Welcome to another fabulous year of ‘sustainability’ programs and activities. Education for Sustainability helps develop in our students the knowledge, skills, values and world-views necessary for them to act in ways that focus on protecting environments (by reducing their ecological footprint) and creating a more socially-just world (by increasing their social handprint). Forest Crescent PS has been an accredited member of the Sustainable Schools Initiative of WA for 11 years now and we are very proud of the many ways our staff and student make a positive impact in our community. Some of these ways include:
- recycling of paper, batteries, soft plastics, mobile phones, ring pulls, coffee pods
- caring for our local Forest Reserve lake, native bushland remanent, frog habitat and worm farms
- tree planting
- donation drives for Good Sammy Industries, Cancer Council of WA, Foodbank (WA)
- waste-minimisation efforts (zero-waste lunchbox challenges, school grounds clean-ups) vegetable garden beds and much more.
Zero-waste Lunchbox Challenge:
These challenges are held in weeks 4 and 8 of every term and are one way we promote waste-reduction actions. Our first whole-school challenge for 2021 will run in week four, from Monday 22nd February to Friday 26th February. One day is randomly selected as ‘Checklist Day’ when results will be collected for each class.
The aim is for students to pack a lunchbox that produces no waste (food scraps are the exception). To achieve this, we encourage food choices that can be stored in a reusable snack or sandwich containers. Teachers have been asked to go through the expectations with their class prior to this event.
Upcoming Events:
Watch out for information in the coming weeks about term one events, including Schools Clean-up Day, Harmony Week and Ride2School Day.
Waste-free Wednesday:
A few classes have also signed up for the Waste-free Wednesday program, which runs alongside the zero-waste lunchbox challenges. In recognition of the wonderful work of our Crescent Crunch canteen manager, Michelle, to offer food and snacks with recyclable packaging, we will consider (only for Waste-free Wednesdays), that lunch orders, and lunch from home, with recyclable packaging like paper and soft-scrunchable plastics, to be acceptable.
