The Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Program (SAKGP) has been an integral part of many schools around the country, for many years now, with a number of schools taking up the program around the district.
Swan Reach Primary School has an established garden and kitchen, and has been active for more than 10 years, while Buchan Primary School are just starting up this year.
The SAKGP is an integrated curriculum that incorporates, maths, English, science and art.
It also encourages students to work in teams.
At Buchan, the setting up of the program has taken the semester, purchasing garden beds, finding some flat ground to put the beds, then filling the beds in preparation for winter crops.
Once they have planted all the beds out, students can start concentrating on the cooking aspect.
The vision of the SAKGP is for the kids to plant, grow, harvest, cook, and eat the produce – all life skills they can use in the future.
