Friday, June 19, 2015

Book Nook and Garden Club produce stall inaugural appearance leaves us wanting more!



These all came from our school's garden! 

The kids just love digging for that awesome new book!
Our next Book Nook and Gardening Club double-act is on the last day of term 2, Friday 26th of June from 2:30 to 3:30. Bring your coins, because we have lost of lovely books to re-home. 

-Liz 

Monday, March 16, 2015

My Backyard Square Metre - by S2/3S

S2/3S have been studying their backyards this week for a presentation to their class.  Their comments will be posted below.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

Friday, February 27, 2015

Love is in our school vegie garden...



You know your vegetable garden is in good health when you have Ladybugs, and they are making more Ladybugs. 
These guys dine on pests such as Aphids, so they are handy to have around. It also means no chemicals are needed to control the pests, which is great!

Let us know if you have spotted any ladybugs in YOUR garden...


Friday, December 12, 2014

Whooooo's visiting our Turpentine forest?


A Tawney Frogmouth, that's who! 


These guys mostly eat nocturnal insects, worms, slugs and snails. We are very happy to see wildlife using our forest, because it means the eco-system in the school is healthy. 

Have you spotted him? 

Learn more about these birds here - http://australianmuseum.net.au/Tawny-Frogmouth

Thursday, December 11, 2014

Get the knowledge


If you ever want to know what we plant in the school grounds, you will now be able to look it up. 
We are building up a page (called the Knowledge Base) within this blog, that will hold the specifications of plants that we establish in the school grounds.
We hope this will inspire you to look for them while you are in the school, or even plant some at home. 
You can get to this page via this link - http://asquithenvirohubactivities.blogspot.com.au/p/knowlege-base.html


Tuesday, December 2, 2014

November Working Bee - New pictures!


November's working bee fell on one of the years hottest days. But that did not stop the dedicated team from getting the job done. 
From moving entire vegetable gardens to setting up a new equipment shed, it was all happening.

This picture below is where our garden equipment shed has been installed. It will house all of our wheel barrows, and other bits and pieces. 


The three raised vegetable garden beds have been given a new home, right near our digging patch. This is a much more central location, where everyone can keep an eye on how the veggies are going. Before and After School Care have taken on the responsibility of watering daily.


A garden can always use a compost bin, or two. We have three, servicing the veggie patch, from playground scraps. These were kindly donated to the school by families. 


The garden beds between the library and the school office building have been planted out with an assortment of  herbs. Hopefully they will thrive in the space we have made for them. 

And Team Green, the kids club was kept cool but busy with all sorts of interesting activities. Some made Christmas cards, others watered the new seedlings planted in the Turpentine forest, and there were even some happily searching for litter treasure! 
What fun!