They have planted a variety of vegetables, herbs and flowers as part of the ''Garden to Table'' project, under the watchful eye of SBS Bank Queenstown business development officer Honor Mathieson.
The pupils, who have designed, built and planted a garden at Remarkables Park, spent part of Thursday focused on the produce for the coming season, including broccoli, beans, courgettes, basil, sugar snaps, tomatoes and sweet peas.
After soaking compressed peat pellets, infused with nutrients which expand when wet to create a natural pot for seeds to grow in, the children set about planting the seeds, which will be cared for over the coming weeks and sold as seedlings at the school's forthcoming Car-Nival next month, as well as the Remarkables Market days.
Additionally, the children would plant some of the pellets, grow and harvest the organic vegetables and fruit, selling some to the Hilton Queenstown and providing some to food technology pupils who would participate in a cooking lesson with Hilton chefs, and selling others at the markets to raise money for the school, Ms Mathieson said.
A total of 2000 peat pellets had been made available for schools in the Wakatipu to encourage children to embrace gardening and grow their own food, which was sustainable, cost-effective and healthy.
Queenstown residents were also encouraged to get on board, with SBS' community-inspired ''Sow and Grow'' initiative being launched for the fourth year yesterday.
After assisting with the Wakatipu Harvest Community Gardens, on Gorge Rd, SBS decided to branch out and offer seeds to the wider community in an effort to help families create their own vegetable gardens and save money long term on fresh produce.
''We really hope our vision to create a sustainable, community-driven, hands-on growing experience everyone can embrace, comes to fruition and we can't wait to see vegie gardens popping up all over the Lakes district,'' Ms Matheson said.
Anyone could visit the bank on Shotover St to collect one free packet of seeds.
• On October 19, the Wakatipu Garden Club, supported by SBS, will hold a Garden Day at 291 Tucker Beach Rd from 10am-noon.
