Environmental Council

The environmental council has been working hard this year and would like to thank everyone who has been a part of our efforts. 

This term we began to acknowledge the students in our school community who have made a difference within the council. The people previously acknowledged are James Bonarius, Brendan Mitchell, Zeth (Alexa) Molina, Laura Malcom, Billy Cox, Lauren Barnes, Shania Coppla-Smith, Tobias Handsaker, Madeleine Wesble, and Lilian Marsh

• James Bonarius received his badge for excellent work building up the habitat along Tribe st, near the school science labs and spends each of his lunch breaks on this and various other projects around the council.
• Brendan Mitchell has received his badge due to his help supporting the work along Tribe street. He and James have done a lot of regeneration work in the creek behind the school.
• Zeth (Alexa) Molina worked with Laura on the bird feeders and consistently comes to each environmental council on Thursday and volunteers during other lunch breaks to work on current projects.
• Laura Malcolm has spent a lot of her time working on the bird feeders as well spending a lot of her lunchtimes working on current projects. 
• Billy Cox comes each week to work on a range of projects. He is always willing to help out on any project that needs assistance and has shown great patience in the seeding project.
• Lauren Barnes is a new but enthusiastic member. She comes to each environmental Council meeting and is currently involved in the paper shredding project. The shredded paper plays a vital role in weed suppression for the regeneration of the creek.
• Shania Coppola-Smith and Tobias Handsaker have been with the environmental Council since year 7. They have regularly come to the environmental council meetings and are actively working on the paper shredding. They have made vital contributions to the seeding program, especially in the making of seed pots from the milk containers.
• Madeleine Wesble is an enthusiastic member, who comes to the environmental council meetings every Thursday as well as volunteers her own lunchtimes. She has been active in supporting the paper shredding project as well as the placing of new plants in the regeneration site.
• Lillian Marsh comes to each of the environmental council meetings as well as helping during her lunch breaks. She has played a large role in the paper shredding as well as the planting along Johnston st. 

As well as beginning the handing out of badges to vital members within our council, the new executives members have made a splash by starting their lead with a poster competition within each homeroom for our new mosaic. We, the executive council, would like to thank all of the homerooms and teachers who participated in the competition. Our second place winner, MAC 2, handed in a beautiful and inspired design. However, our first place winner, RICE 3, handed in an amazing design with a beautiful meaning and hand crafted magnificence. We would like to congratulate the winners and thank all other participants who made the winners a tough choice.

In addition, we would like to thank everyone who has shown support for our new executive committee as they find their footing and those who have shown continuous support for the environmental council as a whole.

Our meetings will commence again next year, Term One.

                                                                                                             Thank you again,

                                                                                                             Charlette Lyon  - Publicity Officer 

Visitation to the Tamworth Landcare Nursery

On Thursday, 7th December, students from the Environmental Council visited the Tamworth Landcare Nursery. A total of 14 students assisted in the transfer of seedlings as well as weeding and the pruning of plants in the nursery. 

A big thanks to Paul Moxon, who showed the students the Lomandra plant as well as what products that the local indigenous people made from its leaves. The students also had a chance to see some of the native food which can be obtained from the plants.

The students learned new skills and were able to repot over 200 Lomandra seedlings.  

Each term, volunteers from the Environmental Council visit the nursery to help in some of the jobs which need to occur. This is part of a partnership between Local community and the school.  

Well done to those students who were excellent ambassadors for the school.

Volunteers from the Environmental Council, with Paul Moxon and the Lomandra plants.

Having a break after working in the hot conditions.

Gemma and Evita are repotting the Lomandra plants.

Kyiah, Addison and Summer at the repotting station..

Initial presentation where the students were shown what the Lomandra plants are used for..

                                                                                                                                        Shaun Nichols