Indooroopilly State High School - Education Queensland

HOME ECONOMICS GROWING GREENThis term International Baccalaureate Creativity ActionService students Nick Ciner, Theo Sbeghen andJames Bailie came in to school to tackle a major replantingof egg plants, capsicums and zucchini and avariety of herbs. The students also undertook thechallenge of removing an unwanted tree that wasrendering much of the planting area beneath it useless.This makeover has seen a considerable increasein growth of many herbs and vegetables. Specialacknowledgement too, to James and Nick forroutinely watering the garden for the past months.It has been an ongoing thrill to use the garden producein class cookery. Recently, Year 11 Home Economics students met the challenge to produce amain-meal from a range of unseen ingredients. Many of the herbs used in the dishes were cut fromour own kitchen garden, including basil, Italian parsley, Vietnamese mint and rosemary. At the sametime we also harvested a couple of green chillies and small green capsicums to use in this skilfulactivity. The responses, as always, were competently executed, ranging from tomato based pastaand rice dishes to chicken strips marinated and artfully presented with green beans. An outstandingdish was Esther Kim’s amazingly complex seared chicken strips and green beans, wrapped neatlyin bacon strips, placed on a crisp potato diskette.Ms WallaceHome Economics TeacherAbove: James Bailie and Nick Ciner contemplatewhere to plant the winter harvest. Right:Esther Kim’s response to the ‘mystery test’and Grace Jin’s rice noodles with juliennevegetables.10