Roots & Shoots FLO (Flexible Learning Options) students and staff at Seaton High School have establish and maintain a completely organic garden that can be used by the entire school. Here they grow and harvest fresh fruit and vegetables that are utilised by integrating them in our daily cooking. Each week they have a focused nutritional theme, such as Vitamin C, Omega, Gluten free etc, which are used as a guide to base their cooking for recess and lunch. The students learn through opportunities to harvest and maintain the garden, use the produce in their cooking, read and follow recipes, cook and become aware of certain foods nutritional value. With 86 students involved maintaining the garden has taught them horticultural skills they can take with the into the workforce.
JGIA acknowledges the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this nation. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands and pay our respects to ancestors and Elders, past and present.