Joondalup Primary School eNewsletter

Sustainability News

Garden of Weedin & Garden Club News

The After School Garden Club is in full swing with up to 50 students and their families attending on Wednesday at 3-4pm. We have pulled up spent crops, prepared the soil and planted for our Pizza Garden. At the moment we can take no more students.

Our pumpkins have been harvested and we made pumpkin scones. This was a huge hit with everyone. Who knew pumpkin could taste so good!

Recycling Programs – Near the front office

Please continue to bring in:

Beauty products and hair care packaging
Batteries
Mobile phones and accessories
Dental hygiene packaging including toothbrushes
Coffee pods

New Initiative – Ring Pulls – Place these in the tube.

I am pleased to announce that we now have a Grow Free Cart that is set up near the office. The cart has been painted by the staff of Room 21 and Room 21 students will become the custodians of the cart.

"How does the cart work?" We have a simple answer: you give what you can, and take what you need. There are no prices, no bartering, no trading, no value. Like you would to family and loved ones.

What can I put on the carts?

Homegrown or homemade produce: fruit, veg, herbs, preserves, eggs, etc

Preferably grown with organic principles, without toxins. Grown with love is a strict prerequisite!

Seeds, seedlings, cuttings and rootstock (Please label all, and heirloom seeds are best, as they can be saved from)

All things gardening, whether it be gardening magazines, planters, worm tea, etc.

Jars, paper bags and small boxes for seeds or produce.

Our Schools Cleanup Day was on Thursday 28^th February and the campus worked together to make our school litter free so we can all be very proud of it. We picked up 32 bags of litter as opposed to last year’s total of 81. So our school is much cleaner this year. We all celebrated with an icy pole and of course placed our rubbish in the bin.

Happy gardening and recycling,

Sandra & Stacey – Sustainability Coordinators