Number 4 - Waste Wise Tip from the Green Team

Number 4 - The Waste Wise Tip from the Green Team is......

Next time your Mum or Dad go shopping ask them to buy in bulk when they can. Ask them to try to avoid buying a BIG packet of small packets. By following this tip we will be reducing waste.



This choice has less packaging waste.

This choice has more packaging waste

Thank you

Kade Rafferty
Green Team Member - Year 4

Number 3 - Waste Wise tip from the Green Team

Number 3 - Waste Wise tip from the Green team is...


Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Not only are they good for you, they are also biodegradable. Please remember to throw your fruit and vegetable scraps in a worm farm, compost heap or feed them to the chooks.

Thank you

Ella Kilmurray
Green Team member - Year 4

Let's get ready to RRR...Rumble!

Year 5 & 6 Robotics

Students of the Year 5 and Year 6 Maths Extension class have undertaken a Robotics unit this semester. They have made the Riley Rover to conduct basic experiments using Pythagoras' Theorem and testing speed, pace and distances and have now progressed to engineering the more complex GyroBoy model for the next series of activities using the sensor attachments. These activities engage the students in higher order thinking that is promoted in STEM Education (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math). Here are some pictures of the students in action.

Winners from our 3R's Poster Competion

As part of our Recycle Right School's Challenge for National Recycling Week we invited all students to design a poster promoting the message of the 3R's - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. We received many fabulous entries which made the final decision for our Green Team and myself a very difficult one. We were very pleased to announce the winners at last week's Friday assembly. Our winners were awarded with a prize from our Green Team and our Principal Mr Coniglio. The overall winner's entry will be copied and displayed around the school.

 

Kindy 4 - Pre Primary category - Winner - Maisie Dickenson in PP

 

Year 1 - Year 2 Category - Winner - Clodagh McAllister - Year 1

 

Year 3 - Year 4 category - Winner - Siarah Morris - Year 4

Siarah's entry is the overall winner.

 

Year 5 - Year 6 category - Saira Sarkis - Year 5

 

We congratulate all our 3R's Poster Competition entrants on a job well done.

Number 2 - Waste Wise tip from the Green Team

Number 2 - Waste Wise tip from the Green Team is.......

• Use reusable cloth bags instead of plastic shopping bags at the supermarket and other stores.
• When plastic bags are placed in the bin, they end up in our environment and oceans. When animals, like turtles, mistake the bags for food, they become very sick.
• So next time your family goes to the supermarket, bring your own reusable cloth bags, but make sure to wash them often.

Go Green!!

Mackenzie Houlahan
Green Team member - Year 5

Number 1 - Waste Wise Tip from the Green Team

Number 1 - Waste Wise tip from the Green Team is.....

Skip the Bottled Water!!!

• Use a water filter or just plain tap water instead of buying bottled water. Not only is bottled water expensive it generates large amounts of plastic waste.
• Bring a reusable water bottle with you when going to school, sports, travelling on holiday or going to work.

Think Green and you too can be part of our team!!

Tom Boisvert
Green Team member - Year 5

Our first student Green Team announced

At our "Go Green" assembly last week we heard the announcement of our first student Green Team.

Congratulations go to:

Ella Newman Year 5
Tom Boisvert Year 5
Mackenzie Houlahan Year 5
Callum Hoffman Year 4
Kade Rafferty Year 4
Ella Kilmurray Year 4

We would like to thank all students for their very impressive applications. This first student Green Team will work with members from our Waste Wise Committee, share student ideas and take action towards an improved waste wise future at Mary's Mount Primary School.

3R's Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Poster Competition

 

3 R’s Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Poster Competition for National Recycling Week.

·      Entries are to be drawn on A3 size paper.

·      Student’s name and year level is to be written on the back of the entry.

·      The theme is Reduce, Re-use, Recycle at Mary’s Mount Primary School.

·      The poster competition will be judged by the Waste Wise Committee and the Student Green Team.

·      Entries need to be returned to the class teacher by Friday 28^th October (week 3). Winner will be announced at our assembly Friday 4^th November (week 4).

·      All entries will be displayed on the notice boards at the back of St Joseph’s hall. The winner will receive a prize and have their poster design copied, laminated and displayed around the school.

 

We can't wait to see all your entries!!!

                              

Waste Wise Committee

Australia! Story Country: Book Fair

Australia! Story Country: Book Fair 

Storytelling has always been part of the Australian landscape. From the Aboriginal Dreamtime to modern day stories of Australia, we have a rich and diverse collection of tales to be passed from generation to generation. Come find your story at the Mary's Mount Book Fair in the McKenna Library!

Dates & Times: 

Mon 24 Oct 

8:15am-8:45am & 3:00pm-3:30pm

Tue 25 Oct

 8:15am-8:45am & 3:00pm-3:30pm

Wed 26 Oct 

8:15am-8:45am & 3:00pm-3:30pm

Thurs 27th Oct

8:15am-8:45am & 3:00pm-3:30pm

National Recycling Week at Mary's Mount Primary School 17th Oct - 21st Oct

A very exciting Week  2 in Term 4 is planned for us (Monday 17th Oct - Friday 21st Oct). 

This is when Mary's Mount Primary School community will be celebrating National Recycling Week. 

During that week we will be involved with a variety of fun and exciting activities within our classes.

Be sure to visit our McKenna Library to see the new Waste Wise Display. There will be lots of very interesting information about recycling and ideas of ways you can get involved in becoming more waste wise for our environment at school and at home.

On Friday 21st October we can put our uniforms aside and dress all in green to spread the message that Mary's Mount Primary School students are turning GREEN for the environment. This will be the time to acknowledge and celebrate our recent accreditation on becoming a Waste Wise School. 

We will be announcing our Student Green Team members at our Friday morning assembly. We are asking all students to bring along a gold coin donation for green day (please give your coin to your classroom teacher), this money will go towards purchasing our much needed worms for our worm farms.

Happy bodies, happy minds.

We have four PC's for you to use during your visit to McKenna Library. Please remember to keep your awareness on your body posture and position if using the computers for more than 30 minutes.

Image: Google images.

Maths, maths, maths.

 



The teachers and staff have been very busy behind the scenes auditing and cataloguing our school maths resources over recent weeks. All our school maths resources have been counted, recorded and now catalogued into our McKenna library. This new system will provide us with important information on the location and type of maths resource needed for a lesson.

 

A HUGE thank you to our volunteer helper, Jenny Avila. Jenny has given many volunteer hours of work in our McKenna library to date and now she has devoted more of her time to ensure this maths project has been successful. You're a star Jenny!!! Your dedication has been very much appreciated by all.