Food Know How program for City of Yarra Residents

Food Know How aims to help households save time, money and reduce food waste via simple strategies such as meal planning, turning leftovers into delicious meals, and composting and worm farming. By joining, households benefit from support and resources to help get started with composting and worm farming. We also offer free workshops, plus 70% discount on compost bins and worm farms which we will deliver free to your home.

 

See the brochure below, we’re running workshops on November 24^th . To join the program, visit www.FoodKnowHow.org.au

 

Yarra City

 

Save money and reduce waste with Food Know How!

Do you want to get smart about your household food waste?

Do you want to learn the joys of composting and worm farming to recycle your food waste?

 

Over half of the average Yarra rubbish bin is food waste. That means we are throwing away roughly 1 in every 5 bags of shopping we buy – costing each household over $1,000 a year. By getting smart about your refrigerator and rubbish bin, you can start reducing food waste right away – transforming 50% of your rubbish into savings and compost for the garden. Food Know How will provide you with useful tips and resources to help you get smart with food planning, shopping and food storage, as well as simple recipes to turn your leftovers into gourmet meals that your friends and family will love. Sign up to receive a discount compost bin or worm farm (save up to 70%). We’ll also be running some fun, interactive workshops where you can meet your neighbours and learn about cooking with leftovers and how to get started with composting and worm farming.

SIGN UP NOW at www.foodknowhow.org.au or call 9429 3084 to learn how you can participate.

 

Food Know How is run by Cultivating Community in partnership with Yarra City Council.

 

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Food Know How - Workshops 2013

Food Waste Avoidance & Composting

Sunday 24th November, 10am – midday (Venue TBC, Fitzroy area)

In this workshop we’ll learn to save money by reducing food waste and prepare delicious meals from our leftovers. We’ll also delve into the magic of compost and learn all the secrets to successful composting at home to create rich, free fertiliser for your garden. There’ll be plenty of freebies and prizes on offer, as well as a delicious morning tea to share.

Please RSVP to Jodi@cultivatingcommunity.org.au by 18th November.

 

Food Waste Avoidance & Worm Farming

Sunday 24th November, 2pm – 4pm (Venue TBC, Fitzroy area)

In this workshop we’ll learn to save money by reducing food waste and prepare delicious meals from our leftovers. We’ll also introduce worms as our allies in tackling food waste and we’ll go through all the basics including setting up your worm farm, feeding, maintenance and troubleshooting so that you can create rich, free fertiliser for your garden. There’ll be plenty of freebies and a few prizes on offer, as well as a delicious afternoon tea to share.

Please RSVP to Jodi@cultivatingcommunity.org.au by 18th November.

*Workshops are available to anyone in the City of Yarra. We will send out confirmation of the address

closer to the date. To join the program, visit www.FoodKnowHow.org.au

 

 

Looking at X-rays

On Friday last week Melanie (Elly's Mum) spoke to the Neighbourhood about her job as a radiographer. The children were very excited to talk about the body parts they had broken. Melanie showed us a variety of x-rays and asked the children if they knew what part of the body could be seen in the x-ray. We saw hands, feet, the brain, a baby, teeth and a rib cage.

Thank you Melanie!

 

 

 

 

 

Action Required: Student Profiles

The culture of learning is positively affected when staff and students develop a community of learners. A community of learners can be defined as a group of people who share values and who actively engage in learning from one another—students from teachers, teachers from students, and students from students. They create an environment in which students and educators are actively constructing knowledge together. Learning communities are connected, cooperative, and supportive.

A positive learning community supports diverse student capabilities with all members participating at their level of expertise and comfort, and is characterized by feelings of safety among participants, as well as willingness to ask questions and make mistakes.

In order to further promote a sense of belonging among students and teachers at Princes Hill, we are introducing the development of student profiles. We are seeking to understand what has contributed to your child becoming the person your child is today?  

Each child from Prep to Year 5 is asked to write their autobiography with the support of their parents. Please ensure that the autobiographical information provided is suitable for sharing with the all the members of the neighbourhood. The teachers will read the published profiles to get to know the many aspects of their students and the students may share them with each other. The first step in helping students learn is to get a clear picture of who they are, both as a group and as individuals. The children will update this profile each year.

The children from Year 3 to Year 5 will upload the student profile template on to their laptops and are asked to complete their autobiographies with their families by the end of November. This activity will be included in your child’s learning agreement. An autobiography includes information such as name, when you were born, where were you born, your parents name, background, languages spoken at home, interests and hobbies, trips, special events, possible aspirations.

The Prep to Year 2 children are asked to write their autobiographies with their parents in a word document: font Tahoma, size 10, about half a page [up to 500 words]. Please email it to the school or your child’s home teacher by the end of November. It will be copied and pasted into the student profile template which has been especially designed. (The email addresses will be put up in the Neighbourhood)

Learning about the experiences your students bring to the neighbourhood is especially important. Instead of a passive transfer of knowledge from teacher to student; as educators we see learning as an active process. Students and staff are involved in a creative act, constructing meaning based on their own prior experiences and new information.

Rita Jokubaitis

Pathways and Transitions Leading Teacher

Week 6 Happenings

School Bazaar Sunday 17th November

Monday
Library: Prep J

Tuesday
Assembly will be held on the mini oval for the raising of the flag.
Library: Prep M

Wednesday
Library: Prep S 

Thursday
Tabloid Sports (Prep Transition Program)
Whole School Choir (Lunch time)

More Pictures from Prep Cup Day

 

 

 

Prep Cup Day!

Today the children and teachers had a fabulous day with the Melbourne Cup related learning experiences. The children made horse masks, flowers, hats and jockey outfits in the morning. After lunch a fashion parade and 'horse race' was held on the big oval with the year 1 and year 2 children.

Action Required: Prep Transition/Tabloid Sports

On Thursday morning the Prep Transition Program begins and will be held on each Thursday in November. We ask that the Prep children head to the library on Thursday morning to drop off their bags and have the roll marked, please do not come to the Prep Neighbourhood on these days. Pat and Tony will mark the Prep rolls before the children head off to tabloid sports. Thank you in advance for staying away from the Neighbourhood during Prep Transition. A note has been sent home to explain this further.