The Roxy Reporter

Roxy Green Warriors!

Keeping our school (and planet) green and clean!

Hello to the Roxy School Community!

 

As of this term, we have started the Roxy Green Warriors initiative. This is a school club that focuses on delivering environmental education and school-wide incentives to keep our school (and the planet) clean and green. You may have heard of the students and teachers talking about the new Yard Tidy Stars. This is an incentive program introduced into the school to help tidy the yard. Students who are seen tidying the yard at lunch and recess are awarded Yard Tidy Stars. At the end of term, tallies for each class are collected, and the class with the most stars for the term are awarded a class prize!

 

Up until now, our school yard has been covered in plastic wrappers, bottles and bottle tops, cling wrap, and all sorts of rubbish. This makes our school (and planet) look very messy. We want to represent Roxburgh Park PS as a place that all members of our school community can be proud of. The introduction of Yard Tidy Stars has cleaned up our school better than ever before. A HUGE shout out to all the students who have participated in helping to clean up our school. 

 

As of Term 2, we will introduce a new type of star that students can earn. These are called Nude Food Stars. And that’s where YOU come in. As the Roxy Communities Members who are reading this, you can help our students earn these Nude Food Stars by ensuring that student lunches are wrapper and plastic-waste free! This ensures that less rubbish is coming into the yard. Not only that, but Nude Food lunches help to eliminate single-use plastics from our environment, so that future generations can enjoy a clean and safe planet. 

What are Nude Foods?

Nude foods are foods that are not covered in single use plastics. These can be very difficult to find, as the only foods that come unpackaged from a supermarket are simply fruits and vegetables. However, you can minimise your plastic consumption by buying bulk packaged foods and packaging these foods yourself into reusable plastic containers. For example, you can buy bigger bags of chips, pretzels, cookies or other snack foods instead of individually wrapped lunchbox snacks from the supermarket to minimise plastic waste and earn your child Nude Food stars. 

 

Heavily Packaged Snacks
Healthy Nude Food Options
Heavily Packaged Snacks
Healthy Nude Food Options

 

The best Nude Foods (and consequently, the healthiest) are foods that come with their own wrapping! That being fruits and vegetables. However, you can also help to protect the environment from extra plastic waste by making sandwiches or even packing left-overs from last nights' dinner. 

 

How can YOU help?

It is a BIG change to stop relying on single-use plastics - and not always an easy one. But here are some tips to help you on your way to plastic-free lunches so that your child can earn some Nude Food stars for their classroom!

  • Buy your child/children a segmented lunchbox – alternatively, you can use small reusable plastic containers to package food individually.
  • Use thermal or insulated containers to keep food warm or cold.
  • To be extra green – have a look at opportunity or thrift stores for second-hand containers - just make sure to give them a good wash before use.

Check out some of these websites for lunchbox ideas and recipes:

If you need any help or have any questions, you can come and talk to Ms Paloma (I can be contacted from the school office). 

 

Many thanks to the Roxy School Community in advance for working towards a cleaner and greener school, and thus, a cleaner, greener planet for future generations to enjoy!

 

Stay green!

From Ms Paloma and the Roxy Green Warriors.