By BRIDGET COOK
TOORADIN Primary School students showed off the fruits of their labour last week as the school held a giant pumpkin competition.
Giant pumpkin seeds were sent home with students in October for families to try and grow the biggest pumpkin they could.
On Friday, students brought in their best efforts to be judged in the competition.
Tooradin Primary School teacher Rachel Davis said the activity was both fun and educational.
“The competition was aimed at getting families involved in the fun of gardening, sharing a challenging experience together and maintaining student enjoyment of our own kitchen garden,” she said.
“There were a wide range of entries on the day, ranging from some amazing giant pumpkins to families who got creative and substituted another giant vegetable instead.”
The school also had a visit from local farmer Phil McCauley who brought in his prize-winning pumpkins for students to be amazed by.
“Phil enjoys growing many giant vegetables and kindly donated giant vegetable seeds for students to grow in their school kitchen garden,” Ms Davis said.
“The students were eager to ask him how he grew such big pumpkins and what they would need to do to grow their own vegetable mega-monsters for next year.”
The students continued their fun with pumpkins this week when they held a ‘pumpkin drop’. Students had to try and drop their pumpkin closest to a target from the school’s multipurpose room balcony.
