Homegrown - Bush Tucker

Ms Rich recently worked with kindergarten to year 6 in the school's kitchen to make use of an abundance of cherry tomatoes and zucchini in the school's bushtucker garden.

She said working in the garden was all part of the popular Stephanie Alexander Kitchen and Garden Healthy Eating Program.

"It's to encourage that whole healthy eating with students, getting kids to know where food comes from," she said.

Since the school garden began with Joy Roberts, Ms Rich said students had been so excited about finding things in the garden, always letting her know when they found another potato in the ground or something new.

"What amazed me most was that students who probably wouldn't eat much were in the kitchen keen to try it," she said.

"Kids were a part of it, doing work themselves and learning to appreciate it and get healthy foods," she said.

They also learnt a whole host of valuable skills for life, from getting their 'tool licence' in the garden and knowing what plants grew well in the area, to washing up in the kitchen.

After making zucchini fritters and pasta, the students all agreed that fresh is best.

"It's really fun and I liked that it was all homemade," Megan Conan said.

"It tastes better when it's homemade and it's better to use fresh food."