What, Why and How - Sustainability across the Australian Curriculum?

 

A Plan to Reduce Litter!

Planning a Pizza Garden!

Native Bees have made a home!

A Quiet Reflection by the Billabong!

The Parramatta Learning Community for Sustainability gathering which was held at Mamre House St Marys on 19 November 2014, was facilitated by Sandra Nichols - click on:
 Education for Sustainability

Harvest Time!

Tomatoes are ready!

Students at the ready!

"We need to fill this bucket!"

"Look at the size of this one!"

The Spinach is ready too!

 

The yellow St Patrick Rose blooms outside Rose Cottage!

When the work is done the garden will have a rest, under the watchful care of St Francis, St Patrick (the rose!) the Scarecrow and it looks like even the Police are on hand to ensure that all is peaceful and harmonious!

Let's Make Pesto and Strawberry Jam!

Look what we have been doing at our school! We planted basil and strawberries so that we can make yummy pesto and jam.We also found websites to get little jars to put our pesto and jam in. Some group members advertised the pesto and jam. We took photos of our group planting basil and looking after the strawberries.The strawberries and basil have been growing great lately! The Jam Group have started finding labels and jars to make them look neat and saleable.The Pesto Group wrote a recipe and made it look presentable! We used persuasive text on our advertisements to make you excited about them! We had so many big plans and ideas we needed a large sheet of paper to write on!

Recipes for Literacy!

For children learning to read with step-by-step recipes

From Generations of Strathcona Families: Child-friendly recipes from former and current students

Straightforward recipes featuring lunchbox ideas

Produced byWallington Primary School

Part diary with seasonal recipes designed specifically for kids!

A Rainbow of Fruit and Vegetables!





 

What a healthy and fun initiative! 

In the Bin!

Students from St Bernadette's Primary Lalor Park were visited by Marc, from EnviroMentors which is run by Keep Australia Beautiful NSW and they now have plenty of ideas of what to do with their school garden scraps!







 

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Sustainable Living Project at Parramatta Marist High

Parramatta Marist are using Pinterest to document their Sustainable Living Project - a sustainable garden.
Photos are taken at each stage of the process and then pinned to the Pinterest board along with a description and a number.
The number provides the teachers and students with a quick guide to the order of the garden process and a way for the teacher to focus the students on particular images quickly.
Students can then use the images to reflect and respond to in class.