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Friday, April 13, 2018
Eco Garden Booklet
Last year a booklet was put together displaying all aspects of the Eco Garden (including history, planting, cooking, recipes and animals). View the booklet as pdf on Google Drive.
Friday, November 6, 2015
Newsletter Term 4 Week 4
Chooks
It is with great excitement that we announce the arrival of three baby chicks! We put eggs into an incubator during the holidays and had our first attempt at raising chicks. The three babies are growing fast under the heat lamp in 4A. While they have names for identification we will save naming them until we know if they are boys or girls. There have been many predictions but we are waiting for certainty! They are being handled and happily have visitors so feel free to drop in : )
Local Heroes
It was wonderful to see the hard work of parents and students recognised in the Hornsby Council’s Local Heroes article. If you didn’t get to read it please visit the Hornsby Shire Council Facebook Page.
Fence
Work has been continuing on the painting of the new garden fence. Students have been busy drawing their designs. I tis estimated we will need about 70 posts and so far 30 have been painted. They are looking amazing and it will be great to see it all finished!
Meeting
Eco Garden Meetings are held each month on the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm in Miss Scanlon’s classroom, during term times. The next meeting will be held on the 18th November in 5X Classroom. Feel free to come along and hear what it is all about!
Being involved
The Eco Garden is a large part of the school at Hornsby Heights PS and involves many facets and people. There is gardening, animal minding, cooking, cake stalls and BBQs, building of infrastructure and lesson support. If you feel this is something you may be interested in or would like to find out more please come along to a meeting or email Rhonda French frenchjr@bigpond.net.au Many hands make light work.
It is with great excitement that we announce the arrival of three baby chicks! We put eggs into an incubator during the holidays and had our first attempt at raising chicks. The three babies are growing fast under the heat lamp in 4A. While they have names for identification we will save naming them until we know if they are boys or girls. There have been many predictions but we are waiting for certainty! They are being handled and happily have visitors so feel free to drop in : )
Local Heroes
It was wonderful to see the hard work of parents and students recognised in the Hornsby Council’s Local Heroes article. If you didn’t get to read it please visit the Hornsby Shire Council Facebook Page.
Fence
Work has been continuing on the painting of the new garden fence. Students have been busy drawing their designs. I tis estimated we will need about 70 posts and so far 30 have been painted. They are looking amazing and it will be great to see it all finished!
Meeting
Eco Garden Meetings are held each month on the third Wednesday of the month at 7pm in Miss Scanlon’s classroom, during term times. The next meeting will be held on the 18th November in 5X Classroom. Feel free to come along and hear what it is all about!
Being involved
The Eco Garden is a large part of the school at Hornsby Heights PS and involves many facets and people. There is gardening, animal minding, cooking, cake stalls and BBQs, building of infrastructure and lesson support. If you feel this is something you may be interested in or would like to find out more please come along to a meeting or email Rhonda French frenchjr@bigpond.net.au Many hands make light work.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Pumpkin growing for the Royal Easter Show
It’s a fairytale dream come true for the kids at Hornsby Heights – they’ve grown a pumpkin.
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
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
Sunday, September 14, 2014
In The Bush Telegraph: 5 Year Celebration
Eco Food School Garden at Hornsby Heights PS Celebrates its 5th Birthday
The Eco Food Garden at HHPS celebrated its fifth birthday on Saturday 13th September with Matt Kean MP attending the event and cutting the cake. The Eco Food Garden team is made up of parents and teachers who volunteer their time and support to help the garden grow. Over the past five years they have installed 8 raised garden beds, planted 20 fruit trees, built seating areas, chicken coop, lamb enclosure, frog pond, bush tucker garden, and an outdoor classroom with built in BBQ and sink facilities. The garden is becoming an ever increasing integral part of our school community.
We aim to have every class involved in planting, harvesting, cooking and eating our produce. The list of meals that have been prepared and shared is quite long and extensive. By July this year, every class had already cooked at least once. We have even harvested three bunches of bananas this year! This was a great opportunity for the school community to celebrate and thank the volunteer parents, especially Rhonda French, who has been instrumental in this project’s vision from the start as well as teachers, principal and local businesses for their support. In 2009 the Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE Outreach program offered a free course held at the school on Permaculture. This is when the dream garden plans were made, and five years on almost all of those original plans have become reality.
