Sustainability in Action

Welcome to Term 2! We have a busy program ahead with lots happening in our school sustainability program. This will include:

• Digging over our gardens, adding manure, weeding and mulching. Planting new crops including lettuce, garlic, silverbeet, broad beans, onions and other veggies.
• Learning about and setting up a school compost area.
• Developing our worm farms
• Learning to propagate plants from cuttings

STRAWBERRY PLANTS FOR MOTHER'S DAY

Over the past 2 weeks all classes from Prep to Grade 6 have been potting up small strawberry plants to give to their mums/special person for Mothers’ Day. All of these strawberry plants have been grown from runners from our larger strawberry plants growing in our school gardens. The children have done a great job planting these strawberry plants!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Parents, grandparents and family members - can you spare an hour or two some Thursdays to help with our school garden program? This involves working with small groups of children to plant veggies, dig, compost and mulch gardens, plant seeds and harvest plants. If you can assist, let our school office know or email me (luch.brighella@catholic.tas.edu.au). Please ensure you have a current Working with Vulnerable People Card.

DONATIONS NEEDED - CAN YOU ASSIST?

Gumboots - Unwanted clean gumboots to suit children from 5-12 years old can be donated anytime. Thanks to all the families who have already donated gumboots.

Pots - All types, big and small, plastic, ceramic etc are welcome. 

Plant Cuttings - If you have any daisy, hydrangea, fuschia, hebe cuttings we would love to have some. We will be teaching the children how to grow plants from these cuttings.

Bunnings Blue plastic pools/green sandpits - If you have any that are clean, not damaged and no longer needed we could use some for our garden program. 

(DONATIONS CAN BE LEFT AT THE SCHOOL OFFICE)

Luch Brighella

School Sustainability Teacher