Twelfth PLCfS Meeting!

Fifteen interested educators gathered at St Bernadette's Primary Castle Hill on Wednesday 19 March to attend the twelfth Parramatta Learning Community for Sustainability meeting.

Statute of St Francis of Assisi to acknowledge Pope Francis

The Agenda included:

• Welcome to St Bernadette’s and a tour of the garden by current and past students of the school! 
• Acknowledgement of Country 
• Reflection: ‘Call to Care’
• ASSISI, On Holy Ground, Australian Education Sustainability Alliance: CEA
•  Immersion Day – St John’s Primary Riverstone 
•  Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden Bus Tour 
• ‘The Tomorrow Book’ by Jackie French
•  ‘Eat It to Beat It’: NSW Cancer Council
•  Sustainable Schools’ Website
•  http://www.youtube.com/user/AliveProjectHEN 
•  Forming a Steering Group

From Little Things Big Things Grow!

Welcoming Committee!

Growing herbs in a rock wall!

Corn which goes to seed will regrow!

Colourful tyres with bin inserts to grow spuds!

This space is for a new garden!

Thriving snow-peas!

A delicious afternoon tea with produce from the garden!

Diary dates: 

• Earth Hour for Schools Friday 22/3 
• Walk to School Day Friday 24/5

Term Two Meeting: Delany College Granville – Wednesday 22 May 4pm

Pope Francis encourages the renewal of a spiritual connection with the land!

The first PLCfS meeting for 2013!

                                               

            All are invited to attend: 


 ‘Parramatta Learning Community for Sustainability’ meeting 
   

Tuesday 19 March at 4pm

Jacqui Remond, Director - Catholic Earthcare Australia, will be in attendance. The students from St Bernadette’s will lead a tour of their garden and participants will be invited to discuss how to be best Change Agents and to think creatively about ways in which schools can involve staff and the wider community in the Sustainability/Kitchen Garden initiative.

 ‘Afternoon Tea’ will be available and Kitchen Garden Resources will be on display

Please RSVP – Tuesday 12 March 2013 to

Clare.Maloney@parra.catholic.edu.au    

http://kitchengardensinschools.blogspot.com

2013 – United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation

                     

                                                 

St Bernadette's Primary
357 Old Northern Road
Castle Hill NSW 2154
Phone: 9634 2898