A huge congratulations to all our prize winners in the Zero Waste Challenge.
Arlia Murphy and Emily Wellstead created a really catchy song
entitled ‘Go Green’ and Madison Biggs, Emma Rees and Phoebe
Wellstead, created a short video explaining the importance of
recycling. Both groups shared the runner-up position in the Year
4-6 prize category.
Room 5 and 6 were also prize winners in the Year 1- 3 Category with entries that shared their recycled artwork.
Today there was a special prize giving at the Council Chambers. The prize giving was during a formal Council meeting and the children shared their entries with the Mayor and the Councillors before receiving their prizes.
We are very proud of all of you - well done!
On Friday 7th March the Room 6 children harvested the corn. They collected 34 corn cobs which they then gave to other children in the Envirogroup to take home and cook for tea.
A huge thank you to Pipa Wellstead who very kindly came and taught some of the Envirogroup how to cook and preserve beetroot.
This morning we visited Wastebusters and learnt about recycling.
Have you ever noticed the numbers on the bottom of your plastic containers? They are inside a triangle. These numbers indicate the different types of plastic. Number 1: soft drink bottles, honey jars etc can be recycled into pillow and sleeping bag filling. Number 2: Milk bottles can be made into recycling bins.
Number 5: Yoghurt containers and icecream containers can be made into pegs and toothbrush handles.
Did you know that it takes 57 milk bottles to make one of our green recycling bins?
During EOTC week the Junior School visited Wastebusters to see what happens to our recycling.
Today we prepared the food we gathered from our garden yesterday. We made coleslaw from cabbages, carrots, and spring onions. We also cut up some a capsicum for everyone to try.
A group of enthusiastic helpers chopped, sliced, grated,
and mixed, before serving coleslaw sandwiches to the school. The coleslaw was a huge hit, with several children coming back for seconds.
