Year one and three kids are now tenderly nursing their Atlantic Pumpkin, hoping it’ll grow big enough to be a record breaker in time for the Sydney Royal Easter Show.
They’re taking part in The Great Backyard Pumpkin Challenge, and hope their pumpkin will be a winner at the show, which takes place from March 26 until April 8.
Teacher Kirsten Stroak even went to the school over the summer holidays to water the plants.
“We’ve got two healthy plants and there’s quite a few flowers on both, and the pumpkin we’ve got is about the size of a clenched fist.
“My students have always been very interested in growing things. Every class has a vegetable patch. They are very excited. They came back after the holidays and said ‘how are they growing?”
Entries close at 5pm Wednesday, February 11.
As well as the hotly contested biggest pumpkin competitions, there’s also some more unusual prizes up for grabs, including smallest pumpkin, celebrity look-alike pumpkin and best decorated pumpkin.
Full article in the Hornsby Advocate
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