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Sustainability
St Kilda Primary has a strong Sustainability focus and all classes participate in weekly Sustainability sessions.
We love to be involved…
SKPS are participating in the AussiVic program and have achieved our star for the core module, Biodiversity and Water. This year we are focussing on the waste unit.
As members of the Water Learn It Live It program we have achieved our Bronze certificate and are well on the way to our Silver certificate.
Our students make a difference…
All students at SKPS are involved in recycling and composting their waste. They are encouraged to bring ‘nude food’ through the Golden Bin Award, which rewards the class with the least amount on rubbish for the week.
Students are involved in developing and maintaining Learnscapes in our school grounds. These include; a sensory garden, frog bog, orchard and productive garden. Chickens, a worm farm and lizard lounge is also in development.
We also run a lunchtime gardening club open to all students (and parents) with an interest.
Our students lead the way…
Student leadership is important at SKPS. Each class in Years 1-6 have garden monitors who regularly work in the productive garden and share their learning with the rest of their class. Our Year 4 students are able to show leadership as part of our school ‘Green Team’ and we have Sustainability Captains in Year 6.
Our Sustainability Captains and Green Team are currently participating in the Tomorrow’s Leaders for Sustainability program run in conjunction with the St Kilda EcoCentre.
We love a helping hand…
Community support forms an important part of our school Sustainability program and parent/community volunteers are encouraged and welcomed.
Our productive garden was built with support from the St Kilda EcoCentre, while our Sensory garden and Orchard were developed by parent volunteers. The school frog bog was designed by parent and community volunteers and was built during a series of working bees.
Parent volunteers have also been instrumental in building our chook tractor and garden shed, lovingly called ‘Geoffrey’s Lodge’ after another of our community volunteers.