Sustainability News

Resource Smart Schools - “Student Voice in Sustainability” Conference

We were very proud that our school was chosen to present to other Primary and Secondary schools, about how Trinity is working on looking after our world. Abuk, Hoyoung, Toby, Solomon, Thao, Jyrus, Lenny and Tsnu led an engaging, informative presentation about our annual Trinity Broccoli Festival. They showed how students see the journey from sowing the seeds, caring for the plants, harvesting and then preparation and finally eating!  We enjoyed hearing from other schools, and we used fantastic microscopes to examine the soil, bugs and plants, went on a beautiful rainforest while being walk, through the environment and painted with watercolours and reflected on what we had learned. It was a big and fun day! Well done to all involved!

In Laudato Si’, Pope Francis reminds us that caring for our common home begins with “little daily actions” and that education has the power to “bring about real changes in lifestyle” (LS 211). At Trinity, we help students grow in this understanding by fostering wonder for creation, encouraging responsible choices, and building simple habits that protect the environment. Through hands-on learning, gardening, recycling, and classroom discussions, we guide children to see that “the world we have received also belongs to those who will follow us” (LS 159). By nurturing these values now, we empower our students to become thoughtful, compassionate caretakers of our earth.

Compost Ninjas 

8 kg of food scraps each week! That is, on average, how much our students collect every week. That is roughly 80 kg per term of food waste we have saved from going to landfill, helping to reduce methane gas, and therefore global warming. It is so good to know we are doing such a good job of saving our food scraps and turning them into great compost for our gardens! 

Well done to our Year 5/6 Compost Ninja team who collect our food scraps every day and feed them to the worms. 

Have a great long weekend everyone! Thank you for your great efforts in helping us live in a way that is kinder to our environment!

The Sustainability Team - Ms Belinda and the Sustainability Leaders, Abuk, Hoyoung and Troy.