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Drake PS delivers!
17-05-2012Drake is a small rural community located 51 km east of Tenterfield on the Bruxner Highway in rural New South Wales. The tiny Drake State School currently has 30 students from Kindergarten through to Year 6.
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New funding for a more accessible Kitchen Garden Program
16-05-2012New Australian Government funding heralds a more accessible, affordable and flexible Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation is thrilled to announce new funding support from the Australian Government.
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It's olive (preserving) season!
15-05-2012Saturday 12 May saw the Learning Centre kitchen play host to an olive preserving masterclass! Teresa Oates led a relaxed and informative workshop with lots of tastings along the way. The group was led through a number of olive preserving techniques – kalamata olives in brine, drying manzanilla olives and frying black olives with garlic and chilli – yum! Teresa also taught the group a technique for preserving green tomatoes and creating delicious green olive bread.
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Kitchen Garden Schools in the news - May 2012
15-05-2012We’re not the only ones who love talking about our Kitchen Garden Schools – here’s just a selection of articles from around the country (just click on the links to read more) ...
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Pemberton District High School’s giant ‘pump-king’ experience
03-05-2012The kitchen garden team at Pemberton DHS, in Pemberton Western Australia, have weighed into the local foodie culture with a royal ‘pump-king’, grown at the school with help from the kitchen garden kids. The school’s Kitchen Garden Program Coordinator, Katrina Zemke, gives us the full story ...
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Bush tucker day at Winters Flat PS
01-05-2012Winters Flat Primary School in Castlemaine, Victoria, recently held a special Bush Tucker Day that coincided with Indigenous Plant Week and Harmony Week at the school. Zepp Valentine, a student at the school, tells us all about it …
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Apollo Bay P-12 off to a great start
23-04-2012Apollo Bay P-12 College received funding to implement the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Victorian Program in early 2011 and have forged ahead in leaps and bounds since. Term 1 of 2012 saw the Apollo Bay students enjoying their very first kitchen and garden classes. The garden is thriving, abundant with beautiful produce, and the first term of kitchen classes was a huge success.
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Anzac day activities at Happy Valley School
30-03-2012Anzac day services are being held outside of school terms this year, so a few Kitchen Garden Schools are getting in early and commemorating the day with kitchen garden themed Anzac activities. Hear what Happy Valley School in South Australia is doing from the school’s Kitchen Specialist, Kate Sparrow ...
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Preserving time in our Public Workshop series
29-03-2012Caroline Grey from the Yarra Valley’s Cunliffe & Waters (the people who Make Things That Go With Things) joined us recently for a real hands-on workshop looking at the art of jams, sauces, pickles and preserves. (And using up those lovely late-summer and autumn gluts of fruit and veg!)
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Peer-to-peer connection at Port Fairy PS
23-03-2012Our ‘Regional Networking’ sessions are designed to enable staff from Kitchen Garden Schools in local areas to connect with each other, share experiences, discuss challenges and learn how different schools run and benefit from the Kitchen Garden Program. Our latest Victorian session, hosted by Port Fairy PS in Western Victoria, has demonstrated just how valuable these sessions are.
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