School Vege Challenge 2022

Harvest Time & Judging

Mid Challenge Update

We arrive at Okoia school and headed out to the vegetable gardens. We are soon joined by Kim and her class of students. They have brown fingertips. We have arrived when they were doing finger painting. Fun fact that we learnt was that Koalas have individual fingerprints like humans do.

The garden is coming along, they have got carrots growing as well as brassicas and onions.  We meet Trent who works part time as a teacher aid and part time as the school caretaker.

There is a whole class full of kids that came out for the photo, that’s lots of kids learning about gardening which is what the vege challenge is all about.

Where does our food come from, how we can grow it ourselves, what are the factors to consider – soil, light, water, pests, timing and more.

The future is bright and these kids are learning how to garden.

Their carrots look good.

I’m looking forward to seeing the garden again in a couple of months.

Getting Going

At Okoia School we have some vege patches and a worm farm. We are looking forward to the children participating in the School Vege Challenge, not only to encourage them to learn about growing nutritious food, but to also to add an incentive and support them with learning as much as they can. Our students are already brimming with great questions like, “How can we tell if it’s a slug or a caterpillar eating the plants?”