St John's Environment Team
Environment & Sustainability - News from the Chicken Coop
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Thanks to the wonderful MacKay, Effendy and Mason families 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 of our amazing families who have volunteered to do weekend chicken duty this term. We still have one weekend available this term that we need to fill, 22/23 November.
An information sheet will be provided with all the details prior to your duty, it’s easy and fun for the whole family! If you would like to put your name on the roster please email Mel at mkerwin@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au with your preferred dates. First in, first choice of dates!
NEW! Fresh Extra Large Free-Range Eggs for sale
Get yours next Monday
You 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 on Mondays.
Delicious lemons and limes 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 practise!
Gardening with Jan!
Gardening Club students have been reaping the rewards of their hard work! They have enjoyed picking fresh vegetables and eating them at school or taking them home for their families to enjoy. Jan and the gardening club continue to meet at lunchtimes on Thursdays. Everyone is welcome!
St John’s- A Wrapper Free School - Help us to reduce our waste!
The winners for weeks 2 & 3 for having the most Wrapper Free Lunchboxes in their classroom are 1/2B and 3/4B.
Remember to:
- use small containers for your snacks and fruit
- use beeswax wraps
- reuse containers
- try not to use plastic cling wrap
- take home any wrappers or rubbish
Did you Know?…
Chickens are able to distinguish colours. They also see ultraviolet light and iridescent hues. Their world looks more colourful than ours!
Thanks for your support,
The Environment Team