Kalinda Primary School Newsletter

Wild life Warriors

 

Food Waste Competition

 

Entries are open to all Maroondah students (from K-12) from Monday 3 October until 5pm Monday 31 October 2022. By entering, you will be in the running to win fantastic prizes.

 

First prize - The School or Early Learning Centre/Kindergarten of the winning student will win a Biofilta wicking bed and workshop for the winning student's class. The winning student’s class will learn about wicking beds and their benefits, fill the bed with soil and plant out the wicking bed with seedlings suited to the season. 

 

Runner-up prize - The School or Early Learning Centre/Kindergarten of the winning student will win a new worm farm and a composting workshop for the winning student's class. The winning students' class will learn about the benefits of compost, how to set up a worm farm, how to harvest castings and learn more about the worms living in their new worm farm. 

 

How to enter:

  • Students are asked to create a poster (no larger than A3 in size) that includes one or more tips to educate Maroondah residents on how they can reduce food waste at home. 
  • Students can enter as an individual, together with a class, or as a group.

 

Submit your entry

If you’ve created your poster and have a PDF or JPEG image of your design, you can submit your entry via an online form on our website. 

You can also drop off or mail your poster to your closest Council Customer Service Centre. If you drop off your poster at a Council Customer Service Centre, please attach a hard copy competition entry form We have attached a hard copy form for you, which you can copy and distribute as needed.   

 

If you have any questions regarding the competition, please contact Council’s Waste Education Officer on telephone at 9298 4511 or by email waste.education@maroondah.vic.gov.au.