Garden Club – Vegetable Garden
Garden Club is accessed by all of our primary school students. It is run twice a week during lunchtimes. Children plant, water, mulch and harvest vegetables. If there is a surplus of vegetables, such as pumpkins, or beetroots, we have organised cooking groups. Students made pickled beetroot and pumpkin soup this year.
We discuss soil health with our students. We use our own compost to improve soil quality. Children also understand the importance of mulching garden beds to improve water retention and soil health. During Term 3 this year we have watched 2040 and have been able to connect C02 and our vegetables as they draw carbon down from the atmosphere. This ‘real-life’ connection has been extremely valuable for our children to see and experience how they can make a positive impact on the climate and produce produce for consumption.
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Westbourne Grammar School
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May 2, 2013
In late 2008, Westbourne Grammar School expressed interest in participating in the Australian Sustainable Schools Initiative Victoria (AuSSI Vic). In 2009, CERES, on behalf of Sustainability Victoria, offered our school […]
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Banyule Primary School
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February 17, 2021
Banyule Primary School Biodiversity Learning Story Throughout 2018 and 2019 our school was under construction to build our brand new gym. In the process, we removed large areas of vegetation […]
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Brentwood Secondary College
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April 25, 2013
Text and image taken from — http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/offline-and-left-to-their-own-devices-20111001-1l2ws.html ——————————————————————- It’s hard to imagine any teenager willingly giving up their smartphone or computer for a week, but that’s exactly what a group […]
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St. Mary's School - Rushworth
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April 29, 2013
This year the grade 4/5/6 students have been focusing on biodiversity in their environmental science lessons. To begin the students conducted a biodiversity audit on the school grounds to determine […]
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Editure
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April 25, 2013
Editure is a registered distributor of Cisco products (www.cisco.com) and we’re privileged to be involved in launching of the Cisco EnergyWise Orchestrator product. This innovative software application is loaded onto […]
