Completion of Six Seasons Garden
All Children are invited to bring along a native from the list below to plant in the six seasons garden area – these plants are indigenous to our area and available at our local Greenlink Nursery which is open this Saturday 23rd May 2009 at 41 Wimmera Street, Box Hill North 3129. All parents who have kindly asked what type of plants to bring, the list has arrived from Mary-Lin & Lorraine @ Greenlink.
These will be our final plantings around this area, they are low growing plants flowering in these seasons.
Please bring your plants along to your classroom teacher, a day of planting will be organized soon after. We hope all families can bring a plant along with their child.
Preps – Early Spring
Small Leaf Clematis & Yam Daisy & Running Postman
Grade 1 & Grade 2 – True Spring
Chocolate Lily & Sticky Everlasting & Yellow Buttons
Grade 3 – High Summer
Kangaroo Grass & Bluebells
Grade 4 – Late Summer
Violets & Scaly Buttons
Grade 5 – Early Winter Grade 6 – Deep Winter
Ruby Saltbush Kidney Weed & Smooth Flax Lily
WATER
YVW has provided us with great water slogans ‘SAVING A LITTLE SAVES A LOT’ for our wet areas, ‘HALF FLUSH’ STICKERS – these were placed around the school and in our toilets to remind us all to continually save where we can.
Our water tanks will be installed in June – they are being made at present, we will have x 2 Steel Tanks – in Eucalypt Green color scheme which will collect water & be used to flush all our toilets.
SOLAR ENERGY
David & Donna Vittorio will be organizing the Sustainability Link on our KPS Website, we will be able to log on & see all our Energy savings – more to follow.
RECYCLING
Whitehorse City Council will be dropping off the Environment Garden Waste bins to us this week which will be used for all our clippings/weeds/tree cutting. They will collect these every second fortnight.
Keep Up the Great Recycling everyone & remember those Rubbish Free lunchboxes!
WEDNESDAY GREEN THUMBS - update
Thanks to all those supportive parents that continually show up on Wednesdays to lend a hand. It has certainly made a difference to the Molbray St Gardens! Our next project is the toilet block, we will be painting these walls in the lovely neutral stone colour & Julia Weston has offered her time & creative flair to add some color & interest to these walls – keep a look out everyone! We will then work on the garden edge with the Bluestone we have been given – always great to recycle materials where we can & planting of natives in this garden bed. All parents available to paint, plant or support, please come along.
A new layer of Granetic sand will also be spread across the front garden / seating area of Molbray St also.
***GREAT NEWS****
Our old urinal was sold to a gentleman in Camberwell who will be turning into feeding trophs for his cattle on his farm (RECYCLING) – he will be collecting this weekend! The money made from this will pay for our paint required to complete the Toilet block project.
Call or email with ideas & if you would like to help - Ellen – 0417700045 / msv1@optusnet.com.au
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Monday, May 18, 2009
Enviro News Edition 11 Week Ending 15th May, 2009
KPS ENVIRO-NEWS Edition 11 - 15 May09
THANK YOU….
To our handful of Kerrimuir families & teachers (Paul Furey) that attended the working bee on Saturday afternoon, we are grateful for all your contributions, hard work and time. Without you, all the works could not have been completed many thanks again!
Our new bin area is completed behind the canteen & our six seasons garden has another compacted layer of Topping. Some seating was relocated to the six seasons garden for the students to utilize. Unfortunately due to inclement weather the painting of the seats has been rescheduled.
Lots of sweeping, weeding & planting & cutting back of old trees around the grounds was also completed. Our focus is to replant lower line trees that are native.
Amy was busily painting in the MPR our stage backdrop – this is looking amazing & refreshed - thank you!
If you are able to offer your time painting around the school – we would appreciate your help, please contact us, we have chairs & walls to be completed, brushes/rollers & paint will be supplied.
JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL – KPS GROUNDS
Junior School Council have started a new initiative during recess & lunch - thank you to all students involved
- Sweeping of leaves, Watering of plants & Yard Duty (all students are welcome to assist them, we would love to see you all out there keeping Kerrimuir beautiful)
WATER
Buckets/Ice cream containers wanted please….
