Sustainability

Schools Clean Up Day 

Each year our school participates in the National Schools Clean Up Day (SCUD), which helps to promote the Clean Up Australia day event which has been running for over 20 years! Each class was given a chart to record all the various types of rubbish they collected, such as:

• chip packets
• loose papers
• Band Aids
• Glad Wrap
• Quelch stick wrappers
• juice boxes and lunch order bags

You would have noticed that there is a lot of rubbish around the school, some of which goes down the drain which is not good. The drains are connected to the sea which is causing pollution and we want to stop that. Tuesdays and Thursdays are wrapper free days, which means no wrappers at school. 

We look through some of the rubbish on Clean Up Australia day and found that there were more chip packets then everything else. We are not sure if every class had this but we think that it should stop. We can prevent this so if you bring chips to school, instead of bringing chips in a packet, put them in a container.

Thank you for everyone that participated in the Clean Up Australia Day.

Isabelle, Sienna and Ellie

Sustainability Captains

Watch a short thank you message from Pip Kiernan, Clean Up Australia Chair, and Jenny Geddes, Clean Up Australia CEO:

Get Creative and Win! 

Clean Up Australia, in partnership with Coles, is calling on primary and secondary students across Australia participating in Schools Clean Up Day to get creative for a chance to win a $1,000 Coles voucher for their school and have their artwork featured on Coles reusable hessian shopping bags in 2027. 

This competition invites students to design artwork inspired by the theme ‘The Future is Clean’ – a powerful opportunity to showcase students’ individual creativity while imagining a cleaner, more sustainable Australia. 

This creative competition is open to both primary and secondary school students who have registered to participate in Schools Clean Up Day 2026; EHPS is participating in Schools Clean Up Day next Friday.

We’re looking for original artwork that responds to the theme ‘The Future is Clean’, inspired by Clean Up Australia’s mission to care for the environment, eliminate litter and end waste.

Students are encouraged to show how simple, everyday actions can make a positive difference, including:

• Reducing waste
• Reusing and recycling
• Preventing litter
• Protecting wildlife and natural spaces

Artworks may reflect what a cleaner future looks like in a student’s local community and should feel hopeful, inspiring and future-focused.

Winning Prize:

One artwork from either a primary or secondary school student will be awarded the Winning Prize which includes:

• Your artwork brought to life on a Coles hessian reusable bag available to shoppers across Australia in 2027; and
• $1,000 Coles gift card for your school.

Runner-Up Prizes:

Two runner-up artwork will be selected (one primary school student design and one secondary school student design). Each will receive:

• $500 Coles gift card for the student’s school.

The competition opened on 2 February. Entries close Tuesday 31 March.