Last year, our Environmental Leaders and SRC took on a project to enhance the biodiversity of an unused area of the oval and create a visually appealing and engaging space for our community to enjoy. You might recall their callout… Continue Reading →
Some keen student gardeners have been nurturing this carrot in our Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden. This carrot, seemed to growing to be quite a size, although not as easy to measure whilst growing underground. Last Wednesday 9/11 was the time… Continue Reading →
This term has seen the completion of stage #3 of our playground spaces. Naturally, as each stage has been unveiled, there has been an abundance of students wanting to trial the new spaces. Here are the three completed stages: Terrace… Continue Reading →
Can you help? The Grounds Committee is working on developing the cement space outside the canteen, OSHC and kitchen. One of the projects is to create a ‘Canteen Cafe’ where students and staff can gather, sit and interact in a… Continue Reading →
What an opportunity! We were so lucky to be invited by David Speirs to join him on a school tour of Glenthorne Farm, soon to be Glenthorne National Park. The history of this farm is very rich and the future… Continue Reading →
Last Tuesday 14th August we celebrated the official opening of the Mushroom Outdoor Garden Space. This is the latest project completed by the Grounds Committee and is situated outside Room 6 in the Street. This renovated space comprises garden beds… Continue Reading →
In between showers on the morning of Thursday 7 September, we celebrated the official opening of the Outdoor Shop Fronts. The students had the opportunity to meet members of the Grounds Committee who were instrumental in making the shops. These… Continue Reading →
We are working on a number of projects in our school grounds, that will have a great impact on our students’ learning and enjoyment . They are not big, difficult projects, but they do require some help from parents, to… Continue Reading →
We hope that every student will look back in years to come and remember that they got their hands dirty and planted something in their school grounds at the end of May 2016. We were investing in every student making connections… Continue Reading →
We want students to be involved in planting so that they remember they created this impact on our school environment. For this to happen we need help. This is a buddy class activity and about 36 plants per two classes… Continue Reading →
We love our new gates that have been constructed with great skill and care by Scott and Rob Gill and Owen McIver. We really appreciate their superb effort and great expertise they applied to create a lovely asset for the school…. Continue Reading →
Wow, isn’t it amazing how good those extra big logs and stumps are. A big thank you to the Stanley family for looking out for us and getting us access to these wonderful items for our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project. As you… Continue Reading →
Thanks to one of our parents, we have been able to make our first big tree trunk impact on the school oval. We have some work ahead to properly secure these into the ground so that they may be well… Continue Reading →
Thank you Steve Smith for generously spending outside school hours time to move soil and rocks. Steve is one of our great grounds committee members. We are passionate about creating wonderful natural play space for our students. In a… Continue Reading →
This year we will continue the giant transformation of our school oval and surrounds, through our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project. You may have noticed we have lots of new big mounds that students are really enjoying scrambling over. Soon… Continue Reading →
Room 12 students were recently out having a brain break outside during a busy day of learning. This is what a few students created during this time. Here is what Brianna thinks of playing in nature: I enjoy playing with… Continue Reading →
We have had some fabulous efforts by our Grounds committee and many volunteers working on our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project and we have thanked them for the great community spirt they have shown. We continue to have fabulous efforts that… Continue Reading →
We wish to invite all volunteers who helped with the Working Bees to come along to a family BBQ in the staff Courtyard from 6:00pm – 7:00 pm on Tuesday 8 September. We will put on the snags, bread and the… Continue Reading →
To spread the load over the two Saturdays we are suggesting that families with students in even numbered class numbers may like to come on 22 August and those with students in odd numbered classes may like to come on 29 August…. Continue Reading →
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We know that it’s a good chance for staff and students to have a recuperative break during these holidays. We know there will be some lovely crisp winter days, ready made for some outside play too. Nature Play SA have some… Continue Reading →
Fantastic effort from all who contributed sponsorship donations via our Active-Athon. We have such a wonderful school community. All students will benefit from the lovely environment we create through our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project, which these funds will directly… Continue Reading →
This is not the Fence!! But could this type of fence work as our fence #2? Thank you to those who had offered to help with our first Working Bees for construction of fence #1: the chain mesh fence on Edward Beck… Continue Reading →
Thank you to all who have already contributed to our Active-Athon. We already have received about $2000. This is our major annual fundraiser so please give generously next week. Today we had a perfect day for all the activity. Pictured… Continue Reading →
Pictured above are students from Room 1 showing on the boundary Our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project will kick off with construction of a 70 metre fence on our oval boundary. It will take two Working Bees which the Grounds Committee… Continue Reading →
The Grounds committee believes that early next term we should be able to take our first actions in relation to our Biodiversity and Nature Play Project. Those first actions will involve the work on our Edward Beck Drive boundary. As many… Continue Reading →
Here are the elements that our project team have been working on . These elements have been placed around the oval however they have just been placed there to allow us to continue to play with the ideas until we are… Continue Reading →
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