Rubbish Audit

New Vege Garden

 

Burnham School has a brand new vegetable garden. Our thanks go to the EnviroGroup, supported by Joe Murray and Chris Thurlow for their efforts in designing this area. We've moved it into a location which is more accessible to the entire school. The process involved the EnviroGroup putting a proposal to the Board which was accepted last year. The decision was made to locate the new vege garden next to the library.

 

The McCAIN School Veggie Patches program helps primary schools across Australia and New Zealand build their own veggie patch and grow their own vegetables. It's a great way for kids to learn more about the goodness of vegetables through hands-on experience that will continue to grow with them as they do. Well done to the EnviroGroup!

 

Here are some photos of the design and build process:

 

Yoghurt Pottle Solution!

The enviro group have finally found a solution to the yogurt pottles going home dirty. There will be a bucket to rinse out your yogurt pottles after that you will take your yogurt pottles home in your school bag and then put them in your bin we should have this up and running with'n the next week.

We are now trying to decide where to move the veggie gardens because where they are now they are not getting as much sun as we hoped for so where trying to figure out where to move the veggie gardens.

Taking Rubbish Bins Away

The EnviroGroup have choosen to take the rubbish bins away so we can prevent rubbish and become a rubbish free school. We would really like to make a difference in our school community and this is one way we are doing this.

We came to the decision to remove all outside rubbish bins due to the amount of rubbish being left in our playground, after, before and during school hours. If you are concerned, Tupperware is always available and a smart and efficient way to reduce your child/rens rubbish.

We are often doing rubbish pick ups around the school to stop any extra rubbish from floating around the camp. Yoghurt pottles have been a worry for some parents because some children have been bringing the yoghurt pottles home and the yoghurt has been going throughout lunch boxes but we are working on a solution for to this problem.

While the EnviroGroup work out a school solution, parents may teach their children to rinse their yoghurt pottles out if they have yoghurt at home. Once we have a good solution for school, we will do it and let you know how it is going.

By Tristan and Nicole

About the Enviro Group

Enviro group is a group that is willing to help save the school environment and is helping students at our school learn about the environment, we have developed a system like a rubbish audit that helps us track whether we are improving our rubbish has been worse over the year.

We hope you are able to contribute to our efforts.