National Schools Tree Day

School up for the challenge

Friday the 24^th of July was National Schools Tree Day and the students at Poowong Consolidated were up for the challenge of planting some trees to contribute to providing a greener school environment. All students participated in some way. Our prep students planted some new native trees in one of our garden beds and grades one and two planted some larger native trees alongside the running track.

Meanwhile the senior students participated in a National Schools Tree Day Challenge – 12 teams, 12 trees and 1 planet.

Each team was required to work together to produce a poster showing the procedure they would use to plant the tree, document the team’s activity by taking photos and then successfully planting their tree. This combined all of the skills that they have been developing in other subjects like Science and ICT. All students were very enthusiastic and by the end of the session they had all planted their tree. The challenge was developed and supported by Mr Jason Horton a classroom teacher at the school. Jason is very enthusiastic about sustainability at the school and has been a major contributor to the schools achievements in receiving the core module accreditation in the AussiVIC ResourceSmart school sustainability program. He has also been nominated for the ResourceSmart Sustainability Teacher of the Year award. The students often refer to him as Mr Sustainability.

 

 

 

 

Time To Celebrate

On the 20th of June the whole school were invited along with special guests to celebrate the achievement of gaining our first ResourceSmart accreditation star.

It was a great way of recognizing the huge achievement and hard work that has been put into the area of sustainability at our school.

Congratulations to the whole school community.

Phew... Where has the time gone?

The wind has been blowing and it is definitely feeling like winter now. It is hard to believe it is already half way through the year. Where did that time go?

Hmmm let me think...... First term was a blur getting adjusted to new routines, a new classroom and a new focus on energy, not forgetting weekly rotations, parent teacher interviews and the Recycled Art Project.

Second term..... well it was just as hectic as the first with a change in staff and a new element of my teaching capabilities ...... Art! I guess I must mention the big R word that consumed much of my time - yep, Reports. I would love to say that it was one of the other R's that we juggle around our school but importantly reporting on learning is a major part of my job.

So it's now school holidays and we are all on our well earned break and getting ready to gear up for the next half, but there is a little time for celebration........