by Sue Higgins | May 11, 2018 | Sue's News, Sustainability
On Wednesday Anabel Herr, Jo O’Malley and I were invited to Parliament House to receive a special award. Our school is the 50th school in Victoria to become a 5 Star ResourceSmart School! The presentation of this award can be attributed to the...
by Sustainability | May 10, 2018 | Sue's News, Sustainability
Landcare Australia awarded us $960 to build another raingarden at our school. Raingardens are self-watering, low-maintenance gardens designed to capture storm water and clean it before it runs into rivers or creeks. Our school is built above one of the major storm...
by Sustainability | Apr 16, 2018 | Ground Works, Sue's News, Sustainability
During excellent weather conditions we held our first working bee on Sunday 25th of March. Once again there were many keen parents, children and teachers, many from Grade 1 and 2, who donated their time and energy in an atmosphere of fun, cooperation and community...
by Sustainability | Apr 16, 2018 | Sue's News, Sustainability
Ride2School Day is a nationwide program delivered by Bicycle Network, designed to support schools to encourage, empower and enable more students to get physically active on their journey to school. This is a great opportunity to embrace a healthier start to the...
by Sustainability | Mar 14, 2018 | Sustainability
Earth Hour is once more celebrated around the world on Saturday the 24th of March, by encouraging individuals, communities, and businesses to turn off non-essential electric lights for one hour. Port Phillip Council is inviting everyone to a fun way in participating...
by Sustainability | Feb 20, 2018 | Ground Works, Sue's News, Sustainability
Gene Blackley took on the immense task to give our old tired looking decks a facelift and started oiling the Sakura deck last year. He just finished the Shiawase entrance deck to the library, you might have noticed him wearing one of our beautiful red school hats...
by Sustainability | Jan 30, 2018 | Sustainability
To reduce the amount of materials going to landfill, SKPS together with Albert Park Primary, the EcoCentre and Port Phillip Council won a $20,000 grant to reduce litter in our Bay (Litter Innovation Fund – Penguin Friendly Event Precinct Project). The...
by Sustainability | Jan 30, 2018 | Sue's News, Sustainability
Over the Christmas break we were once again so very grateful for the numerous families who volunteered their time to help keep our plants, chickens and worms alive. Thank you so much to the Brueckner, Keser, Ronn, Palmer, Hyslop, Martinec, Kuhn, Pike, Rotty, Allenby,...
by Sustainability | Dec 5, 2017 | Sustainability
Our year 5/6 have prevented 540kg of waste going to landfill this year by collecting organic waste in their classrooms. The Environmental Team and their teacher Eric have set up a organic waste collection system in the 5 classrooms and spread the organic waste between...
