Congratulations to the Elanora Heights Public School community for completing a monumental Bush Track project and other successful sustainable initiatives for the school year!
After receiving a $14,000 Sustainable Schools Grant funding, the students attending Elanora Heights Public School, along with their parents and teachers, recently unveiled the end result of their Bush Track project.
The community worked together to remove weeds and conduct major clearing along Elanora Rd to facilitate regeneration and allow native plants to grow again. The task taught the students to understand why care and value for the environment deliver a sustainable future, apart from the physical and mental benefits of being around nature.
Ms Jenny Cullen, a teacher, headed the Bush Track project and received assistance from parents who are experts in ecology to teach the school community in identifying the different plants to cultivate and native animals to protect in the area. Signs were also installed along the bush track that leads to the school, whilst the Northern Beaches Council produced the tube stack needed for the reserve’s improvements.
Along with the Bush Track project, Elanora Heights Public School also completed the Eat a Rainbow initiative for Year 2 kids to develop healthy eating habits consisting of fruits and vegetables.
Parental experts on diet and nutrition were asked to speak before the children and teach them about how to Eat a Rainbow for the holiday season. The initiative is part of the school’s Make My Own Lunch program, which has been running for 10 years.