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The Green Team's plant stall raised nearly $1000 at our recent Centenary Fete thanks to the wonderful plant donations received from parents and Bunnings.

The stall featured everything from edible Christmas trees to cute cactus jars and our famous Saintly Soil.

A big thanks to all of the parents and members of the Port Phillip Eco Centre who helped out on the stall and/or bought our wares. Thank you also to Bunnings Port Melbourne who provided generous in-kind support to the stall in the ...

A large bunch of enthusiastic eel spotters gathered together last Friday night to welcome the eels as they migrated along the canal.

The night started with a screening of the Baykeepers movie and a talk with Baykeepers from the Port Phillip Eco Centre, Neil and April. The spotters then set off with their torches and travelled up the Elwood Canal/Elster Creek spotting around a dozen eels on their journey.

During the evening funds were raised for St Columbaâs many green initiativ...

By Chantel Munoz, Sustainability Leader

Last week we were all very excited to learn that our school was awarded its fifth star for the Sustainability Certification. This means that our school is now a 5 Star ResourceSmart School and has met all the requirements of the Leadership Star Level.

In his letter, Philip Dalidakis MP explains that, becoming a 5 Star school recognises your commitment to creating and embedding sustainable practices, infrastructure, integrated learning and taking...

On Wednesday 19th October, the Year 3/4s had a special guest speaker named Peter Mee. He came in to talk to us about mosquitoes.

Peter is a scientist that works for the state government where he researches mosquitoes. He talked about how they live, grow and how they impact people.

Peter spoke to us about ways to protect ourselves against mosquito bites, but he also told us that mosquitoes are important because they are food for other insects. We learnt about what happens when you get b...

Next term our St Columba's Green Team will be working with the Eco Warriors to host a special Festiv-eel on Friday 19th October at 6:30pm.

This is a free event where we will be showcasing a DVD titled BayKeepers, created by the Eco Centre.

This film aims to raise awareness of the local urgent problem of plastic in our marine environment and hopefully inspire a call to action.

Once the movie ends, a member of the Eco Centre will be there to answer any questions you may have regarding th...

Last Thursday, the Sustainability team went to the Sustainable School's Festival, hosted by the Port Phillip Eco Centre at the St Kilda Town Hall.

We firstly participated in 2 workshops each and all the activities were related to sustainability. We made zen gardens, organic bin liners, played penguin fact games, sorted out food for worms and created friendship bracelets out of recycled wool.

Then it was our turn to present, we showcased a project on waste management. We divided ou...