The environment committee had noticed that the bathrooms at Firbank were unhygienic, dirty and uneco- friendly. There was a lot of paper towels left on the floor, the toilets had […]

Early this year our Unit of Inquiry was about Reduce Reuse and Recycle for a better environment. Our Central Idea was, ‘Our personal choices can change our environment.’ For this […]

As part of the Turner House Early Learning Centre’s unit of enquiry ‘Sharing the planet: Caring for the Environment is our Responsibility’, ELC students built a vegetable garden. The garden […]

At the beginning of the year we began the Red Project. Firbank’s aim was to collect as much soft plastic as we could. When the bin is full the soft […]

In 2007, Firbank took the step to develop a Sustainability Policy. This was done with the expert help of several parents who met with our principal, Dr Anne Sarros, for […]