Harvesting from our school vegetable garden

Our school vegetable garden is planted 

with regular picking in mind. 

We try to use some plants that you can visit often, 

picking off a few leaves each time, 

e.g. cabbage, silverbeet, chives, thyme, parsley, and rosemary. 

We also have plants that you pull out completely to harvest, 

e.g. beetroot and carrots.

Cabbage

Parsley

Calendula - self-sown - repels insects.

Rosemary

Thyme

Erina, Cassia and Leah with a mini cauliflower, parsley, and some leaves for Erina and Cassia's rabbbits.

New murals at our school - a gift from 2014's Year 6 artists

Barrie has installed the new murals.

Next time you walk between 

the swimming pool and the hall entrance, 

look out for them!

They were created in 2014

by some very talented artists from Year 6.

We hope they come back to visit our school 

and see their work on display!

Can you find the ruru (morepork), the kereru (wood pigeon) and the piwakawaka (fantails)?

The letters are not all as they seem...look closely at the letter 'L'!

The two murals together.

Have you seen the garden area by the new Year 1 playground?

In autumn, a keen bunch of gardeners helped plant a new garden behind the brand new Year 1 playground. 

Here are some of the workers:

They also added freesia and daffodil bulbs, and flower seeds.

Many thanks to: 
James Iverson and Mr Marshall 

for moving 5 cubic metres of topsoil 

and landscaping with rocks
Philip, our helpful Room 12 parent
for digging holes in hard, summer-dried soil.

Hard work, but a great result! 
In a few months, as the plants fill out, the area will look beautiful.