This year, students from every class have celebrated National Tree Planting Day by participating in various activities around our school and throughout the community.

Kinder students celebrated the letter ‘P’ by planting a variety of seeds and cuttings, including Paper Daisies, Pig Face, and Poppies. Once grown, these will be planted around our school grounds.

The 3-4 students helped to complete our new flag-raising garden in the school turning circle. They researched the significance of commemorative plants, such as Rosemary, and planted other symbolic species to complete the garden. The garden features the RSL Spirit of ANZAC Grevillea, as well as our school house teams, Waratah and Gum (River mint will be included soon). Thank you to Bunnings Glenorchy for supplying all the Rosemary shrubs, the Waratah, and a dwarf gum.

Students from all other classes went to one of our neighbouring properties and continued the work that we have been doing alongside the Derwent Catchment Project in previous years. Invasive willow trees have been removed from a stream, and students helped to plant over 200 native species to regenerate this waterway, providing fresh habitats and preventing erosion. Our thanks go to the Derwent Catchment Project for supplying all the plants, garden stakes, tree guards, and on-the-day support for this worthwhile project.

We can’t wait to watch our beautiful plants grow.