Garden robbed

During the holiday period (Dec/Jan) the Gore Main School vegetable garden was ransacked.  On the 2nd of January 2012 Mrs M discovered that all the carrots had been completely removed and that the potatoes had been stripped.  This produce had been planted by a keen group of 5 and 6 year old children who were looking forward to being rewarded with carrots and potatoes when back from their summer break.  This was extremely devasting for Gore Main School as an 'Enviroschool' because of the time and effort involved.  The children had ownership of their garden and felt really dissappointed that somebody could just destroy what they had worked so hard to achieve.  Mrs M rung the police and the newspapers to see if they could help.  The Newslink and The Southland Times both reported great articles on the ransacked garden.  When back to school in February the children of Gore Main School wrote fabulous 'reports' about what had happened.  Here is some of the reports from the junior school.

The burglars saw the potatoes and the carrots.  By Rhett

The robbers took the vegetables.  By Kade

The robbers stole the mash potatoes from Gore Main School.  By Danielle

The spirit of the Gore Main School children cannot be broken.  The garden has been re-planted out in potatoes and peas and we look forward to a successful harvest!

Here are the photos of the ransacked garden the day it was discovered!

The potatoes were strewn about. 

The robbed potatoes!

There are no potatoes left....

The once abundant carrot patch stripped bare.

The devastating theft of the Gore Main School vege garden!