Sustainabilty
Parent and staff Sustainability group
If any parents and carers have a passion for sustainability and would like to help with some of the projects we have at school, you are invited to a meeting after school on Wednesday 21st of July (Week 2 Term 3 ) at 3.30pm. We are hoping to have a couple of meetings each term to work on grants and projects. All welcome!
One project that has been instigated by Melissa Day (Amaya 1B’s mum) is to make a nature strip native garden along the Clyde street side of our school. A very exciting project which will be so helpful to our native animals and increase the biodiversity in our area.
Sustainable stall
Over the next few terms the Sustainability group will be making items to sell made from items that might go to landfill. They are currently making purses from tetra boxes. If you think you may have some items that could be used to make something for our stall (such as beads, buttons, fabric, wool or something else) we would love to hear from you. The money raised from the stall will go towards implementing our Frog bog.
Gardening at After care
On Friday afternoons next term, students at Aftercare will have the opportunity to do some gardening with Sarah to fix up the garden beds along Clyde street and plant some herbs and vegetables. Watch this space!
Weeding Wednesday
Next semester, Weeding Wednesday will recommence and we welcome any parents who would like to come and help on a Wednesday after 2pm. Please see the roster below to know when your child’s year level will be participating. Please contact your child’s teacher if you would like to help.
| Term 3 | Term 4 | ||
| Week and date | Year level | Week And date | Year level |
| 1 15/7 | Grade 6 | 1 7/10 | Grade 3 |
| 2 22/7 | Grade 5 | 2 14/10 | Grade 2 |
| 3 29/7 | Grade 4 | 3 21/10 | Grade 1 |
| 4 5/8 | Grade 3 | 4 28/10 | Foundation |
| 5 12/8 | Grade 2 | 5 4/11 | Grade 6 |
| 6 19/8 | Grade 1 | 6 11/11 | Grade 5 |
| 7 26/8 | Foundation | 7 18/11 | Grade 4 |
| 8 2/9 | Grade 6 | 8 25/11 | Grade 3 |
| 9 9/9 | Grade 5 | 9 2/12 | Grade 2 |
| 10 16/9 | Grade 4 | 10 9/12 | Grade 1 |
Wild at Art Art competition
Over the holidays students may like to enter The Wild at Art competition!
Wild At Art tasks Aussie kids with a powerful mission: draw or paint their chosen threatened Australian animal or plant to raise awareness of the 2,000+ endangered species and help protect them from extinction.
Entries close on the 10th of August.
You can find out more information here:
https://www.acf.org.au/wild-at-art
Yours in sustainability,
Toby Marquette
WSPS Sustainability coordinator