Sustainability

Our expo! Sustainable Homes and F-1 Physics and Sustainability

What a fantastic effort by our students! The 2-6 students' learnings about sustainable house design was evident by their explanations of the elements they included, such as solar panels, insulation, northerly aspect and rain water tanks.  The F-1 class created cleverly constructed vehicles based on their understanding of force and created graphs and a chart about sustainable homes through their work in digital technologies. Amazing work by the F-1 class! 

Thanks to the families who were able to make it to the expo, and for those who couldn't make it, you will find your child's project in the photos below. Thanks also to the teachers who made time, and supported the students to finish their projects.

It's absolutely amazing what they've done. The detail is incredible for the environment, animals, trees and sustainability in general - Chris (parent)

It's very inspiring; their understanding of the various ways we can bring sustainable technology and concepts into housing design - Jo (parent)

Pretty cool and brings out the creativity in their model. It's helping them understand the importance of sustainability for the planet - Jasper (sibling)

 

I've learnt different ways to make a sustainable home - Hugh (student)

 

Very detailed and a lot of thought has been put into them - Elona (parent)

The project was a fun. I learnt what a wind turbine was for and the way to make sustainable home - Rubi (student)

Volunteers for watering over the break

If you are missing Newham PS over the Christmas break, have a spare couple of hours one day and would like to spend some time pleasantly watering our vegetables or dampening the bog around our frog pond, we would greatly appreciate it. You might like to even get adventurous and water the new plants along the waterway. If a few families are willing, we could set up a roster so each volunteering family only needs to come once. Please let Libby Fullard know if you are willing and available.

Frog bog progress - extra plants around the pond to create habitat for the frogs.