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St Columba's Primary School in Elwood will be under the beauty spotlight on Thursday 21 April as Keep Victoria Beautifulâs (KVB) judge pays a visit to review the schools impressive sustai...
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By Alessia and Maya On Thursday 23rd April 2016 a judge from Keep Australia Beautiful came to our school. We took him on a tour around our building and playground and showed him different susta...
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By Mikaela and Angelina, Year 3/4 This term the year 3/4 classes have been looking at energy saving. We've learnt how to save energy when not using it. We get energy from underground which is...
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Tully's reflection: This semester the years 3 and 4 have been part of a part of Eco Warrior Workshops. Here are some things we have learnt: It takes more to turn on a light bulb than f...
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There are two green things to add to your calendar this week to help us help the planet: 1. Walk, Ride or Scoot to School Day! Friday 20 May - before school bell Leave the car at home and e...
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By 3/4M

On Wednesday 15th June, 3/4M walked to the St Kilda Botanical Gardens. We arrived at the Port Phillip Eco Centre where we met Sharron and Gio.

The first activity we did was talk about leaf ...
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By Amy, Year 3/4

On the 29th of July the 3/4's participated in the National Tree Planting Day. We planted shrubs and understory plants to freshen up our school.
The title of our Inquiry unit thi...
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St Columba's took home the award for 'Green School of the Year' on Friday - the top prize at the 11th Annual EcoCentre Sustainable Schools Festival.

The Green School of the Year Award ...
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On Friday 15 September some of our Year Fours went to the St Kilda Town Hall to participate in the Sustainable School's Festival Kids Teaching Kids workshops.

At these awards, St Columba's...
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St Columba's will be celebrating World Habitat Day on Friday 7 October.

To recognise the occasion, we are asking you to dress with a touch of green, anything from green socks to a green t-...
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Lots of green activities and events have been happening around the school. Here's an update from the Eco Warriors:

World Habitat Day
On Friday 7th October we all wore a touch of green in ...
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Today Sharron from the Port Phillip EcoCentre presented the 3/4 students with their certificates for being excellent Eco Warriors for St Columba's.

Sharron has been instrumental in helping our ...
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Welcome back to school! The Eco Warriors hope you had a great green Easter!

We have been very busy this year continuing our water saving work.

In term 4 of 2016, all the 3/4s took part in a ...
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Over the past few weeks, our 3/4 Eco Warriors have been lucky to have some pre-service teachers from ACU come in to run some science lessons with us. Here's what they had to say about the lesson...
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Last week the 3/4s went to explore the different habitats and creatures found in and around the canal and beach.

First we explored the birds in the Elwood canal; some birds were swimming in the...
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