(September 2012) Week 38 [pdf, 7 MB] - The Jannali High School

Jannali News September 2012
TJHS GARDEN
The garden made by the students with assistance
from HotRock has mostly survived
the winter. Two of the fruit trees and some
of the passionfruit have been lost however
there was plenty of beetroot, spinach,
lettuce, broccoli and cabbage.
The Year 7 sustainability groups have done
a fabulous job, controlling weeds and
planting new seedlings. We have just recently
planted more peas, spinach and
beetroot. With the change into spring,
there was plenty of the old organic matter
to get rid of and the students suggested
making compost bays out of old plastic pallets
that were found around the school.
This aligned with the philosophy of “Reuse
or Recycle”.
The Year 12 Construction “TEAM” took less
than an hour to put the compost bays together.
Great job boys!!!!
MARINE PRESENTATION BY GEORGE
EVATT IN THE LIBRARY
On Wednesday, August 15 students from 7P,
8A, 9SC1 and all Marine Studies classes attended
a presentation in the Library. Titled “World
Ocean Issues” and presented by George Evatt,
it was an informative and eye-opening session
dealing with many issues affecting our oceans
such as pollution, overfishing and the need to
do more in general for our ailing seas.
George is an award-winning underwater
filmmaker and most of the videos and photographs
shown on the day were filmed by him
and used in documentaries for National Geographic,
SBS and ABC to name a few. George
highlighted the need for more awareness
when we choose seafood and how long it
takes for litter to breakdown in our seas (450
years for disposable nappies and 600 years for
PET bottles!).
I was pleased that at the end of the session,
many of our students had questions to ask of
him and I would like to congratulate everyone
for their excellent behaviour and attitude.
Thanks also to Mr Smith and Ms Peard for assisting
me on the day.
Mr Michael (Science Faculty)
The council supplied fifty tube stock plants
that have been planted throughout the
school. There was a range of small shrubs,
grasses and edible plants.
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