Annalise, Evan and Ella are today’s children, but tomorrow’s leaders.
So it’s important they learn about sustainable living and caring for the planet, Springside Kindergarten educational leader Lucy Charters says.
For the past year, youngsters have been planting vegetables and herbs in the school garden, saving energy indoors, and sorting out compost from landfill rubbish.
For its focus on sustainability – indoors and out – the kindergarten has been nominated for a Sustainability Victoria ResourceSmart Schools award.
Winners will be announced on Friday, November 11, and Ms Charters is hopeful.
“We’ve done a lot of work, inside and outside,” she says. “We’ve had a lot of plants and herbs donated through Bunnings, and the kids helped plant those. We have sustainability monitors, so children are responsible for turning the lights off, checking taps, encouraging each other to be more resourceful.
“They’re the changemakers – they’re the future.”
Ms Charters says children have really enjoyed helping with food preparation, even sorting out the rubbish from what can be composted and what can be used in the school worm farm.
