Sustainability 

Hello all Solway families! Fox here (mum of Kit in 3S and Sky in 1M). 

Are you interested in being part of a Solway community sustainability team? 

Please join our WhatsApp group and we'll have a catchup soon (in person or via Zoom) to share ideas (or you can share them in the group): https://chat.whatsapp.com/HVThLnHlxCW2u2OHng5nhH

Cheers!

Fox 

Green Team Leader

Our Green Team Captain, Michell, recently wrote a letter to our Prime Minister. Well done, Mitchell! 

Dear Anthony Albanese,

Hi I’m Mitchell F and I'm 11 years old and in year 6 at Solway primary school Ashburton, Victoria. I'm the Environment Captain at my school and I'm trying to convince you to stop coal mining in Australia because it impacts the environment and nature in Australia.

I want to stop coal mining in Australia because it creates pollution to the country, habitats and destroys habitats for all the native animals and endangered animals in Australia. Coal mining also impacts the global footprint and takes us one step back from net zero emissions.

Coal mining impacts deforestation and again destroys habitats. Put yourself in other people's shoes, imagine a coal mine site right outside your property and then one day being kicked out of your house and property for a mine just to get bigger.

These are some really big impacts, and they need to stop now! People that are very heavily impacted by this aren’t getting clean land, water and no clean air. That impacts their mental health and livelihoods. It destroys communities by destroying social dynamics of communities.

Please stop coal mining in Australia!

Sincerely,

Mitchell Farley  

Please send a reply when you can 

World Environment Day 

We are getting very excited about celebrating World Environment Day at Solway throughout Week 7. On Thursday 8 June, the Green Team will be running a lunchtime club, open to all year levels to join in on environmental based activities, for the first half of lunch.  

Kitchen garden sessions - preparing for new seedlings

Wednesday 31 May 9am-10am - parents only

Thursday 1 June 2:30pm-3:30pm - parents and grade 1/2s 

(It doesn't matter if you're not a green thumb, come and have a chat with other parents while preparing the garden for new plant babies!)

Introducing our Green Team 2023!

Sarah deJong

Sustainability coordinator