Sustainability Corner

KOOR INDIGENOUS GARDEN - DID YOU KNOW?

My name is Dugald and I’ve worked with a bunch of Ripper parents and children at your school, making the Koor Indigenous Garden, and the ‘stick fence’, and a few other little creative landscaping features along the school’s north-east edge. 

If any are interested, I wrote a little story about building a ‘stick house’ with a group of students one lunchtime at your school – which became a temporary feature, until I asked the children to pull it apart last year. It was published in the newspaper, many read it. 

Working with children is more of a lesson in listening (theage.com.au)

RIPPONLEA PRODUCE STALL

Please enjoy some pictures from our amazing school grown produce stall!

SUSTAINABILITY TEAM 

As we head into the home stretch of Term 2 here are a few updates from the Parent and Student Leader Sustainability teams:

• Our awesome volunteer parents have been busy restoring three prominent garden areas shown below.  The next time you can take a breath at pickup, stroll past with your curious ripper(s) to see what’s growing!

• In the final weeks of Term 2, the wonderful student sustainability leaders will be coordinating nominations for Classroom Sustainability Reps from years Foundation through Grade 4.  These reps will help the leaders with various activities and get a chance to share their knowledge with their classmates.
• Waste at RPS is coming in focus with the student leaders doing a waste audit later this month and the parent leaders looking at a better bin system for the school.
• Our next sustainability focused student event will be the annual Plastic Free July classroom challenge, scheduled for the 2nd week of Term 3

Hope you find the cauliflower!