St John's Environment Team

News from the Chicken Coop

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

Thanks to the wonderful Ballestrin family and Miriam Solomon 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 the amazing families who have volunteered to do chicken duty in the school holidays. We really, really appreciate you!

If you missed out this time don’t worry, all of the term 4 weekends are free.  If you would like to put your name on the roster please email Mel at mkerwin@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au with several of your preferred dates. First in, first choice of dates!

Please ensure that the chook coop is securely locked after each use to protect our feathered friends

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

Get yours this Friday!

YYou 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 this Friday.

Delicious lemons 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 practice!

Gardening with Jan!

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 6 & 7 are

3/4B and 1/2B

Did you Know?…

A mother hen turns her eggs about 50 times per day, and can lay more than 300 eggs per year.

Thanks for your support,

The Environment Team