Sustainability
At Clifton Springs Primary School, we take enormous pride in our beautiful, natural environment as it is important to all members of the school community.
We are committed to educating our students about the importance of sustainability, through a range of classroom and extra curricula activities which provide students with a ‘hands on’ approach to caring for and improving our environment.
CSPS is part of the Resource Smart Sustainable Schools Program. We endeavour to make our school a five star sustainable school by completing modules which will lead to sustainability in the areas of Waste, Water, Energy and Biodiversity. AT CSPS, a whole-school approach towards environmental sustainability is embraced.
CSPS Chickens
Our chook house contains many, healthy and well cared for chickens that are feed the food scraps collected and recess and lunchtime. The SRC coordinate the naming of new chickens by running whole school naming competitions. All students love visiting the chooks. Our established vegetable gardens are thriving, courtesy of the chook poo that is used to fertilise the garden – a great example of reduce, reuse and recycle!
The Gardening Club
Our gardening club meets regularly on a Monday to attend to the vegetable garden that is the source of a range of produce. The students work diligently throughout the cycle of planting, watering, weeding, collecting produce and cooking in a ‘Garden to the Table’ approach.
The Sustainability Team
CSPS has an enthusiastic Sustainability Team with representatives from Years 3 - 6 that are leading the way with initiatives such as Nude Food, recycling and reducing our energy consumption. All classrooms utilise compost bins and we have plans to further develop the notion of sustainability through increasing biodiversity. All initiatives help to educate the students and our wider community about the sustainability process and the importance of nurturing our environment.
The Nude Food initiative at Clifton Springs involves students bringing their food to school in reusable containers in attempt to decrease the amount of landfill we are producing. Not only does this educate students on the positive impact that reusable containers have on the environment but it also promotes healthy eating. Nude Food empowers students to make conscious choices about what they eat, and encourages them to think about their impact on the environment. All of our students are encouraged to bring Nude Food to school every day and a weekly award is given at assembly to ensure the importance of this practices is kept at the forefront of what we do.
The Sustainability Team will continue to work on new initiatives that arise to ensure we continue to grow on our sustainability journey.
We are committed to educating our students about the importance of sustainability, through a range of classroom and extra curricula activities which provide students with a ‘hands on’ approach to caring for and improving our environment.
CSPS is part of the Resource Smart Sustainable Schools Program. We endeavour to make our school a five star sustainable school by completing modules which will lead to sustainability in the areas of Waste, Water, Energy and Biodiversity. AT CSPS, a whole-school approach towards environmental sustainability is embraced.
CSPS Chickens
Our chook house contains many, healthy and well cared for chickens that are feed the food scraps collected and recess and lunchtime. The SRC coordinate the naming of new chickens by running whole school naming competitions. All students love visiting the chooks. Our established vegetable gardens are thriving, courtesy of the chook poo that is used to fertilise the garden – a great example of reduce, reuse and recycle!
The Gardening Club
Our gardening club meets regularly on a Monday to attend to the vegetable garden that is the source of a range of produce. The students work diligently throughout the cycle of planting, watering, weeding, collecting produce and cooking in a ‘Garden to the Table’ approach.
The Sustainability Team
CSPS has an enthusiastic Sustainability Team with representatives from Years 3 - 6 that are leading the way with initiatives such as Nude Food, recycling and reducing our energy consumption. All classrooms utilise compost bins and we have plans to further develop the notion of sustainability through increasing biodiversity. All initiatives help to educate the students and our wider community about the sustainability process and the importance of nurturing our environment.
The Nude Food initiative at Clifton Springs involves students bringing their food to school in reusable containers in attempt to decrease the amount of landfill we are producing. Not only does this educate students on the positive impact that reusable containers have on the environment but it also promotes healthy eating. Nude Food empowers students to make conscious choices about what they eat, and encourages them to think about their impact on the environment. All of our students are encouraged to bring Nude Food to school every day and a weekly award is given at assembly to ensure the importance of this practices is kept at the forefront of what we do.
The Sustainability Team will continue to work on new initiatives that arise to ensure we continue to grow on our sustainability journey.
