Welcome to another exciting year with many sustainable projects occurring around the school and in my classroom.

Kindy students are being introduced to the vegetable garden space and chicken coop. This will involve lots of exploring and fun activities.

Rooms 23, 28, 29, 35, and 36 are learning about cooking and gardening – this involves practical life skills, growing food, making meals, and sustainable food choices.  They will also learn about beneficial minibeasts in our school garden - How do they help the garden? What are they?

Rooms 14, 21, 25, 26, 2 and  22 will learn about our school chickens and how to keep them healthy and happy. This is a very hands-on

responsibility. They will also be helping to plant our new Bush Tucker Garden.

Rooms 1 and 3 are involved in Habitats for Wildlife - a pilot project with Perth Zoo. This project will introduce the topic of conservation where students will learn about conservation actions they can do to help wildlife locally and around the world. It will culminate with students designing and making nesting boxes to encourage native bird species to our school during STEM lessons. They will first learn about the sustainable use of natural resources. We will also go on an excursion to the zoo to learn about different habitats.

Rooms 27, 9 and 16 will learn about Sustainable Australia - This unit teaches students about the custodial responsibility First Nations Australians

have for Country/Place, and how this influences views about sustainability. They will also learn about the use and management of natural resources and waste, and different views on how to do this sustainably.

Mrs Bennett – Environment & Sustainability Teacher