The Prescott Primary Northern campus is a beautiful place to be – full of trees, lawns, and flowers. But the greenery at school is more than just good to look at – it is useful too. 

Thanks to a grant we received from the South Australian Government last year, we have been able to start a composting program that puts the green waste (including leaf litter, lawn clippings etc) back into use around the school. Even the worms that call the compost home think it's an amazing program.

This week, Mr Isaac has been busy ready-ing our vegie patches for a new season of planting, and with a good feed of school-made compost, we are sure the harvest will be plentiful.  

We think it is important our children don’t just learn about sustainability, but see it in action every day, don’t you? 

Attracting Birds

We have recently moved up to my parents’ house in Gawler while they travel around Australia. My mum had a ritual that we have also adopted each morning as soon as we wake up -  feeding the local pigeons, noisy minors, and magpies wild bird-seed and rolled oats.

It is the highlight of my 1-year-old’s day, spreading the seed out onto the pavers, and quietly watching them fly down and enjoy their morning treat.

This week, our students also got to experience the same joy in observing and feeding the local birds. We worked together, using a poster to help identify the birds found in the schoolyard. Shrieks of joy were heard when they found the rainbow lorikeets racing through the playground to their trees. Some students also helped to make some bird seed blocks, that will be hung in the trees around the playground when they have dried, to help attract more bird life in and around the playground.

I encourage you this week to either observe or feed your local birds to see what birds you have living near you!