Sustainabilty News

Sustainability news

PVC pipe needed

As part of the Grade 2 Inquiry unit Sharing the planet- ‘Living things depend on habitats to meet their needs’, we are hoping to get lengths of any off cuts of PVC pipe for a habitat activity next term. If you have any lying about you can spare, please drop it in to the office. We are looking for a variety of widths. If you’re unsure you have what is needed please email me on Compass. 😊

Seedlings Club

On Fridays there is a new lunchtime club called the ‘Seedlings club’, this club will be an outside club and will be open to Prep to Grade 3 students, so they can be part of actions to support Sustainability at our school. The Seedlings club  will meet outside the Speight St building at the start of lunch play on Friday. The Seedlings group is an initiative devised by the Sustainability group leaders who wished to include our younger students in helping our environment. 

Container Deposit Scheme barcode- school donations

We have raised over $60 through the container deposit scheme so far. This money will go towards buying bird nesting boxes to improve the biodiversity at Wales Street. 

If you would like to donate to Wales Street via the Container Deposit Scheme you can now use this barcode and Zone ID: C2000043989

Not all Container Deposit Scheme stations will accept this barcode as they are zoned into areas. 

Here is a link to CDS locations: https://cdsvic.org.au/locations

If you use a CDS station outside this area, you can still donate to the school by requesting a voucher and handing this into the office. 

Tree project

You may have noticed our little baby seedlings are absent from our school grounds. I am now in the process of repotting them to ensure we have enough to give to Tree Project, they will then be planted on a Carbon neutral farm. It looks like we will also have enough to supplement planting on our school grounds or selling them to raise money for our school. If anyone has any square topped black seedling tubes (12 cm long) at home they could spare, or round pots of a similar size we would be very grateful!

Yours in sustainability,

Toby Marquette

WSPS Sustainability Coordinator