The table below outlines the current recycling and environmental projects each class and the Green Team are involved in. These projects have been implemented as part of our Waste Wise and Waterwise accreditation and our participation in the Low Carbon Schools Program.

Projects / Room/Group / Year / Litter Zone
Kindy & PP recess and lunch food scraps. / Kindy/PPA, & PPB
Feeding chooks. / Kindy/Pre Primary / Pre Primary & Kindy.
Jun. Vegetable patch. / Room 1 & 2 / 1 / Area between rooms 1 & 2 and U/C Area
Aluminium can ring pulls. / Room 3 / 2 / Grassed area outside room 3 & 4.
Aluminium cans. / Room 4
Staffroom / 2
Mr Evans / Pathway outside staffroom and grassed area at front of school.
Beauty Product Packaging / Room 5 / 2 / Vegetable garden.
Paper
Cardboard / Room 6
Room 6 / 4
4 / Junior Playground Area
Between B\B courts & U/C area
Junior Playground area
Oral Care Product Waste Recycling. / Room 7 / 4 / Outside room 7 & 8.
Mobile phones. / Room 8 / 5/6 / Oval
Newspaper / Room 9 / 5 / Area between senior block & fence.
Batteries / Room 10 / 6 / Undercover area.
Printer cartridges. / Room 11 / 3 / Outside room 11 & 12.
Nespresso Coffee Pods / Room12 / 3 / Basketball Courts.
Energy & Water Monitors / Green Team / PP - 6 / Whole School

Projects above that are benefits to the school over and above their environmental responsibility like reducing waste going to landfill and reducing our carbon emissions are

  • aluminium can and newspaper recycling which provide funds to the school that are allocated to the Kitchen Garden program run by Mrs Dwyer
  • Beauty product and oral care packaging and Nespresso pod recycling that see the school gain points which are redeemable for a $0.01 per point cash payment to the school, organisation of our choice, product bundles, collection materials and charitable gifts.

The projects below are whole school projects initiated by Mrs Dwyer in conjunction with staff to reduce waste and carbon emissions.

Projects / Collection Points
Aluminium and steel lids from cans of Milo, Coffee etc for hanging art mobiles to help deter birds from entering the garden. / Vegetable garden shed. Children can take to class and they will be taken to shed from there.
Plastic bottle tops off water, milk, juice, laundry and pantry products eg Vegemite for major art work in the undercover area. / Vegetable garden shed. Children can take to class and they will be taken to shed from there.
Plastic 2 litre milk bottles for making pots for plants. / Vegetable garden shed. Children can take to class and they will be taken to shed from there.
Plastic 500 – 750 ml water bottles for colourful art project in the garden / Vegetable garden shed. Children can take to class and they will be taken to shed from there.

Parents/Care givers please set up containers at home for as many of the above items as you can and send them to school as this will also reduce your waste and carbon emissions.

Teachers can you also consider setting up containers for various items so children can see them as this will help them remember items we require.

Thankyou,

Waste Wise, Waterwise, Low Carbon Schools committees and Green Team.