The whole school came together this week to conduct our annual Biodiversity Audit for our ResourceSmart Program. Every year we observe, record and document the data for how we are improving the biodiversity of our school grounds.
Charlotte, Jianna and their team, counted the number of large trees (over 5m) we have for shade and habitat. Jensen, Connor and their group looked at the understory of shrubs and grasses we have planted for ground cover and habitat for birds and mini beasts. Alex and his team had the big job of counting the large rocks and logs we provide for the little critters and worms that improve our soil. Josh and his team recorded our perfect score of 20/20 for all the habitat we have in the school including our orchard, chook yard, Indigenous Food and Fibre Garden, mulched beds, compost, worm farm, veggie gardens, sheep, bird bath and nesting boxes. Marianna and her team recorded for Soil Management that we have some areas we need to work on to stop erosion and cover bare soil. Jimmy’s team found out that we have quite a few weeds that we need to work on controlling. Eli’s team recorded in great detail the organic litter that we have, that creates habitats for bugs, worms and fungi. We will analyse all the data next week to come up with our overall Biodiversity score, which we are hoping is an improvement on last year’s score of 88/100.
Charlotte, Jianna and their team, counted the number of large trees (over 5m) we have for shade and habitat. Jensen, Connor and their group looked at the understory of shrubs and grasses we have planted for ground cover and habitat for birds and mini beasts. Alex and his team had the big job of counting the large rocks and logs we provide for the little critters and worms that improve our soil. Josh and his team recorded our perfect score of 20/20 for all the habitat we have in the school including our orchard, chook yard, Indigenous Food and Fibre Garden, mulched beds, compost, worm farm, veggie gardens, sheep, bird bath and nesting boxes. Marianna and her team recorded for Soil Management that we have some areas we need to work on to stop erosion and cover bare soil. Jimmy’s team found out that we have quite a few weeds that we need to work on controlling. Eli’s team recorded in great detail the organic litter that we have, that creates habitats for bugs, worms and fungi. We will analyse all the data next week to come up with our overall Biodiversity score, which we are hoping is an improvement on last year’s score of 88/100.
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