School Council

Erecting the fence around the dam

Working Bee

Thanks to parents and staff who helped out at the working bee. We cleaned up the outdoor education space, moved an unused water tank up there to water the garden beds, shifted some gravel from the court area, and erected a fence around the dam. The fence should stop basketballs and footballs from ending up in the water.

Our working bees are short and sharp – in and out within two hours. The next working bee will involve specific tasks that need doing around the school grounds, rather than a whole school clean up (we don’t do those!). One of the jobs will be to fix up the ‘Ga Ga Pit’ which is filling with water.

During the clean up of the top court areas, some students picked up a whole wheelie bin of rubbish. The worst offending litter items are mini chip packets, Glad zip lock sandwich bags, and Zooper Dooper wrappers.

We are wanting to move towards a Zero Waste school yard – please try and limit the amount of packaging you send to school with your child. Students please note that the days are numbered for those Zooper Doopers from the canteen!!!

Beth Mellick

School Council President

Rubbish bin full of waste from the garden area

Nev and Clayton emptying the tank before moving it to the garden.

Sustainability Group

School Captain Nioka Mellick-Cooper entered the Origin Energy School Solar System competition recently. Origin Energy were giving away one solar system to one school in each state, based on a 100 word entry and supporting film or photo.

The good news is that we won the Victorian Entry! We won a 20kw, $26,000 solar panel system.

Here is the 100 word entry that Nioka had to write about how the school spreads good energy and how we would use the prize. Thanks to everyone who appeared in the film.

“I love my school. It’s full of differences – different families, cultures, and ways of looking at things. It’s also full of energy, bursting with energy! But we’re teenagers, so sometimes having positive energy is hard!

Our Sustainability Group is spreading good energy - we’ve built gardens, outdoor education spaces, we are carrying out audits on waste, energy, water and biodiversity. With these audits we will develop actions to become more sustainable. Winning solar panels (ones we can’t afford) would hit one of our targets.

This little video shows the amazing energy we already have – this energy powers our school!”