Waste Wise School
Wyalkatchem District High School - A Waste Wise SchoolOur school has been encouraging environmentally friendly practices over many years. At all levels, students have been part of many great activities that increase their environmental awareness.Earth SchoolsThis began with a competition run by the Keep Australia Beautiful Council and is ongoing. It involves the children in recycling, worm farms and water wise ideas.Waste Wise SchoolRecently Wyalkatchem decided to become a waste wise school. An audit has been done to measure the amount of waste the school produces. Any waste produced then will be either reduced, reused or recycled. The Year 5 class are already making new products out of waste paper such as paper mats, paper bricks, paper beads, notepads, cards and bookmarks.Permaculture GardenHigh school students have been responsible for designing, planning, creating and maintaining this garden. It has been created from recycled materials and teaches all students involved how to organically grow vegetables, herbs, native trees and more. The students sell produce to the local community and use the money earnt to upgrade their garden.As you can see the school is very enthusiastic about caring for our school, town and environment |
 Students stirring paper for recycling  Landcare students on assignment  Students checking the “crop” in the permaculture garden |
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17-09-2004 03:20 AM