Garden To Table
What is Garden to Table?
The Garden to Table Programme is based on the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Programme in Australia, in which primary aged children grow, harvest and prepare fresh produce from their school vegetable garden.
Once a fortnight, every Year 5 student work either in the garden or the kitchen (these alternate each fortnight) and then sit down together to share the meal.
Click here to view the Garden to Table official website.
The Garden to Table Programme is based on the Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Programme in Australia, in which primary aged children grow, harvest and prepare fresh produce from their school vegetable garden.
Once a fortnight, every Year 5 student work either in the garden or the kitchen (these alternate each fortnight) and then sit down together to share the meal.
Click here to view the Garden to Table official website.
Why we offer Garden to Table: ·
To find our more about the Garden to Table programme please contact:
Elske-Sanne Hunt
Garden Specialist
0274 878 292
[email protected]
- It teaches healthy eating and respect for the environment
- It caters to a range of ages, learning styles and academic ability, helping build the 5 Key Competencies
- It promotes student engagement and ownership - it’s interesting and fun – the children love it
- It integrates all curriculum areas e.g. mathematics, languages, science, technology, health within an authentic context.
- It teaches the life skills of cooking and gardening
To find our more about the Garden to Table programme please contact:
Elske-Sanne Hunt
Garden Specialist
0274 878 292
[email protected]
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Research into learning shows that students retain information only if they able to relate it to pre-existing knowledge and experiences.Food is an excellent starting point as there are many associations already, with family, with life at home, with what is already familiar.The same is also true in the garden - as students identify vegetables, herbs, flowers and various garden creatures and materials, using sight, smell and touch. Having gardens producing food on the school grounds that they have created and cared for provides children with a tremendous sense of pride and ownership. They feel connected to the school and to each other.
Discovering the new
In both the kitchen and garden settings, students make new and unplanned discoveries. They are faced with new challenges that require them to solve problems, both as a group, and individually. It might be a 20cm earthworm, a lizard scampering for cover, or helping design ways to protect the garden from slugs and snails.
In Garden to Table students are free to explore, to experiment, and actively encouraged to share their ideas and observations with each other.
Discovering the new
In both the kitchen and garden settings, students make new and unplanned discoveries. They are faced with new challenges that require them to solve problems, both as a group, and individually. It might be a 20cm earthworm, a lizard scampering for cover, or helping design ways to protect the garden from slugs and snails.
In Garden to Table students are free to explore, to experiment, and actively encouraged to share their ideas and observations with each other.
Exclusive Garden to Table Recipes
feijoa_cupcakes.pdf |
winter_golden_mash.pdf |
vegetable_empanadas_gtt.pdf |
sushi_from_japan.pdf |
silverbeet_spinach_curry.pdf |
silver_beet_pakora-recipe.pdf |
salad_of_imagination_autumn.pdf |
salad_imagination.pdf |
moroccan_carrot_dip.pdf |
miso_soup.pdf |
green_dhal_recipe.pdf |
gtt_lemon_cupcakes.pdf |
gtt_vegetable_soup.pdf |
gtt_hummus.pdf |
gtt_herb_rolls.pdf |
gtt_fig_cupcakes.pdf |
gtt_cavolo_nero_pesto.pdf |
gtt_cabbage_beetroot__pear_salad.pdf |
flat_bread_recipe.pdf |
filo_spring_rolls.pdf |
feijoa_chutney.pdf |
brown_rice_salad_gtt.pdf |
beetroot_yoghurt_drizzle.pdf |
basil_spinach_cashew_dip.pdf |
gtt_risotto.pdf |
gtt_autumn_filo_rolls.pdf |