Worm farming at home

It is with great pleasure to announce that Mary's Mount Primary School now have two up and running worm farms. This is very exciting news for us all because now we can prevent all our organic matter at school from ending up in landfill.

 

We have provided you with a couple of links to Worm Farm Fact Sheets if you would like to start a worm farm from home and become a little more Waste Wise with us.

Gardening Australia - Building a worm farm - ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1620935.htm


Worm Farming  - Fact Sheet - Eco House and Garden
http://www.ecohouseandgarden.com.au/documents/3-ehg-factsheet-wormfarming.pdf

Your Cartridges are Driving Innovation

Your recycled toner cartridges are part of a pioneering trial. In a world-first, recycled cartridges and tyres are being used together to produce new roads across country Australia. And to add to the benefits the new road have a low carbon footprint and last longer.

Taken from article www.cartridges.planetark.org by Ryan Collins. 03-March-17.


We are very happy at Mary's Mount Primary School to be in partnership with "Close the Loop" with providing our school community a Planet Ark collection point to recycle our old and used printer cartridges.

Bring your cartridges in and place them in the Planet Ark Cartridge recycling box found in the front office. Be part of turning waste into a valuable resource.

Belinda Henderson
Waste Wise Committee Member
                    

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