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Last Saturday 5th August, members of the St Columba's community participated in Love Our Street 3184. Thank you to the Taylor and Ilott families who helped to clean up a lot of rubbish around...
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Students from years 3-6 participated in the Wild Melbourne incursion on Wednesday. The story about the journey of the Yarra River was told and the pollution humans cause to the river and other wate...
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An energetic group of St Columba's students, 3/4 Eco Warrior representatives and Green Team parents rolled up their sleeves on the weekend and started work on the new Indigenous garden area fo...
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Saturday saw a determined group of St Columba's students and siblings, 3/4 Eco Warrior representatives and Green Team parents successfully shovel 7m3 of soil into our soon-to-be Indigenous gar...
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The Grade 3/4 Eco Warriors recently went on a local excursion around our beautiful waterways here in Elwood. Specifically, they focussed on Elster Creek and how this could have looked before Euro...
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On Wednesday 5 June, St Columba's celebrated and raised awareness of World Environment Day.

This year the theme for the day was Beat Air Pollution.

There are many contributors to pollution of...
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Every week the preps go on local walks as part of their unit of inquiry ‘Where we are in place and time’. The central idea is that people create and look after places that are special t...
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St Columba's has been buzzing with excitement after being notified that we've been awarded a 2021 Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant for our project: Pollen, plants and paintbrushes.

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Our fabulous Steph and the wonderful Green Team have once again starred in the press this week. This Week in St Kilda included news of the awards in their weekly newsletter, giving the wins &qu...
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How to support your child during this unprecedented time Deciding when to start your child in prep is a difficult decision at the best of times, let alone in 2020 the year COVID-19 upended life...
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St.Columba's Primary School have a little kitchen garden overflowing with healthy parsley and mint. It is well looked after by dedicated parents with some help from our students. We are so ...
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What we all missed this year was the connection with people we love. Staying connected was not easy, but we did it. For us as a school community it is also time to get back together (restrictions...
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On Friday the 26th February, all students participated in Youth and Schools Clean Up Day. Every class took to the streets of Elwood to collect rubbish. Students collected from the beach, near the...
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The Prep to 2s had so much fun participating in a MarketFresh Incursion on Friday 26th February. They learnt all about where fruit and where vegetables come from, how these are harvested and tran...
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A team approach leads to great outcomes for all A few years ago, we recognised the importance of making cyber safety a priority in our school not just for our students but for our staff and par...
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