Who We Are, Where We Come From! The Liverpool Cluster “Beyond The Fence” group is made up of four primary schools. All Saints Liverpool St Joseph’s Moorebank St Christopher’s Holsworthy St Therese Sadleir

All Saint’s Liverpool Our school is made up of approximately 720 students. So far we have many environmentally friendly practices such as: Solar panels Water tanks Compost bins Veggie Patch Waste free lunch

Natural environments that we investigated in our area included: Bigge Park Memorial Park Other areas that we also researched included: Macquraie Street Mall Westfields Shopping Centre Liverpool Railway Station

St Joseph’s Moorebank Our school is made up of 350 students. We are in the progress of making our school environmentally friendly by: A ”Green Team” Water Tanks in the new K-1 building Compost bins Environmental Education Program Worm farms GREEN Day

Natural environments in our area include: Black Muscat Park Chipping Norton Lake Voyager Park Lt Cantello Reserve Hammondville Other areas that we also researched included: Chipping Norton Shopping village

St Christopher’s Holsworthy Our school is made up of 420 students. We have implemented many practices that are environmentally friendly. These include: Composting Solar Panels Recycling Veggie Patch Water Tanks Eco-Rangers

Natural environments in our area include: Wattle Grove Lake Lt Cantello Reserve Deadmans Creek Georges River

St Therese Sadleir St Therese is made up of approximately 360 students. We have a number of different ways in which our school looks after the environment. They are: Compost bins Gardening program Each grade has an environment committee Recycling Plastic Free days

* Georges River Catchment * Cabramatta Creek Natural environments in our area include:

Journey and Issues 1. MERL Day 2. JACTS Day 3. Cluster Planning Day

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MERL DAY CHEER: Save our Environment! Beyond The Fence!

Jacts Day !!!

What is Jacts Day ??? The name Jacts is made from the initials of our 4 schools. Also, Journey and Action…

Our four issues were: Whack Waste Whack Waste Restore Lt. Cantello Reserve Restore Lt. Cantello Reserve Air Pollution Air Pollution Water Ways Water Ways

What did we do on Jacts Day ???

Aboriginal Smoke Ceremony Aboriginal Smoke Ceremony Presentations of Schools Presentations of Schools Expo Stalls Expo Stalls Voting Voting

Our Photos Uncle Steve

Simon Annabel Georges River Keeper Megan Seneque Catholic Earthcare

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Backyard Birds

JACTS DAY CHEER!

1.We identified common issues. 2.Brainstormed possible solutions and actions. 3.Presentation workshop. 4.Writing action plan.

A Time For Action!

Our common theme is Rubbish Pollution and Waterways. The four schools brainstormed possible ideas and solutions for the problem and how we can help within our schools and community.

We would like to present the following Actions that will be put into place.

Catholic Schools Clean Up and Sustainability Week A video: The Life cycle of a Piece of Rubbish Eco Forum Day – Act's Day Puppet Shows and Role- plays

We would like to invite all Catholic Schools to participate in a Catholic Schools Clean Up and Sustainability Week.

The schools could take part by: A Gold coin donation to go towards planting trees Waste free lunches Worksheet free day Clean up our school area Clean up a local park or reserve Also join together and wear green to support our Earth.

A video: The Life cycle of a Piece of Rubbish We want to present a video that will show the journey of a piece of rubbish. It will show how it travels through drains and ends up in our waterways. This video will create an awareness to students and will educate them about the consequences and what will happen.

Eco Forum Day – JACTS Day The aim of the day is for each school to present and share their eco –friendly practices and ideas in a forum, this will encourage schools to become more interactive and environmentally friendly. This day will be open for other schools to visit and learn about the different ways they can participate.

This day will also include: Guest speakers Aboriginal representatives Liverpool City Council Raffles and prizes Learning Activities Uncle Steve

Puppet shows and Role-plays The main purpose of this idea is to show the effects of rubbish through an artistic way. The role-play will demonstrate to students what they can do to help the environment. It is lots of fun and students will be able to create their own characters each year and change the theme.

The show will be taped and presented to the school through a video presentation for students to watch.

Our Action Plan encourages all students to interact and learn about the environment. It can be held yearly so that it is an ongoing journey. It involves the council, community, local residents, parents and students.

From the words of Dr Seuss’s “The Lorax”