Albion Primary school has been given a five-star nod, becoming the first school in Melbourne’s west to be recognised by ResourceSmart.
Laverton MP Sarah Connolly visited the school to award them a five-star sustainability rating just before school holidays broke out, after lots of hard work from students and teachers.
Sustainability teacher Marita Ryan put in a mountain of work, and said she was thrilled to see it pay off.
“Most importantly, to our students – we are doing this for you. We want you to experience the joys and beauty of the land around us on which we live, grow, learn and play,” she said.
“In order for that to happen, we need to learn to be sustainable. We hope that what we are doing at school will embed the good practices so that as you grow and become adults, they become second nature to you.
“We still have a lot to learn and do to continue to improve our sustainability practices but we have worked and succeeded in achieving this milestone.”
The celebrations included testing the quality of the water of Kororoit Creek by checking the water bugs, looking at the compost bugs and worms, counting up the 10 cent containers around the school, viewing and counting the species of birds in the school yard, and making nature art works.
