NEWS, PROJECTS AND RESOURCES

Connecting to nature through mind, body and soul: grant received from Junior Landcare for this great project
St Joseph’s families, we have news! We are lucky enough to have secured a grant from Junior Landcare. The project title is ‘Connecting to nature through mind, body and soul’ […]

Patterns in nature and biomimicry – Building a herb spiral for the kitchen garden
Grade 5/6 have been learning about patterns in nature in Permaculture this term. There are certain formations replicated throughout...

The new creek area plant up
Friday August 10th has seen the newly landscaped creek area transformed into a beautiful space, inhabited with indigenous plants...

Fun in the sun for the chooks of St Jo’s
The last few weeks at St Jo’s has seen a welcome development to the chickens’ lives because the students have begun to take them out of the coop to free […]

The magic of preps…fairy tales and elf gardens
This week was the turn of the preppies in Permaculture and what a special week it was. Building on this term’s theme of fairy tales and storytelling, the preps were […]

Sustainability in action: What does this look like from week to week?
With myself as Permaculture Leader and my colleague, Jess, as Conservationist and Art Therapist, St Jo’s has continuous learning about the environment and the natural world running through its veins. […]