Plastic...Fantastic...?

Hi everyone,

Today we started looking at the amount of plastic packaging used to wrap our foods. We opened a large family sized bag of popcorn that contained 12 miniature packets of popcorn. We emptied out all of the popcorn into a bowl and spread out all of the plastic so we could see how much had been used. There was HEAPS!! We were not impressed with the huge amount of plastic needed to hold such a small amount of popcorn (only 204 grams)! 

The environment and sustainability group decided that we need to make smarter and more environmentally friendly choices when doing our weekly shopping. 

You can help reduce plastic waste by asking your families to buy only one big bag of food, not lots of small bags and by emptying it into small reusable containers you can use again and again while enjoying your yummy snack!

Thanks for stopping by.

Worm Tea

Welcome back to term 3!


These past two weeks we have been busy looking after our worm farm and bottling worm tea.
We often get asked lots of questions about this so here is some information to help you.

What is worm tea?
Worm tea is the liquid waste (excrement) taken from a worm farm. It can be used as a natural fertiliser in your garden.

Why should I use worm tea?
"It helps your flowers and veges grow HUGE" - Jessica

"It will give your plants and soil lots of nutrients" - Dani

"Worm tea can help keep nasty insects away" - Gowri

"It's a sustainable way to reduce your food waste" - Miss Barratt

Where can I get it?
Support the PCS environment group and buy some from the school office, it's only $4 a bottle or keep an eye out on the school newsletter because we have worm tea sales once a term with special deals!

How do I use worm tea?
Add one bottle of worm tea to your watering can and fill the rest with water. Simply use this once a week in your garden and in no time at all you'll see a difference!

This term we have been using recycled milk bottle lids to make our worm tea even more environmentally friendly!

Thanks for stopping by.