Environment & Sustainability 

News from the Chicken Coop

URGENT! Chicken Roster volunteers are needed for weekends and school holiday duties.

Dates available for weekend duties are for Saturday & Sunday 3/4, 10/11 September. School holiday dates are available 10 September for right through until Sunday 2 October, you can choose how many days you would like to do, 3 or 4 days in a row would be ideal. Chicken Duty involves letting the chooks out of their coop in the mornings and putting them away in the evenings, checking that they have enough water each day and feeding them as needed. Occasional cleaning out of chicken manure will also be required. Your reward will be wonderful fresh eggs. You will be sent an information sheet with all the details you need.  Please email Melinda Kerwin mkerwin@sjmitcham.catholic.edu.au with your preferred dates if you are interested in being added to the roster. First in, first choice of dates!

Egg Lotto

The next draw will be on Monday 29 August. There will be several dozen eggs available to win so get your $1 raffle ticket soon. The Environment Team will be out in front of the school on Wednesday afternoons from 3:15-3:30pm to sell tickets to parents. Students can also buy tickets in the Passive Play area most mornings or ask someone in the 5/6 rooms. All money made goes directly into the upkeep of our chickens.

St John’s Worm Juice

We are also selling Worm Juice!

Our ‘Worm Juice’ is actually worm wee that we have collected from the worm farms we have at school. St John’s Worm Juice is a liquid organic fertiliser that your plants will love! It’s fabulous for fruit and vegetables as well as all flowering plants. 

$2 for 2 Litres. What a bargain! The money earned from this supplements the upkeep of our chickens and maintains the worm farms.

Gardening

Composting

The Environment Team would really like to have a whole school composting program and

is still hoping to acquire free or low cost compost tumblers to achieve this. We would love to hear from anyone who knows of tumblers that are no longer being used and can be repurposed at school

Our preference is for compost tumblers as they break food waste down faster, they are easier for the students to empty and most importantly they don't tend to attract rodents as the waste isn't in direct contact with the ground.

Wonder Recycling Rewards Program

We almost have another box to send off!

Please continue to send in your plastic bread bags for the Wonder Recycling Rewards Program. Any brand of plastic bread bags are acceptable and please remember to shake the crumbs out before sending them to school. There is a collection box in the office area to drop them into.

Every kilo of plastic bags we collect goes towards redeeming free sports equipment for our school.

Thanks for your support,

The Environment Team