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Staff at VPS believe that learning and implementing sustainable practices is integral to being a valued contributor to our community. Sustainability is also a cross-curriculum priority and we continue to promote sustainable practices throughout the school from K-6.

Sustainability 2A school garden has been created where students instigate, monitor, labour and celebrate wholesome practices and life-long skills to help them engage their senses. All students are encouraged to be collaborative and supportive in all activities. The produce is primarily used in the canteen, which is in return, given back to the students.

In 2020 students were encouraged  to have no rubbish in their lunchbox, called ‘nude food’. Classrooms record the amount of nude food per day and the most waste free classroom is awarded the golden plant for a week.Sustainability 3

The entire school is involved in a variety of sustainability exercises and responsibilities, including:

  • K-Year 2: Reducing waste in the school
  • Year 3: Creating produce in the garden
  • Year 4: Collecting compostable material from the school
  • Year 5: Reusing unwanted material
  • Year 6: Recycling waste

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