Yr 6 - Sustainable Schools Festival
Sustainable Schools Festival By Year 6
By Sophie
On the 5th of September, the Year Sixes went on a trip to the Sustainable Schools Festival. It was held at the St Kilda Town Hall and the event was hosted by Port Phillip Ecocentre, with catering by the Port Phillip Council. We took the train there to make sure we were environmentally friendly.
There were 25 different schools across four different local councils (Glen Eira, Stonnington, Port Phillip, and Bayside) with a total of 250 students! When we had morning tea the people who supplied the food had the clever idea of using beeswax wrappers for the muffins.
We got to do many different workshops run by schools or guest presenters. Some of the guest presenters included: Zoos Victoria, Jane Goodall Institute, Reptile Encounters, and a Palaeontologist. We got to learn about so many different creative solutions to problems that were impacting the environment, as well as other things that people were doing.
At the end, we did the awards. Even though every school got an award, it was nice that each school got a personalised award based on what they presented.
It was such a great learning experience with many different educational features. I really enjoyed it and I had a great time!!
We did many workshops such as:
- The seed bombs run by Jane Goodall’s “Roots & Shoots”
- The St. Joseph’s Malvern STEM and Environmental Captains: Nude Food
- A talk from a Palaeontologist
- Beach in a bottle
- Cat toy making
- Bubbles not balloons from Zoos Victoria
- Animal Homes
- Reptile Encounters
By Alyssia and Cataleya
In one of the workshops, we got to make cat toys made out of recycled materials. It was extremely fun and we got to take our toys home. We made them to keep cats busy and inside.
The volunteers said they need to be kept inside because they are a real threat to many animals such as possums and pigeons. Many of the animals that cats hunt are endangered, extinct, or threatened.
Melbourne Zoo has sanctuaries for these animals but outside of these sanctuaries, there are only a few left.
By Harriet and Lenny!
Last Thursday the year 6s went to a sustainability festival. One of the schools did a beach in a bottle activity.
They recycled all of their plastic bottles and the little sushi fish that have soy sauce in them. They explained that the little fish never get recycled properly because they are so small.
They said if you have any little pieces of plastic you can recycle them by putting them in a plastic bottle and then closing the lid. That way when it goes in the bin it all stays together.
By SEBASTIAN
On the 5th of September, we went to the sustainability festival which was at the Port Phillip ecocentre to learn about the environment. We did workshops and much more. I also enjoyed they supplied free food to us as well as the activities.
Some things that surprised me included the amount of schools that actually came to the festival and the quality of the workshops better than I expected.
This was a very exciting excursion and I would recommend it to others thinking about attending the sustainability festival in St Kilda.
Something that challenged me was the schedule, it was a bit confusing as to where the workshops were.
By Myles, Peter, and Oscar
At the Sustainable Schools festival, we learned all about the environment and what we can do to protect it.
In one workshop we went to, there were 3 bins. The first one was for organic waste, the second bin was for recycling and the third bin was for paper.
The people organising the event prepared a beautiful morning tea and lunch with some of the best and healthiest muffins I've ever had.
By Adhithi and Pat. C
On Thursday the 5th of September, we went to an amazing sustainability festival and we did so many different activities like making cat toys, making a beach in a bottle, making Lego houses, learning about nurdles and how dangerous and toxic they are to fish, and lots more life!
The morning tea was very good as well and the yummy but very healthy blueberry, strawberry, and pineapple muffins had sustainable wrapping which was a very smart idea.
