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“We go through different continents,” Gosney said. “So this term, we are going to China and the kids will cook up a Chinese meal.”<\/p>\n
She said the program offered a range of benefits.<\/p>\n
“It’s all about actually sitting down at the mealtime and the communication we have around it,” the principal said.<\/p>\n
“It’s nutritious food, we talk about food while we do it, and even if they might not eat certain things at home, once they’re at school they’ll at least have a go.”<\/p>\n
She said it’s important the children understand where their food comes from before it gets to the supermarket.<\/p>\n
“It’s really good to see that we plant it, and then we grow it, and then we harvest it, and then eat it,” she said.<\/p>\n
Gosney was grateful for the volunteers’ efforts.<\/p>\n
“A school can benefit from having the community involved and having a partnership with them,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAL Lal residents gathered last month to help give their primary school vegetable garden a makeover. Lal Lal Primary School principal Siobhan Gosney said members of the town’s catchment Landcare group offered their assistance during the April holidays. The volunteers weeded, placed mulch, installed a water system and completed other tasks to help protect the […]<\/p>\n