Sustainability
Premier's Sustainability Awards 2021
Brentwood Secondary College has been selected as one of the finalists at this year's Premier's Sustainability Awards. We have been selected for our work in taking climate action by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions in the recent few years. The winners will be announced on 23 November.
‘Safe Water September’ raised $1200!
Globally, 1 in 10 people don't have access to clean drinking water!
During September, Dominique Elliott, Jude Mann, Laksheya Dayashanker, Likhita Kalagotla, Yousouf Palitanawala and Henry Lim, from the Brentwood Green Team signed up for the ‘Safe Water September’ challenge to raise funds and change the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves. Through the efforts of these members and the generous donors, we have managed to raise an astounding, $1200 for this cause! Despite being in lock down, through the power of social media and the school and wider community, we were able to reach our ambitious goal.
https://safewaterseptember.org.au/t/greenteam
We want to greatly thank all the staff, students, parents, family members, and everyone else who supported us through our journey. This is an acknowledgement to all the amazing people who donated to our team or to one of the members that took part in this challenge: June Thein, Robyn Clark, Ja Deely, Xeina, Stella, Elly, Isabelle, Melissa, Cy, Geraldine, Amelie, Che, Irene & Blythe, Jordana, Sam, Elise Thien, Heather, Catherine and Steven, Patrick, Kristy, Sophie, Vasanthamala, Meena, Anthea, Clayton, Daya, Andrea, Sophie, Venkata Kalva. Thank you to all the anonymous donors too!
This challenge was quite fun and interesting for me, because I was excited and intrigued by the idea of being able to help people by giving up some of own privileges. However, it was quite challenging at times when I was tempted to having a hot chocolate on those cold, wintery nights. I persevered to stay honest to the promise I made. Every Monday, if someone donated $25 to me, then I was able to have a ‘cheat day’. This is when I was able to have one drink that was not water and gave us an opportunity to promote this day to our social medias, to gain more donations. Overall, this challenge gave me a new perspective into what it is like for people not having access to clean water as I learned more about the issue, and I am glad I was able to play a small role in contributing to providing clean, accessible water for all.
A huge thank you to everyone in our Brentwood community for donating to us and to this cause, which allowed us in raising $1200.
Yousouf Palitanawala
Green Team Vice Captain
Poem Forest
Poem Forest is a free nature poetry prize created by Red Room Poetry in collaboration with the Australian Botanic Garden, Mount Annan NSW. The purpose of this competition is to plant a native tree in the garden and restore the critically endangered Cumberland Plain Woodland in Western Sydney. Poem Forest aims to plant over 22000 trees over three years by planting three grand tree species: Forest Red gum, Grey box and Narrow-leaved Ironbark.
https://www.australianbotanicgarden.com.au/Learn/Poem-Forest
The following poem penned by Chinmayi Jonnalagadda, a Year 10 student from Brentwood has been selected and featured by Red Room Poetry as a part of the Poem Forest competition. Congratulations, Chinmayi.
https://redroompoetry.org/student-poems/twas-but-the-last-spring-day/
Year 12 Tree Planting
The Year 12 cohort onsite planted a range of native trees and house plants during lunch break on 13 October at the Watsons Road entrance to the college. Thank you to all the students involved for leaving your legacy behind through this gesture. Brentwood wishes all our Year 12 the very best for their upcoming VCE exams.
Adieu – Year 12 Green Team members
The Green Team would like to congratulate and thank Kyle, Junho, Henry, Yafei and Carissa, our Year 12 members of the Green Team for their achievements and contributions to the college and wider community over the past few years through their work in our team. We wish you good luck for your exams.
