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WHAT A WEEK OF SUSTAINABLE ACTIONS AT ST JOE'S!

26/7/2019

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TREE DAY 2019
Our Tree Day was Wednesday and with the help of Mr Sinnott, Jo and Brendan and our fantastic students, we planted a total of 36 native bee and insect attracting plants in our Indigenous Garden and native shrubs around the school.   

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PLASTIC FREE JULY 2019
It’s the last week of Plastic Free July, so there’s still time to start REFUSING plastic and make your great actions into habits in your home and community. 
Don’t forget the whole of Term 3 is our NUDE FOOD term and our students are challenging each other to be the one to bring Nude Food the most times this term.  Marianna has a very cool bag she brings her “nude” snacks in.
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BEES WAX WRAPS WORKSHOP

25/7/2019

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Our fantastic parents and some keen students made 20 Bees Wax Wraps in our very first workshop this week. 
These wraps will be sold at the Twilight Fair in November. The wraps are pretty simple to make and are a great way to ensure we can bring Nude Food to school and eliminate plastic wrap at home.   

​We will be having more workshops during Term 3 and 4 so we can make enough wraps to help our families and the community go Plastic Free! 


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WHAT WE’RE DOING  FOR PLASTIC FREE JULY 2019

19/7/2019

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Our students and their families have been making some great changes in their lives for Plastic Free July including:
  • Using reusable shopping bags and produce bags
  • Using  reusable glass or metal water bottles
  • Refusing plastic packaging and plastic bags at the shops
  • Bringing Nude Food to school
  • Picking up rubbish around the streets, at the skatepark and at the beach
  • Refusing plastic straws
  • Bringing straws, cutlery and plates and cups
  • Collecting plastic bottle tops and bread tags for charity
  • Using wax wraps instead of plastic wrap
  • Making boomerang bags for the community
  • Reusing and recycling old books and clothes
  • Making our own wax wraps at school 
  • Reusing McDonald’s cups and cutlery at home and in the shearing shed
  • Reusing plastic bags for lots of uses around the home and in the shed
  • Picking up ear-tags and recycling them
  • Making and using produce bags

Well done everyone and keep up the good work, you are making a positive difference for our environment!
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    Sustainability at St Josephs

    At St Joseph’s we inspire our students and our community to care for God’s world by conserving natural resources, through positive daily actions.   We aim to provide practical environmental education in all aspects of school life and stimulate environmental consciousness for a sustainable future.
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