the school’s vegetable garden, and last week put them all together to impress their parents.
The program has been running for more than 10 years, and organiser Michael Harris said the initiative teaches students invaluable skills at an early age.
“The Kitchen Garden Program involves all our students from grades prep to grade 6 multiple times throughout the year,” he said.
“They are learning valuable life skills such as cooperating and teamwork, as well as practical skills such as cooking, gardening, and knowing what is going into your food.”
“This allow each student the opportunity to participate throughout different seasons of the year and maximises the learning potential for each student, as they are able to be taught the role that seasons play on planting and harvesting produce.”
The school works with the Stephanie Alexander kitchen garden program, which hosts similar programs all across Australia. The values they hold most important are growing, harvesting, preparing, and sharing.
