2022 | Issue 11 | Newsletter

TERM 3 - UPCOMING EVENTS

Every day CUT THE WRAP

15-21 August Keep Australia Beautiful Week

22 August Lunchtime Enviroservice (Edmund Rice Campus)

23 August Enviroservice (3:30pm-5:30pm – Edmund Rice Campus)

September National Biodiversity month

7 September National Threatened Species Day

12-18 September National Organic Week

22 September World Car-Free Day

NATIONAL SCHOOL TREE DAY

On Friday 29 July, many students volunteered to participate in the “300 for 30” Lunchtime Challenge, in celebration of National Schools Tree Day. With the aim of planting 300 native Common Everlasting (Chrysocephalum Apiculatum) plants on the south embankment of Carey Oval, commencing revegetation of this garden bed, volunteers took to the embankment with great gusto, planting approximately 200 plants during the lunchbreak. This effort was followed by Mr Peter Adams’ Year 10 Landscaping class in the afternoon. Whilst we anticipate reintroducing many of the indigenous flora species that were formerly planted in the garden bed since the inception of the Carey Embankment Revegetation project in 2017, we are excited to announce a new direction, involving the introduction of many additional small grasses and delicate flora species. During the next scheduled planting day on Monday 22 August, students will once again be provided the opportunity to become involved by participating in lunchtime planting on the day and/or after school Enviroservice on Tuesday 23 August from 3:30pm-5:30pm.

COMMUNITY NOTICES

NATIONAL TREE PLANTING DAY

Unfortunately, the Tree Planting scheduled with the Friends of Waurn Ponds Creek on Sunday 31 July to celebrate National Tree Planting day was postponed. Notification of the new Tree Planting Day will be provided once confirmed.

CALLING FOR PLASTIC BOTTLE TOPS AND BREAD CLIPS

We would like to thank all families that have been proactive in supporting our recycling goals with the donation of clean plastic bottle tops over the past month.

We encourage families to continue these efforts as we require a constant stream of donations of plastic items with either the number 2 or 4 clearly identified.

A reminder that other items that may also be recycled include; corks, stamps and plastic bread tags (in support of the "Bread Tags for Wheelchairs" project).

All donations (washed and dried) may be delivered to the Reception of either campus.