by Sue Higgins | Mar 10, 2020 | Sue's News, Sustainability
SKPS is very proud to be a 5 Star Resource Smart school. To continue to be a 5-star ResourceSmart School, we need to observe and record data about the biodiversity of our school grounds to establish if we are improving our biodiversity. Last week, our Seito Kai...
by Sustainability | Sep 20, 2018 | Sustainability
In this post we will be telling you about how our school is introducing Solar Panels. This is a picture of our current 60 Solar Panels which are on the Sakura building (we have been filming the current solar panels with a new drone the school won). They produce...
by Sustainability | Sep 20, 2018 | Sustainability
On 06/09/2018 some of the Year 5 leaders represented St Kilda Primary School at the Sustainability Festival. The leaders came from the Cleaner Schools, Climate Action and Water group. It was held at the St Kilda Town Hall and lots of schools across Bayside and Port...
by Sue Higgins | Sep 8, 2018 | Sue's News, Sustainability
I was immensely proud of our children who presented at the ‘Brighter Schools for a Better Tomorrow’ Sustainability Festival at the St Kilda Town Hall last week. Anabel Herr (Sustainability Coordinator) and Eric McCann accompanied the children....
by Sustainability | Aug 29, 2018 | Sustainability
The Sustainable Programs team at City of Port Phillip Council are currently recruiting participants for the Enviro Champs Program. The Program will support community members to deliver their very own sustainability project that benefits the community. We’re very...
by Sustainability | Jun 6, 2018 | Sue's News, Sustainability
On Thursday CERES ran two workshops at our school to encourage Leadership for Sustainability and to support teachers in their journey through the ResourceSmart program. Principals and Assistant Principals from the South Eastern Region arrived at 7.30am for a cocktail...
by Sustainability | Jun 1, 2018 | Sustainability
Would you like mint in your drink? A sprig chopped in boiled spuds or peas? Next week, something rather different is happening at St Kilda PS. A drinking trough is being turned into a mint garden, for all to use, in lamb dishes or fruit salads, or a stir fry, take a...
by Sustainability | May 21, 2018 | Sustainability
RIPPONLEA ACTION IN JUNE FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT Come join your community and make Ripponlea clean again. Sunday 3 June, 9.30 – 10.30 am Meet in Glen Eira Avenue, next to the station Flyer Sun 3 June 2018 schools
by Sustainability | May 11, 2018 | Sue's News, Sustainability
In 2015 we built our Arbour to create a calm area for children, parents and the wider community to read, chat or just sit and enjoy our school. Recently, it has turned into a skateboard and scooter ramp. This causes severe damage to the wood and creates an OH&S...