Children still need a childhood with dirt, mud, puddles, trees, sticks and tadpoles. ​
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Brooke Hampton
OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN
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Our Community Garden, lovingly referred to as 'The Farm', is a hive of activity each week which brings a sense of care to our world. The Farm is a source of much excitement as seeds sprout and begin to grow into produce that can be picked and then turned into a nutritious meal such as soup or salad. There are opportunities for children to experiment with growing different types of plants and to learn how to care for our chickens.
Watering, weeding, sitting on hay bales listening to a story, cooking over the firepit, collecting eggs, the Farm is a versatile place in which to learn.
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Things you might not have known:
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In 2025, our school came second place in the Victorian Schools Garden Program for 'Most engaging garden for learning'​. Here is our entry.
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Our school is a ResourceSmart School and an Earthcare School.
We collect food waste from our school to make compost for our garden and to feed our worms in our worm farms.
Children design and lead the implementation of projects in the garden. These include creating a Wurundjeri garden, a seed bank, building nesting boxes, and propagating seeds.
We use the food that we grow at the garden as a resource for learning experiences in our cooking program.
We have a farm club during lunchtime each week where children can spend time in the garden.
We have a committed group of volunteers that care for our garden during the weekends and holidays.
We run fortnightly working bees with members of our community where we share skills and make new friends while caring for our community garden.