The Environment Team - Term 2, 2019

The Term Two Environment Team has begun their work in earnest by tackling a problem with the Compost Bin. It seems that fruit scraps which are put into the Crunch & Sip buckets make it too heavy for the students to be able to spin the barrel! They are requesting that fruit be cut into pieces, especially whole apples, or a different choice of fruit be sent with the students, e.g. bananas and mandarins, which are conveniently encased in their own soft skins.

The Orchard, received an addition of a Flowering Cherry Tree, donated by Mrs Brandwood (Lukas - Stage 2 and Kaelen - Stage 1) and appreciated by all students! Thanks to Mr Fuller for the correct placement and planting of the tree! It will need regular watering and care and the students will see to that, as they do, with the other plants in the garden!

Tour of Lalor Park Community Garden!

The students in the Term One Environment Team were treated to a picnic in Chifley Park and a Guided Tour of the Lalor Park Community Garden, to celebrate their achievements! They were also presented with a Certificate of Appreciation; as they prepare to pass on the baton to the Term Two Team!

 

"If you build it, they will come ... Bees that is!

Thanks to Mrs McDonald, (Ariel and Lucie – Stage 1) the school garden now has a Bee Hotel! Thanks also, to Mr Fuller for painstakingly and patiently, cutting the bamboo to size, to provide accommodation for the guests!

Then on Wednesday 20 March 2019 The Super Pollinators Incursion took place for Stage 1 students. The Incursion ran for 2 hours and included a 30 minute Presentation given by Abbie Mitchell from Kids Connecting Nature.  It was very entertaining and informative!

 

Abbie says: “The Super Pollinators Incursion is a great support to gardening programs and class studies exploring habitat, lifecycles, pollination or minibeasts (including bees of course!). In it we discuss bee life cycles, their important pollinating roles, and threats to bees and also showcase many of the 2000 native bee species we have in Australia. We also make a bee hotel suitable for about 24 bee species in the Sydney area. During the workshop the students have access to view over 100 preserved invertebrates under magnification and inspect models (large ‘pat-able' bee, and large model of carpenter bee lifecycle), posters, UV viewer (how a bee sees flowers) and related bee items (a preserved stingless bee nest, pollen and nectar reserves and even bee poo!)”