Social Justice

Lone Pine Service

On Wednesday 4th September, we celebrated the work of Legacy in the Kyabram and district community.  This special service was the 20th of its kind to be held at the school.

We give special thanks to the members of the community who joined with us on the day.  We especially thank Mr Gavon Armstrong for his ongoing commitment to this service.  We were blessed to have many representatives from Legacy and many Legatees who live in our community.  Mrs Margaret McCormick and Vikki Neele (Shire of Campaspe) laid wreaths at the base of the Lone Pine Tree that stands in the College grounds.

Thank you to our local cadets, Cody, Levi and Riley who conducted the flag raising ceremony and to students Abbey and Jett who prepared and delivered a speech for the occasion.

Thank you also to our College Ensemble for the presentation of some very beautiful music for the occasion.

Kirrilee Westblade

Support the work of our local Legacy Group

The items pictured are available for purchase from our Front Office.

Your support of Legacy in Kyabram is greatly appreciated.

Mini Vinnies at St Augustine's

At lunchtime on 29th August, we held a meeting for students in the middle years to provide information about joining and forming the first Mini Vinnies group here at St Augustine's Kyabram. We were joined by two representative from the Kyabram Conference of St Vincent de Paul who gave some ideas, suggestions and encouragement.

At the end of the meeting, seven students signed up to start the group off.  The group is open to students in the Years 5 to 8 area. 

For further information contact, Carli Fairley, David Adamson or Ian Paterson.

Last Sunday was the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

The World Day of Prayer also falls at the beginning of Creation time, which runs until 4th October, the feast day of St Francis of Assisi. This is a special season dedicated to prayer for the protection of creation and the promotion of sustainable lifestyles.

How are we helping?

Battery Recycling

Did you know?

As a school we have now recycled over 300 household batteries. 

That is 7.9 kg that has not gone to landfill.

Yay, that is an amazing achievement!  Keep it up everyone!

Our Canteen is Straw Free

You may have noticed that our Canteen is now STRAW FREE!

They might seem harmless, but the humble plastic straw is one of the worst culprits in environmental damage.

Why are plastic straws so bad?

Plastic can take hundreds, sometimes thousands of years to actually break down.

Because they're only used once and then thrown away, plastic straws are one of the biggest culprits for ending up in landfill.

To make things worse, cafes and restaurants will often place not one, but two straws in cold drinks, doubling the damage.

Straws are also one of the most picked up items during beach clean ups.

The bottom line is that they either end up as toxic landfill or in the ocean where they're a danger to marine life.

How do we reduce plastic straw waste?

The simplest change you can make is to stop using plastic straws.

So that's what we've done. We have taken plastic straws out of the canteen.

Yay to us and yay to a cleaner world!

Kirrilee Westblade