Howick Primary is FAMOUS and our first ever G2T BAKE SALE!

 Exciting times at school as our Garden to Table featured on TV twice during May! 

This was to promote Garden to Table and our first ever G2T bake sale! 

Click HERE to see the video of filming session #1 Friday 13th May. 

Click HERE to see the video of filming session #2 Wednesday 25th May. 

We made so many delicious treats on the Wednesday in preparation for our first ever G2T bake sale. 

It was a huge success and we made $580. 

We used produce from the school garden (and other peoples gardens!) to make cakes, muffins, biscuits, slices and more!  

Available to buy were: feijoa muffins, carrot cupcakes, beetroot brownies, kawakawa biscuits, see in the dark ANZAC biscuits, lemon slice,  cheesy herb bites and much more! 

Garden to Table MAY UPDATE

Room 1 and 2 students have been super busy in the garden and have managed to plant in ALL areas! 

Ka Pai! 

They have been busy in the kitchen making herb scones, vegetable risotto and some baking in preparation for our first ever G2T bake sale!  

This is a bake sale with a difference; the ingredients come from the garden AND the students are the ones making it! 

Garden to Table WELCOME YEAR 5!

This term Room 1 and Room 2 are having a turn at our Garden to Table programme.

This week was their first EVER session! There was much excitement! 

In the garden they were busy planting and tending to the seedlings.

In the kitchen they were busy baking fritters and creating an imagination salad. Both went down very well. Yum!  

Check out the photos below to see us in action! 

Garden to Table APRIL update

Our Garden to Table sessions for Term 1 are well under way.  The students are doing so well and have remembered many kitchen and garden skills from last year.

A huge THANK YOU to Fresh Choice, Half Moon Bay who generously gave us $150 to buy some pantry items. We bought flour, sugar, butter and cleaning products. 

In the garden the students have cleared the garden beds and done heaps of planting; lettuce, beetroot, spring onions, cauliflower, carrots and herbs to mention a few. They have also been busy collecting the compost. 

In the kitchen they have made fritters, salads and feijoa muffins in recent weeks. 

Ask your teacher if you'd like any recipes or search on the blog in the recipe section! 

See if you can spot yourself in any of the pictures below. 

  

 

  

 

  

Moth Plant Pod

 Have you seen THIS naughty weed?

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This is moth plant pod.  It is an invasive pest weed.  It wraps around and strangles other plants. 

It has a poisonous milky substance inside (don't touch it! Or get it on your clothes!) .

Click HERE to find out more about this plant. 

Not to be confused with choko - a yummy vegetable ...  

the leaves look quite different too - moth plant pod has slightly curled leaves.  

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Our school is in a local competition to get rid of as many of the MOTH PLANT POD as possible. 

The school that collects the most pods WINS! 

Last year we came third. We have already made a fantastic start in the competition (which finishes early May) and collected nearly 2000! 

Here is Jade, one of our champion collectors! (Also in the 2021 team!) 

If you see any of the Moth Plant Pod weeds let us know - email Miss Long b.long@howickprimary.school.nz