Environment Team Tenure Comes to an End!

The Term 2 Environment Team was treated to a Picnic in Chifley Park and a Tour of the Lalor Park Community Garden, as their tenure came to an end! Mrs Lewis, kindly shared her garden knowledge with the students, as she showed them Bananas, Sugar Cane, Nasturtiums, Beans, Zucchinis, Broccoli and a Bee Hotel! Meanwhile, at school, the students each received a Certificate of Excellence and a packet of seeds, which they can plant in their home gardens! Congratulations to the eight Team members, on a job well done!

"From Packets to Containers!"

Even as Winter makes its mark, the garden is still a place to experience the wonder of nature, discover cold climate produce i.e. strawberries and add a little soil and water to the struggling plants! The Environment Team have placed Posters around the school, encouraging students to take their chips, etc. out of the foil packets and put them in a re-usable container, before bringing the snacks to school!

Meanwhile, the “Let’s Cook and Create” students are appreciating the harvest of fresh parsley and mint, for their delicious Rice Paper Rolls!

 

 

Away with foil!

The mild Autumn weather has provided a relaxed environment for the students to enjoy the garden; whether this be topping up soil in the beds, watering the dry pot plants, gathering up the debris, finding ingenious ways to carry more than one bucket or sampling the fresh peas, beans and even a carrot! The Environment Team meanwhile, has devised a plan to keep the playground free of Chip packets, by placing boxes in each Stage and encouraging students to place the empty packets in the Box! The Stage with the most chip packets, will receive an reward! The Team is working on an even more efficient means of ensuring that less foil packets are brought to school!

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!