Our water saving initiatives in our troughs/water taps is working brilliantly – all children are eagerly watering plants throughout the week – please send small buckets / ice-cream containers with your child to school for our water collections to continue in all drinking tap areas.
Our water tanks will be located in the caged area near the library – this has finally been decided as the most effective area to utilize our water savings in our toilets.
SOLAR ENERGY
Our solar panels are energizing daily, our parents/students will be able to logon to our website & see all our savings & usage with our Power very soon. We are working on a Sustainability link for our website – look out for this.
Our Power Distribution Company JEMENA are going to change our meters over shortly – smart meters are required when solar is installed – this will then enable the solar system to feed the grid & give KPS credits on their Energy bill.
RECYCLING
Thanks to everyone actively recycling & composting in the classrooms & around the school – remember to put your rubbish in the right bin or bring a rubbish free lunch box – great containers available from Safeway/Coles/Officeworks – one initial cost - lots of savings when you don’t use bags/plastic & NO RUBBISH.
Our Green bins are also on their way too – for all weeds & gardening waste each Wednesday. More mulching this week, weeding & edging – garden along toilet wall is our next project – we need your help – all welcome.
Call or email with ideas & if you would like to help - Ellen – 0417700045 / msv1@optusnet.com.au
THANK YOU….
To our handful of Kerrimuir families & teachers (Paul Furey) that attended the working bee on Saturday afternoon, we are grateful for all your contributions, hard work and time. Without you, all the works could not have been completed many thanks again!
Our new bin area is completed behind the canteen & our six seasons garden has another compacted layer of Topping. Some seating was relocated to the six seasons garden for the students to utilize. Unfortunately due to inclement weather the painting of the seats has been rescheduled.
Lots of sweeping, weeding & planting & cutting back of old trees around the grounds was also completed. Our focus is to replant lower line trees that are native.
Amy was busily painting in the MPR our stage backdrop – this is looking amazing & refreshed - thank you!
If you are able to offer your time painting around the school – we would appreciate your help, please contact us, we have chairs & walls to be completed, brushes/rollers & paint will be supplied.
JUNIOR SCHOOL COUNCIL – KPS GROUNDS
Junior School Council have started a new initiative during recess & lunch - thank you to all students involved
- Sweeping of leaves, Watering of plants & Yard Duty (all students are welcome to assist them, we would love to see you all out there keeping Kerrimuir beautiful)
WATER
Buckets/Ice cream containers wanted please….
Our water saving initiatives in our troughs/water taps is working brilliantly – all children are eagerly watering plants throughout the week – please send small buckets / ice-cream containers with your child to school for our water collections to continue in all drinking tap areas.
Our water tanks will be located in the caged area near the library – this has finally been decided as the most effective area to utilize our water savings in our toilets.
SOLAR ENERGY
Our solar panels are energizing daily, our parents/students will be able to logon to our website & see all our savings & usage with our Power very soon. We are working on a Sustainability link for our website – look out for this.
Our Power Distribution Company JEMENA are going to change our meters over shortly – smart meters are required when solar is installed – this will then enable the solar system to feed the grid & give KPS credits on their Energy bill.
RECYCLING
Thanks to everyone actively recycling & composting in the classrooms & around the school – remember to put your rubbish in the right bin or bring a rubbish free lunch box – great containers available from Safeway/Coles/Officeworks – one initial cost - lots of savings when you don’t use bags/plastic & NO RUBBISH.
Our Green bins are also on their way too – for all weeds & gardening waste each Wednesday. More mulching this week, weeding & edging – garden along toilet wall is our next project – we need your help – all welcome.
Call or email with ideas & if you would like to help - Ellen – 0417700045 / msv1@optusnet.com.au
Thursday, May 14, 2009
KPS Environews will be commencing shortly!!
Stay posted for exciting news and updates regarding Kerrimuir's sustainability.
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