Sustainability and Gardening Club
Our Lady of the Southern Cross Primary School
Sustainability
Habitat Heroes
This week, our Habitat Heroes planted a selection of Australian native plants in the garden next to the Lourdes Learning Centre (LC4). This activity used some of our previously gained knowledge about local habitats, and was the end of the three-session workshop that several present and future Sustainability leaders attended. The first session included an information session about our native local animals (fauna) and plants (flora). The second session was an observation of school, noting the various fauna we saw in the yard. The students thoroughly enjoyed the learning experience and are looking forward to seeing the garden grow.
-Natalie Stevens and Gia Verdera
Are you 'Sort'd'?
Our school 'Sort'd' competition is continuing, with the Leaderboard changing through the weeks. The current leader is LC1. Will your centre win our Fun Friday?
A reminder: the aim of the competition is to gain as many points as you can for your Learning Centre, with the LC with the most points at the end of term winning a Fun Friday prize! LC's can collect points by having the least amound of rubbish in their bins, sorting their rubbish correctly, and putting out their bins (compost and bottles / cans) ready for collection on Friday Afternoons.
Good luck to all the Learning Centres!
Do you have any tissue boxes to spare?
Our school's Sustainability Leaders are participating in Love Your Locals again this year, which helps to raise awareness of our local endangered animals.
As part of our project the students are creating bookmarks from recycled tissue boxes. We would be grateful for any clean, empty tissue boxes to help with this project. Tissue boxes can be given to your Learning Centre teacher, who will then pass them on to the Sustainability Leaders.
Would you like to get involved in Sustainable gardening at home?
The Wyndham City Council has some fantastic resources and ways to get involved in sustainability at home, including the Habitat Heroes program for residents.
Please see the below link for more:
https://www.wyndham.vic.gov.au/services/environment-and-sustainability/get-involved