Sustainability @ TPPS
What has 4 legs, likes to eat mosquitoes, is very good at camouflaging, and says “Pobblebonk!”?
Just ask the Grade 1s, they know!
These extra strong Grade 1 students pulled out a very big old vegetable plant!
During their lessons, Grade 2 have been searching the school for the perfect spot for a lizard lounge. We would like to improve the places where we think we have seen them hiding, to make it safer and more pleasant for them, and are thinking about adding a few more lovely lounges for them around the school.
Grade 3 learned how to build a bird bath, and how to maintain them. We found out that birds can spread nasty diseases to each other, especially on bird feeders that are not regularly cleaned. Some of these diseases are very painful and can’t be treated. We are adding cleaning the bird baths to our list of weekly jobs in the garden to make sure our birds don’t get sick.
Some more great gardeners at work!
Thank you for your help! We couldn’t do it without you.
We are a waste-free school. Our students eat their lunches inside the classroom and take home any packaging from their lunchboxes.
We have seen a wonderful decrease in the amount of litter in our playground, as well as much less waste in our landfill bins, thanks to your support in this area!
Up to 50% of items in school bins come from food and drink packaging.
You can help the environment and your school save money on waste disposal costs.
PACK:
- Snacks in reusable containers
- Drinks in a reusable bottle
- Reusable utensils when needed
- A reusable lunchbox or backpack
AVOID:
- Plastic bags, cling film or foil
- Disposable drink boxes, cans, cartons and bottles
- Disposable forks and spoons
- Pre-packaged lunches or single serve items
Ms Conn visited some other happy hens last week at Donvale Christian College. This educational day for teachers was part of our ResourceSmart Schools program.
Our school is working towards its third star in the five star program. It was inspiring to see DCC’s amazing hilltop farm, and their biodiversity trail. A group of secondary students from their Green Team spoke to us about all the initiatives they participate in to help the environment.
A highlight of the day was seeing the revegetation and restoration of the old orchard. There are many hedges and bushes that has led to the return of a whole host of smaller birds such as pardalotes, silvereyes, eastern spinebills and wrens. These birds had disappeared from the school for decades mostly due to having nowhere to hide from larger birds like ravens, noisy miners and magpies.
At Templestowe Park, we are working towards providing more habitat for small creatures like birds, frogs and lizards too.
But Ms Conn’s favourite moment was holding this delightful Polish hen and her chick!
