Photo Credit: Elanora Heights Public School
Congratulations to the Elanora Heights Public School community for completing a monumental Bush Track project and other successful sustainable initiatives for the school year!
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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.
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Photo Credit: Elanora Heights Public School
Elanora Heights Public School is one of the beneficiaries of the $3 million school infrastructure projects from the NSW Government’s Metro Renewal Program and the funds to be received will be used for canteen upgrades.
Member for Pittwater Rob Stokes confirmed the allocated funds, which will also also be distributed across over 200 schools in the state. Aside from Elanora Heights Public School, these other schools in the Pittwater Ward will also receive funding for the following projects:
| SCHOOL | PROJECT |
| Avalon Public School | New Covered Outdoor Learning Area |
| Barrenjoey High School | New Covered Outdoor Learning Area |
| Bilgola Plateau Public School | Upgrade of cricket nets |
| Mona Vale Public School | Toilet upgrade |
| Newport Public School | Toilet upgrade |
| Pittwater High School | Upgrade of lab rooms |
| Terrey Hills Public School | New Covered Outdoor Learning Area |
In addition to the canteen upgrades, Elanora Heights Public School was also able to acquire funding from NSW Sustainable Schools Grant to rehabilitate its bushlands.
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“This latest funding is a great investment in our local schools,” Mr Stokes said.
“These new learning spaces and facilities will help ensure our schools provide a fantastic and well-rounded learning environment for local students.
“I look forward to seeing these projects come to fruition – along with other major school upgrades in our community.”
Work on the canteen upgrades, as well as the other projects in Pittwater schools, have yet to be set on the calendar.
