Our Garden Blog
Congratulations to Charlize from stage 3! Your fantastic design will now become the new sticker for our RSPS egg cartons. You will also be the first student to cook up some delicious scrambled eggs from our fantastic chooks. Well done to everyone for the wonderful name suggestions too. The teachers got together and picked the most creative names for our new chooks:
1. Princess Layer 2. Yoko 3. Nugget and 4. Harriette Princess Layer, Yoko, Nugget and Harriette have settled in nicely and have begun to lay. You may have seen them free ranging this week. In case you didn't know the chooks are a breed called "Rhode Island Reds" and lay approximately 260 eggs a year. They are an American cross breed, bred for their egg laying ability and hardiness, so they should adapt to school life rather well.
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"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust". - Gertrude Jekyll The saying goes that "many hands make light work" and this was certainly true for our first week of Garden Club. With so many enthusiastic students ready to exercise their green thumbs, we had the garden beds cleared of weeds in no time. At the students' request, we have selected some Autumn greens to plant. Look out for snow peas, kale, broccoli, as well as some carrots, at the farmer’s market soon! There is also a couple of new banana trees donated by Mrs Mills neighbours that are loving all this rain at the moment! The wet weather gave us an opportunity to talk all things chickens. Our new roster for the chickens (who we will meet next week), is attached to this post so please have a look at the week your child is responsible for locking up the chickens. Please also note if you have a holiday time slot. The chickens will need to be checked on at least twice a week during the holidays. If your child is not yet on the roster, don’t worry. Each Friday we will be cleaning and feeding the chickens as a group and by the end of the year, everyone would have had an opportunity to lock up the chickens at least once. Special thanks to Ms Bassani and Todd's grandma for helping out last week with all our fresh soil. Happy Gardening, Mrs Mills
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