SMPS Sustainability

Sustainability

We have a shared vision for our learning environment to be clean, healthy and vibrant. As a whole school community, we will do our best to respect the environment and be leaders for a sustainable future.  

Join the Environment Team

 Thank you to all the parents who have taken the time to fill in the interest form. Our team is growing!   

If you still want to put your hand up here is the link to the form:

Waste

During the week we had the pleasure to present to the Prep and Grade 1 students and they have raised to the challenge beautifully. They knew to point to the signs on the bins and help figure out where things go. We had some great questions and lots of waves and smiley faces. We hope they shared the enthusiasm at home with their families.  

At lunchtime we monitored the Landfill bin and after correct sorting there was very little landfill rubbish. This shows us that it is possible to reduce our Landfill waste by up to 90% by throwing our waste items in the correct bins.  

It is worrying to see a lot of packaged food. In fact, most of the waste is soft plastic packaging; zip lock bags, biscuit wrappers, glad wrap and crisp/wafer wrappers. We would like to encourage every family to reduce packaged food in lunches, not just for the sake of our planet, but for the benefit of the children’s health as well. 

On Monday morning at the lunchbox talk we learned from the dietician that prepackaged snacks have in most cases double the amount of sugar or salt or saturated fats than a less packaged alternative.  

Worm Farm

We are delighted to report that the worm farm is working great and the worms seem to be happily enjoying the feast we are feeding them. They are growing their family and that means they can process our organic waste faster. We have installed a second worm farm in the same garden on Level 1 to balance the processing. On Monday’s Open Day please come and visit us in the garden and we will happily show you around. 

Upcoming Green Events

BENEATH EXHIBITION ART PLAY 

Explore an underwater landscape created from recycled plastic at ArtPlay. Surprising creatures and strange sounds await on the ocean floor. This immersive experience encourages us to consider our relationship to the environment and where our plastic ends up. Free event, no booking required.

June is Environment Awareness Month

Clean-up event June 2nd

Moonee Ponds Creek Clean Up (Inc. Paddle Against Plastic) at Ron Barassi Snr Park, Docklands Drive, Docklands, Vic

World Environment Day June 5th

Film

SUN 19 May 2:00PM ACMI

Mon 20 May 6:30PM Palace Cinema Como