Each week we do garden jobs, like raking the leaves, feeding the chickens, pruning the kiwi fruit vine, pulling out weeds and planting plants. We checked the air temperature, soil temperature, water, and greenhouse temperature. We also check the moon phase each week, the garden conditions and time recorded. We go on fun trips. By Isabelle Birrell This term in garden […]
Brigid’s Garden Program students were busy in the garden this week harvesting an abundance of kiwi fruits. This activity created plenty of practical maths practice. They counted 460 kiwi fruits which all together weighed 42 kgs. The classroom looked like a production line as they […]
On the 14th of May, the Sustainability Team invited all year 7s to participate in a lunchtime origami-related activity. Whilst I can certainly say that my end result didn’t quite end up looking like a pot, the year 7s turned out to be masters of […]
FORREST CAMPUnits 1 and 2 Outdoor Ed students enjoyed a two day camp in Forrest last week, embracing all the elements including getting muddy on the mountain bike trails, visiting the glow worms at night time before an early start on Lake Elizabeth searching for […]
Year 9 and 10 students studying Outdoor Education experienced camp for the first time this week. Some of the activities included Point Addis Koori walk and lookout, snorkeling at Point Road Knight, surfing lessons and hiking Saint George’s rover into camp.
On the 12th of March a group of enthusiastic sustainability students and teachers participated in our annual ‘Clean Up Wadawarrung Country – Clean Up Day’ where we collected around 60kg of rubbish from around Clonard and surrounding areas. Our intent was to clean up our […]
World Wetlands Day 2021 2 February each year is World Wetlands Day to raise global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and our planet. Wetlands Wetlands are land areas that are saturated or flooded with water either permanently or seasonally. Inland wetlands […]
SAVE OUR OCEANS AND MARINE LIFE // Celebrating the Season of Creation brought to you by Ella from the Sustainability Team. http://clonard.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Save-the-ocean.mp4 SAVE THE BEES // Celebrating the Season of Creation brought to you by Lauren from the Sustainability Team. http://clonard.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/save-the-bees.mp4
Celebrating science & technology National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. Running each year in August, it features more than 1000 events around Australia, including those delivered by universities, schools, research institutions, libraries, museums and science What is happening at Clonard? […]
Sometime last year, at a formation day with the Kildare Ministries Principals and Managers of the KM community works, we were challenged to consider ‘how will we be known?’ The answer, for us, is in the way we express a spirituality of justice inspired by […]
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