Green Club and the Neighbourhood Gardens

The Garden Club

The garden club has been inspired by a group of Year Two girls who would like to see our Princes Hill community take better care of our environment and gardens. 

Their idea has SPREAD and created CHANGE!

Antonija (Nina's mum) has long been involved in the school grounds maintenance and gardening. She has organised a monthly get-together of parents who would like to support the Neighbourhood Gardens. They met for the first time last Friday (5th March) and with the support of some Year Twos, they made a huge impact on our garden plots. Thank you to those parents who came along to help!

We now have herbs and some vegetables and other plants growing and we are looking at having the students propagate other seeds for future planting.  

There is so much learning involved in gardening. The children have already fed back the maths that they saw and used such as measurement and counting in various ways. We are learning about AREA so this will tie in nicely too.

Looking after our environment is the key to our sustainability as our planet becomes more and more populated and the trend of over consumption and waste becomes ever more prevalent. 

If you would like to help out on the FIRST FRIDAY OF EVERY MONTH, 9AM then please get in contact with Antonija. 

Different students will have the opportunity to volunteer to help the garden club on these days and other opportunities for the children to be involved in gardening will arise throughout the term. 

If you would like to volunteer to take some Year Twos up to the Neighbourhood Gardens to do some gardening at other times during a Learning Agreement then please see Simone with your availability.

Thank you all!