Kitchen Garden News

What a busy but great start to term 3. We jumped straight into the kitchen with the 5/6s making Swiss chard (from the kinder veg patch), chickpea and pumpkin (from Mrs Stagg’s Garden) rolls. The children even made their own pastry. I’m grateful that the timetable this term allows for a little extra cooking time, which means we can take on recipes that require a little longer to make. The children were so keen that they even offered to make the rolls in their lunch break so that we had enough time to cook them. I must admit, I was worried that some children wouldn’t try them, given the amount of veg we had put in, but they inhaled them!

The 2/3s are embarking on their own project this term. Operation pumpkin patch has begun. They are clearing up the bed behind the teacher’s carpark in preparation for pumpkin planting come spring. They’ll also be researching which varieties they wish to grow and starting them from seed. They LOVED the weeding (I should bring them to my house!) with the boys even finding a rogue parsnip!

Speaking of pumpkins, the 1/2s and P/1s made roasted pumpkin hummus last week. Again, I had some sceptics, but most children gave it a try and some even found that they LOVED it!