St John's Environment Team

News from the Chicken Coop

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Thanks to the wonderful Mason and Ballestrin families for taking such great care of our school chickens over the last few weekends. We hope you got some eggs and baked lots of delicious goodies with them, yum!

Chicken Duty Roster

Thank you to all of our amazing families who have volunteered to do weekend chicken duty this term. We still have a couple of weekends available at the end of term as well as during the September school holidays if you would like to book dates now. An information sheet will be provided with all the details prior to your duty, it’s easy and fun for the whole family!

If you would like to put your name on the roster please email Mel at mkerwin@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au with your preferred dates. First in, first choice of dates!

NEW! Fresh Extra Large Free-Range Eggs for sale!

Get yours next Monday

You can purchase our fresh free range eggs for only $5 for ½ dozen. They will be available to purchase in passive play before and after our school assembly on Mondays.

Delicious lemons and limes from our fruit trees are also for sale-50c each or 3 for $1.

We are also selling our organic worm juice which is a wonderful fertiliser for your garden. It is collected fresh from our worm farms here at school! Buy a bottle for only $2 this week.

St John’s students love having the chickens at school. All the money we make is put back into buying food and other necessities for them.

Please support our Environment Leaders by coming by for a chat and maybe even  buy something! All of our senior students spend some time caring for the chickens as well as students from any level who work hard at Chicken Club. Our Gardening Club students are also very involved in growing fresh produce which will hopefully be ready to harvest and sell soon. Having a mini stall before assembly allows students to interact with customers and handle real money, skills that are becoming harder to practise! 

Gardening with Jan!

Jan and the gardening club have been working really hard planting, weeding, sorting seeds and making signs for the vegetables and herbs. 

Jan and the gardening club continue to meet at lunchtimes on Thursdays. Everyone is welcome!

St John’s- A Wrapper Free School - PLEASE Help us to reduce our waste!

The winners for weeks 2 & 3 are.....

1/2A and 1/2B

Did you Know?…

The best method for washing your eggs is to dry clean the eggs. To do this, use something dry and slightly abrasive to rub off any dirt or feces until the egg is clean. With this method, you do not use water. Use a sanding sponge, fine sandpaper, or abrasive sponge of some kind to dry-clean the eggs. This preserves the natural antibacterial coating called the "bloom." This method allows you to store your eggs for longer in your pantry unrefrigerated. Washing the eggs with water removes the bloom and encourages bacteria. 

Thanks for your support,

The Environment Team