Who We Are, Where We Come From!

The Liverpool Cluster “Beyond The Fence” group is made up of four primary schools.•All Saints Liverpool•St Joseph’s Moorebank•St Christopher’s Holsworthy•St Therese Sadleir

All Saint’s LiverpoolOur school is made up of approximately 720 students. So far we have many environmentally friendly practices such as:•Solar panels•Water tanks •H.E.R.O.s•Compost bins•Veggie Patch•Waste free lunch

Natural environments that we investigated in our area included:

• Bigge Park

•Memorial Park

Other areas that we also researched included:

•Macquraie Street Mall

•Westfields Shopping Centre

•Liverpool Railway Station

St Joseph’s Moorebank

Our school is made up of 350 students. We are in the progress of making our school environmentally friendly by:•A ”Green Team”•Water Tanks in the new K-1 building•Compost bins•Environmental Education Program•Worm farms•GREEN Day

Natural environments in our

area include:

•Black Muscat Park

•Chipping Norton Lake

•Voyager Park

•Lt Cantello Reserve Hammondville

Other areas that we also researched included:

•Chipping Norton Shopping village

St Christopher’s Holsworthy

Our school is made up of 420 students. We have implemented many practices that are environmentally friendly. These include:•Composting•Solar Panels•Recycling•Veggie Patch •Water Tanks•Eco-Rangers

Natural environments in our area include:

• Wattle Grove Lake

•Lt Cantello Reserve

•Deadmans Creek

•Georges River

St Therese Sadleir

St Therese is made up of approximately 360 students. We have a number of different ways in which our school looks after the environment. They are:•Compost bins•Gardening program•Each grade has an environment committee•Recycling•Plastic Free days

* Georges River

Catchment

* Cabramatta

Creek

Natural environments in our area include:

Journey and Issues

1. MERL Day

2. JACTS Day

3. Cluster Planning Day

MERL Day

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Meet

Research

MERL DAY CHEER:Save our

Environment!Beyond The Fence!

Jacts Jacts Day !!!Day !!!

What is Jacts Day ???What is Jacts Day ???

The name Jacts is made The name Jacts is made from the initials of our from the initials of our 4 schools. 4 schools.

Also,Also,Journey and Action…Journey and Action…

Our four issues were:Our four issues were:

• Whack WasteWhack Waste• Restore Lt. Cantello Restore Lt. Cantello ReserveReserve

• Air PollutionAir Pollution• Water WaysWater Ways

What did we What did we do on Jacts do on Jacts

Day ???Day ???

• Aboriginal Smoke Aboriginal Smoke CeremonyCeremony

• Presentations of Presentations of SchoolsSchools

• Expo StallsExpo Stalls• VotingVoting

Our PhotosOur Photos

Uncle Steve

Simon Annabel

Georges River

Keeper

Megan Seneque

Catholic Earthcare

More Photos

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Backyard Birds

JACTS DAY CHEER!

1. We identified common issues.

2. Brainstormed possible solutions and actions.

3. Presentation workshop.4. Writing action plan.

A Time For Action!

Our common theme is Rubbish Pollution and

Waterways. The four schools

brainstormed possible ideas and solutions for the

problem and how we can help within our schools and

community.

We would like to present the following Actions that will be put into place.

• Catholic Schools Clean Up and Sustainability Week

• A video: The Life cycle of a Piece of Rubbish

• Eco Forum Day – Act's Day• Puppet Shows and Role-plays

We would like to invite all Catholic Schools to participate in a

Catholic Schools Clean Up

and Sustainability Week.

The schools could take part by:

• A Gold coin donation to go towards planting trees

• Waste free lunches• Worksheet free day• Clean up our school area• Clean up a local park or reserve• Also join together and wear

green to support our Earth.

A video: The Life cycle of a Piece of Rubbish

• We want to present a video that will show the journey of a piece of rubbish. It will show how it travels through drains and ends up in our waterways.

• This video will create an awareness to students and will educate them about the consequences and what will happen.

Eco Forum Day – JACTS Day

The aim of the day is for each school to present and share their eco –friendly practices and ideas in a forum, this will encourage schools to become more interactive and environmentally friendly. This day will be open for other schools to visit and learn about the different ways they can participate.

This day will also include:• Guest speakers• Aboriginal representatives• Liverpool City Council• Raffles and prizes• Learning Activities

Uncle Steve

Puppet shows and Role-playsThe main purpose of this idea is to show

the effects of rubbish through an artistic way.

The role-play will demonstrate to students what they can do to help the

environment. It is lots of fun and students will be able to

create their own characters each year and change the theme.

The show will be taped and presented to the school

through a video presentation for students to watch.

Our Action Plan encourages all students to interact and learn

about the environment. It can be held yearly so that it is

an ongoing journey. It involves the council,

community, local residents, parents and students.

From the words of Dr Seuss’s “The Lorax”