During one of our Saturday morning working bees, parents, students and staff removed sand from the sandpits in front of each of the grade 1 classrooms and replaced them with soil.
The student environment and sustainability group called the Environmental Tacklers then created new garden beds, planting delicious strawberries and delicate flowering plants such as Camellias. Hopefully some butterflies will visit the area soon.
Butterfly Gardens
St Catherine’s awarded 2015 School of the Year by Kingston Council
St Catherine’s is proud to announce it is a joint recipient of the 2015 ‘i sea, i care’ award for School of the Year! We were named together with Mentone […]
Waste not want not
Carnegie Primary School has a proud tradition of reduce, re-use and recycle. Every classroom has a station with clearly marked bins so children can sort their waste. Paper is re- […]
Cash for Containers
Governments including Victoria have been discussing a 10cent deposit/refund scheme for drink containers for over 10 years. In that time, many issues have been canvassed and studied and there has been much public debate between industry, environment and community groups.
Sustainability Progress
On Friday November 14, 2014 the Sustainability committee met for another meeting. We worked hard on several policies and continued to work on the Core Module. We examimed feedback from […]