Sustainability

MAROONDAH SCHOOLS CITIZEN SCIENCE EVENT

Maroondah schools – teachers, students and families – are invited to participate in a special National Biodiversity Month event in September to help local plants, birds, insects and other species survive and thrive.

A special event as part of September’s National Schools Citizen Science B&B BioBlitz

Plant, insect and citizen science experts will help identify local flora and fauna species and guide participants on a bug and biodiversity quest. Learn how to take observations of local species, find out what they are, and how you can upload observations to biodiversity databases including iNaturalist, a free citizen science app! 

Special prizes for young biodiversity warriors. 

Deep dive into local plants, birds, bees and the 'how to' of citizen science.

When: Saturday, September 2nd,

         10:30am -12pm

Where: Eastfield Park & Tarralla Creek Wetlands,

          119 Eastfield Rd, Croydon VIC 3136

•  Find out how to take great close-up photographs and how to submit species’ observations 
• Help biodiversity experts to fill the information gaps!
• You might discover a species or find one that hasn’t been seen for decades!
• Learn about citizen science links to STEM curriculum
• Win an Optus Smart phone and fabulous macro lenses for your Smart device
• PlantingSeeds experts, Madeline Taylor and Monique Burns, will deliver presentations and there will be fun activities for all ages!

Register here

Supported by the Eastern Alliance for Sustainable Learning, Environment Education Victoria, the CSIRO’s Atlas of Living Australia, Optus, & the Department of Education.

For more information visit the B&B BioBlitz website or email info@ps.org.au

Did you know that in Australia, only 18%* of plastic packaging is recycled.

What can we do about it?

St.James have signed up to the ‘Wonder’ Recycling Rewards promotion which is a fun and easy way to win lots of amazing sports equipment for our school. All you need to do is collect and bring into school your plastic bread bags and bread tags. Once collected, the plastic will be turned into wonderful things like school play equipment! 

So instead of the plastic being buried in the ground, let’s all be ‘recycling superheros’ and recycle them.