Pestosaurus with 1C

Dinosaur pasta with pesto from the basil in the garden:

Pesto & Pasta Year 3Z

Making pesto from the basil in the school garden:

Pestosaurus Recipe

• Basil leaves (enough for 4 cups of well-packed leaves)
• 4 tablespoons of toasted sunflower seeds
• Parmesan cheese (to make 2/3 cup)
• 1 large or 2 small garlic cloves
• 1 cup olive oil
• ½ lemon (enough for 2 tablespoon of juice)

 Add all above ingredients to a food processor and process until a smooth paste is formed. Add the pesto to cooked dinosaur pasta (Coles Brand). Enjoy!

Newsletter Term 1 Week 6

Bulb Fundraiser
Students will be receiving a bulb brochure this week. This is a fund raiser for the Ecogarden. Please return your order to the Parents & Citizens (P&C) letterbox located in the foyer of the school office, by Thursday March 15.

Friends of the Garden
If you would like to be regularly updated with news from the garden. Please contact Ms Scanlon to be added to the Ecogarden news group.

Planting Day
There will be a planting day on Friday 15th March. If you can spare some time please contact Rhonda

Bunnings Barbeque
We will be having our first Bunnings barbeque on Sunday May 19 at Thornleigh. We will need a lot of volunteers on the day.

Clearance Items
We still have a few environmentally friendly items left from our fair stall. Please see Miss Scanlon if you would like to purchase: Washing Powder $3 Multi Purpose Spray $5

Mr Green the Gecko says ...

Did you know that organic honey can be used to propagate your plants? Just dip your fresh cutting, with a 1/3 leaves removed, into the honey and then plant in an open free draining soil mix.

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.

The gecko is the latest addition to the school's eco-food garden, which also includes a chicken coop, sheep enclosure, raised garden beds and a frog pond. Co-ordinator Rhonda French said children were encouraged to dig in and take care of the garden. "Certainly in terms of harvesting we try to get the kids involved as much as possible," she said. The children also have an opportunity to cook a meal with the produce. "The benefit I see is they actually see where food comes from," she said. "I have had a few parents say it's great they have eaten something they wouldn't try at home."

Article can be viewed on the Daily Telegraph website.

Newsletter Term 1, Week 4

Welcome back to 2013. For those people new to Hornsby Heights school, the Ecogarden team is a group of interested parents and teachers who meet monthly and help with the construction and maintenance of the food garden that lives between the hall and the library. The garden has been designed using permaculture principles and currently has several raised garden beds, chickens and sheep. Produce from the garden is often used for cooking classes with the students. If you would like to be part of the Ecogarden team our next meeting is Tuesday 19th February, 7:00pm in the 4S classroom.

Thank you A big thank you to everyone who helped look after the animals and watered the garden during the school holidays. The new gecko garden is looking sensational thanks to the help of many volunteers.

Mr Green the Gecko says ...

Make sure to have a look at page 20 of the Hornsby Advocate this week. There is a fantastic article about our new gecko garden. (Mr Green is a small green gecko who is our garden mascot. He loves to give trivia and permaculture gardening advice)