Our Energy Journey
As part of working on our ResourceSmart Energy module, the Cornish College Sustainability Action Team has decided to complete an energy audit for the school. This is to understand where [...]
THE PICKY LITTLE KOALA
The Ark Foundation have linked with Coles to plant trees in bushfire affected areas to help regenerate forests for endangered koala populations. If you down load the free ebook The [...]
FOOD WASTE IDEAS SUPPLIED BY THE COMMUNITY
Whilst our students give their food waste to our chickens and worm farm we are now extending our focus on food waste turning into methane gas by getting families on [...]
The compost bin is all set up!
Bonnie ordered a compost bin for children so we can start making our very own soil with lots of nutrients from the food scraps that was going to be wasted [...]
Clean Up Cornish
On Friday March 4th we participated in Clean Up Cornish Day as part of the Clean Up Australia Initiative. Each class spent some time, out on County at Cornish cleaning [...]
Gumboot Recycling and Exchange Program
We noticed that, often in the Primary Years, people outgrow their gumboots before they out wear them. That means (if you don't have people to hand them on to) that [...]
Wheelers Flock
In 2021 Wheelers Hill Primary School received a $5000 grant from Landcare Australia. With this grant, we decided to design and create a bird sanctuary. As a part of their [...]
WORLD WETLANDS DAY AT BONEO PARK
Our DRI Ambassadors visited Boneo Park for World Wetlands Day. They shared their learning about wetlands with the school through a video which highlighted all the features of Boneo Park [...]
FANTASY KEYS
Students found joy and developed their creative thinking skills by using and up-cycling materials from hard rubbish, op shops and recycled items from school families. Their fantasy keys taught the [...]
WE ADOPT VIOLET THE DOLPHIN
Our Sustainability Leaders and DRI Ambassadors raised funds to adopt a dolphin called Violet through DRI. She will be used to highlight issues with water purity and marine life welfare [...]