The Eco Food Garden at HHPS celebrated its fifth birthday on Saturday 13th September with Matt Kean MP attending the event and cutting the cake. The Eco Food Garden team is made up of parents and teachers who volunteer their time and support to help the garden grow. Over the past five years they have installed 8 raised garden beds, planted 20 fruit trees, built seating areas, chicken coop, lamb enclosure, frog pond, bush tucker garden, and an outdoor classroom with built in BBQ and sink facilities. The garden is becoming an ever increasing integral part of our school community.
We aim to have every class involved in planting, harvesting, cooking and eating our produce. The list of meals that have been prepared and shared is quite long and extensive. By July this year, every class had already cooked at least once. We have even harvested three bunches of bananas this year! This was a great opportunity for the school community to celebrate and thank the volunteer parents, especially Rhonda French, who has been instrumental in this project’s vision from the start as well as teachers, principal and local businesses for their support. In 2009 the Northern Sydney Institute of TAFE Outreach program offered a free course held at the school on Permaculture. This is when the dream garden plans were made, and five years on almost all of those original plans have become reality.
Article in The Bush Telegraph
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Hornsby Advocate
The HHPS Eco Food Garden made it into the Hornsby Advocate:
Using ingredients from the school’s eco-food garden and cooking in the new outdoor kitchen, the year 3 children made scones with lilly pilly jam and the kindergarten class created pesto pasta.
“One of the things he (Jamie Oliver) really encouraged was using an ingredient you haven’t tried before and a lot of the children may never have tried lilly pilly or pesto,” eco-food garden team co-ordinator Rhonda French said.
Cooking is an activity all the children get to try throughout the year.
“Certainly the parents tell me that kids have requested to make them (the recipes) at home,” Ms French said. “To me that makes it worth it. I love that they get to see the whole cycle — to plant it, water it, pick it and cook it.”
Jamie Oliver’s food revolution day comes to Hornsby Heights Public school
Ruby Roll, Jacob Neve and Scarlet Burge, all five years old, eat pesto pasta they made. Picture: ADAM WARD
Source: News Limited
LESSONS were not only fun but full of flavour for the children at Hornsby Heights Public School on Friday.
Three classes participated in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolultion Day, a
global day of action to make cooking fun and encourage healthy food
choices.Using ingredients from the school’s eco-food garden and cooking in the new outdoor kitchen, the year 3 children made scones with lilly pilly jam and the kindergarten class created pesto pasta.
“One of the things he (Jamie Oliver) really encouraged was using an ingredient you haven’t tried before and a lot of the children may never have tried lilly pilly or pesto,” eco-food garden team co-ordinator Rhonda French said.
Ryan Browne 9, Jasmine Kelly 8, Franscesco Torrisi 9 and Jessica Whyburn 8, enjoy scones. Picture: ADAM WARD
Source: News Limited
“Certainly the parents tell me that kids have requested to make them (the recipes) at home,” Ms French said. “To me that makes it worth it. I love that they get to see the whole cycle — to plant it, water it, pick it and cook it.”
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Kids welcome lizard friend at Hornsby Heights Public School
Ghecko Garden. Hornsby Heights
Public School's Eco Food garden team have completed a garden bed in the
shape of a Ghecko. L-R (front) Izzy Thomson 7 and Emma Seyb 7. L-R
(back) Hamish French 6 and Owen Dancer-Mark 7. Picture: Adam Ward
Source: NewsLocal
A GIANT lizard has made its home at Hornsby Heights Public School.
Article can be viewed on the Daily Telegraph website.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Crunch & Sip News
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Hornsby Heights Public is green with ... mufti!
It included a hands-on composting workshop run by Hornsby Council, information sessions and a colouring competition.
The new garden mascot is a gecko and students were also encouraged to think up a name for it.
To see the story please go to the Hornsby Advocate website.
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