Apollo Parkways Primary School is excited to be taking big steps to become a more sustainable school. We have a very active Environmental Council (EC) of Grade 3-6 students who drive many sustainability initiatives, and the school is part of Resource Smart Schools, a Victorian Government program that aims to embed sustainability in everything at our school.

Whole school projects and initiatives include:

• Working with CERES Environmental Park to complete the first module of the Resource Smart Schools program

• Composting fruit and vegetable scraps onsite thanks to four composting cones that were purchased with a Landcare/Woolworths grant.

• Weekly newsletter is published by email

• Notices and communication through COMPASS

• Paper, coffee pods, printer cartridges are collected from classrooms and offices for recycling

• Replacing lights with efficient LED globes

• Reducing waste at school events with reusable and biodegradable catering supplies

Some of our student-led sustainability initiatives include:

• Nude Food Days

• Walk to School Day in May each year

• Collecting bottles and cans for the container deposit scheme to fundraise for environmental projects at school

• Pollinator Garden, planted by Grade 4 students with support from Edendale Farm. This garden will attract pollinators to Indigenous plants

• Students presenting at yearly Kids Teaching Kids Climate Change Conference at Edendale Farm

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