Our Garden Blog
Hello Green Thumbs,
It has been a while since our last blog post and that's probably because, as the title suggests, the garden has taken on a life of its own this spring, and we have been busy trying to keep up with it! If you came to the Revesby South Family Fun Day, you would've no doubt seen our dedicated garden club crew harvesting, bundling, and selling our produce. It was an enormous success and I'm proud to say our little club raised some money to add to our schools fundraising efforts. The bales of hay that were used for the pig race at the fete have been reused and recycled by the garden club, to plant strawberries in. Check them out and try one next time you walk past! We also completed our gumboot display, thanks for everyone's gumboot donations, and there are now some little succulents, growing happily in their new home. Our amazing gardening granny Edna has been hard at work again, and together with her green dream team has set about mulching our garden floor (no easy feat), building and erecting our new scarecrow, and in general, taking care of business! Mrs Mills' class used their writing lessons on "informative writing' to write info cards about the flora and fauna in our garden. Flip over a card to learn something new. Lastly, our Friday morning garden market stalls have gradually been increasing in popularity as the word spreads about how fresh our veggies are. Thanks to all those parents who've supported us. We hope to see you at the markets soon. Until then, happy gardening, The Garden Club p.s. If you have time, below is a link to an article that talks about the benefits of a school garden: "The garden has transformed the school and provided wonderful learning opportunities for the children. It has brought the community together in a huge way and continues to develop. That’s why for me, a garden in whatever guise – from wooded plot to a handful of makeshift containers, hanging baskets or a window sill – should be viewed as an essential learning tool for all schools." https://www.theguardian.com/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2017/sep/29/primary-school-garden-teaching-method-improve-pupil-behaviour?CMP=share_btn_tw
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