Sustainability at Ainslie Parklands Primary School (formerly Croydon West P.S.)




Follow the sustainable journey of our small school, Croydon West Primary School. We believe in providing learning opportunities through which our students can connect with nature, investigate environmental issues and develop a sense of wonder and enthusiasm for our planet.

Check out our Level 1 and 2 Blog!!


Click  here ( Level 1 and 2 Blog ) to check out a blog started by Chantal, one of our Level 1 and 2 teachers.


This term our whole school has been exploring issues of social justice.
Level 1/2 students have particularly been studying how we can make a difference in the lives of animals we care for and how to make changes in the way animals are treated in Australia and in fact around the world.


Students guided by the teachers, have identified problems and injustices in realition to how animals are treated. Through talking and sharing, students have created their action board which indicates how they can make a difference.


They visited Edgar's Mission recently in order to further gain information on problems with some farm animals.


This resulted in students participating in a HUGE WheatBix drive to donate to Edgar's Mission to feed the animals.


Students are also preparing produce for a shop in which they will sell items they have created in their class. They have made some wonderful tshirts (amongst many other things) which have slogans showing their thoughts about how aimals should be treated.


It is amazing to see how empowered these young people (aged 5 and 6) are and how they know that they are able to make a difference. This is a very important message to our students. They can see that if they identify a problem, they can creatively and co-operatively work out ways to create solutions.
Clever kids....thoughtful teachers.....

4 comments:

Caroline and Norm said...

I love reading this blog. Looks like spring has come to Croydon West with all the beautiful blossoms. Hope the efforts for Edgar's Mission are really successful. I am off to NY soon but I will try to keep an eye on the blog.

Ruth said...

Thanks Caroline! Spring is a gorgeous time to be in our gardens....
Chantal, Joyanne and the kids have worked very hard to help out Edgar's Mission and have donated the hundreds of boxes of Wheat Bix they collected.
Have a great visit to NY....lucky duck!

Anonymous said...

Hi Ruth,
This blog and your school is amazing, very inspirational! I'm a teacher and leader of sustainability in a new school, Emmaus Catholic Primary School, in Ballarat. The final stage of our building is nearly complete and so next year we will be in a position to start to create some wonderful gardens. We are beginning to dream and gather ideas already- everyone is getting very excited! Wondering if you allow visitors come to your school to look at your garden?

Thanks again for all the wonderful ideas!

Lisa Hungerford

Ruth said...

Hi Lisa,
How exciting to be making your dreams a reality. We always love visitors and love the chance to talk about how we created them and how we use them too. We are also going through building and renovations so I understand a bit about what you are going through. Although some of our gardens are impacted by the process we are looking at the opportunity of new gardens and areas of natural play and learning spaces.
Feel free to contact our school to organise when you could come to visit!!

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