Waste Learning Story
On May 3rd the Willmott Park Primary School Green Team chose two red bins at random from the school yard. We then emptied them onto a plastic tarp and, armed […]
We are a ResourceSmart School!
Earlier this year we began our ResourceSmart journey. Keep checking back to see our progress!
Nesting Boxes
Grade five and six students have been working with men from the Men’s Shed to make nesting boxes to put into the school grounds.
Beach Monitoring
St Patrick’s are playing a part in the monitoring of the erosion of our coastline. They meet each term with team of scientists who keep data on the sand levels […]
Module based sustainability days
Each term this year we will be having a whole school sustainability day for each of the Resource Smart modules. So far we have had a water day and a […]
Resource Smart Schools – Forum
Today our school hosted the term 3 Resource Smart School forum for Barwon South West schools. Our sustainability team (led by year 6 students) gave visiting schools a school tour […]
Waste Reduction
Rubbish was a real problem at Hamilton North Primary School. We were placing 13 bins for kerbside collection every week. $11 per bin, per week. $133 per week. A problem […]
” A Swale of a time “
Planting Day students were able to get their feet wet and planted common sedge along the edges of the swale to bring the frogs to the Community Garden.
“Repurposing in Action- Drama “
This year the School Library had an overhaul on how it was storing its Big Books. It transformed from Book Bags with metal hangers to a trolley system. So with […]
“Swale in Action “
What a lovely sight , water in the Swale . Students are currently planting further Local Indigenous Plants along the Swale . We are creating future habitats for our local […]