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Medibank Community Fund Partnership
26-07-2012The students at Sunshine North Primary School took centre-stage when the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation announced a new partnership with the Medibank Community Fund. The partnership will see Medibank invest in the future health and wellbeing of the next generation of Australians by helping the Foundation bring the Kitchen Garden Program to another 70,000 additional Australian school children over the next four years.
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Eaglehawk PS shows off at a show-down
24-07-2012The morning of 21 July saw a kitchen show-down between student cook Shardae Sharp, from Eaglehawk Primary School, versus ABC radio’s Corey Hague. Shardae, age 12, won the right to compete on stage at Bendigo’s Festival of Lamb after she championed a qualifying cook-off at her school. The challenge to make a dish using fresh local produce in half an hour, and was MC’d by Cam Smith from RRR radio’s ‘Eat It’.
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'Round Table' by Cate Kennedy
23-07-2012[This is an extended version of a piece by Cate Kennedy, originally published in the Good Weekend on 21 July 2012.]
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The joy of chooks in the home garden
12-07-2012They’re great with the kids, you get fresh eggs and if you think an aquarium is relaxing, just wait till you’ve watched a hen scratch around for a while! Fleur from BookAChook, specialists in bantams in the backyard, recently ran an informative workshop on the world of chooks and how to set them up in the home or school garden.
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Calabrian pancetta and salami workshop
09-07-2012We welcomed Angela Villella, co-author of Mangia!Mangia!, to the kitchen at the Learning Centre on 23 June. Angela led a fascinating workshop on creating Calabrian pancetta and salami in the home kitchen. The session was attended by an enthusiastic group who were treated to a hands-on workshop where sleeves were rolled up from the word go!
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Curriculum integration - learning in the kitchen and garden
04-07-2012The kitchen and garden are important places for learning across all areas of the curriculum. The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Foundation runs introductory and advanced curriculum integration training for staff of Kitchen Garden Schools to open up the world of curriculum integration.
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Busy times at the Learning Centre
03-07-2012The kitchen and garden at our Learning Centre at Collingwood College have been sites for much activity recently. Two fantastic workshops were run on a Saturday in late May. Jenny England from Merrywood Plants led an informative workshop on espaliering and Sandy Leatham of Benalla’s Hook & Spoon led a very popular sausage and salami making workshop.
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South Australia Professional Development Day
29-06-2012Kitchen Garden School Kilkenny PS hosted our recent South Australian Kitchen Garden Specialist Professional Development day on 12 June. It was the biggest South Australian PD ever with 42 participants in total, including Principals, Kitchen and Garden Specialists, volunteers from kitchen and garden classes and Classroom Teachers.
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Real-life super hero at Majura PS
19-06-2012Majura PS’ very own Garden Specialist, Rik Allen, has been shortlisted as a finalist in the School Hero category of the 2012 ACT Public Education Excellence Awards.
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Isobel Piper's blue cheese workshop
08-06-2012Fromage fiend Isobel Piper led our cheesemaking workshop last weekend, focusing on blue, but including an assortment of quicker-to-make-cheeses including haloumi, ricotta, sour cream and gourmet feta.
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