06/08/1999

PROJECT	School	Grant	Project Description
Aerial Salt Survey	Narrogin Senior High School Gray Street Narrogin WA 6312	$520	Integration of studies in Year 10 Aeronautics, Photography and Biological Field Studies in collecting a photographic record of the encroachment of salt out of the Arthur River Headquarters in the Lake Toolibin area. Students will study meteorology to determine the ideal conditions favourable to high level photography. The Science Department will use the prints as base and reference data for their field studies in the area.
Organic Banana Farm	Broome Senior High School P O Box 1316 Broome WA 6725	$900	Clear and develop a small area of waste ground where 30-40 banana palms plus a number of paw paw trees will be planted using organic methods. Students will begin a compost programme utilising food scraps from the canteen. A local Tafe lecturer will be employed to incorporate a national horticulture module into the project. The bananas and other fruits will be sold in the school canteen to further the venture and generate small business skills.
Highbury Street Cleanup	Geraldton Secondary College PMB 102 Geraldton WA 6530	$900	Clean out paper, tins, discarded machinery from the bushland. Existing plant and fauna in the selected areas will be nurtured and more plant and fauna will be re-established. Prevent trail bike riding in the area and prevent rubbish dumping. Further planting around the landscaped areas around the bushland will be undertaken and establish an area for students to use for outdoor activities and seating. The work will happen in conjunction with the College Grounds committee.
Rehabilitation of School Wetland	Mewton Moore Senior High School	$1250	Student initiated programme in 1997 and spreading into all of the science classes. Web page has been established. The programme this year includes identification and removal of exotic species, identification of native species and establish a herbarium, collection of native seeds, propagation of native seeds. Purchasing and planting native seedlings in prepared areas. Creation of a buffer zone between oval grasses and wetland with newspapers, mulch. Use of quadrats, transects, pit graps, dichotomous keys to monitor frog populations. Monitoring of water quality.
Remembrance Garden	Kellerberrin District High School James Street Kellerberrin WA 6410	$1250	The School has a flag pole which is utilised at ANZAC Day services. The plan is to create a Remembrance Garden incorporating the existing flag pole so the garden is an all year round feature of the school environment. Plants selected to be in the garden would be local native plants to reduce water cost and save on water consumption. The objective is for students to have a continuing awareness of ANZAC Day and its significance to Australians, increase student knowledge of horticulture and local plants.
School Horticulture/Recycling Project	Gosnells Senior High School Southern River Road Gosnells WA 6110	$1137	The school in collaboration with the Gosnells City Council has established an area on the School site called the Earth Care Centre. This allows students in years 9 - 11 to pursue horticulture studies. The newly formed Bush Ranger Cadets (students from GSHS) will establish a recycling programme within the school which uses shredded paper and grass cuttings to produce vermi-compost and compost, permanent herb garden, to provide plant stock for propagation by cuttings, small scale business which will sell a range of horticultural products including herbs, flowers, earth worms, vermi compost and garden statues.
CMSHS Moore River Revegetation Project	Central Midlands Senior High School Ranfurly Street Moora WA 6510	$600 partial funding	In conjunction with the Protect Moore River group in Gilderton, the year 11 science students have selected an 800 square metre site to revegetate. The site has been assessed for biological health, photographed to allow for visual evidence of improvement, water analysis and seed collection have been carried out and seedlings raised for the seeds. Students will return in June to plant the seedlings, carry out weeding, put protective fencing in place and again photographically record changes made to the site. A follow-up visit will be made in October/November to monitor the progress of seedlings and record any losses; photograph the site again and collect seeds for germination in the school’s nursery for the following year
Wetland Rehabilitation	Lakeland Senior High School	$1200	Students have expressed an interest in returning an area to its original condition. Currently the area has been developed and consists mainly of buffalo grass. The students in consultation with the schools Aboriginal and Islander Education Workers has resulted in ideas to plant local wetland plant species which both encourage native fauna and have significance to Aboriginal people. It is anticipated that the area will also be used to improve the awareness and understanding of Aboriginal culture by providing examples of plant species which can be used as a food source or other resource (eg medicines).
Planning and Designing a Reading & Recreation area for students	Kwinana Senior High School	$1250	Through mathematics a class of year 10 students identified a suitable outdoor area for students to read or study during school hours and to use as a recreational area during recess breaks. The students have worked in a team environment and drawn to scale this area. They were required to give costs for plants, furniture, building materials, labour costs and to detail how they would raise the money. This is closely tied to the new mathematical outcome statement document which all mathematical classes have to develop.
Waste Management and Revegetation (Conservation and our Local Environment)	Belmont Senior High School	$900 partial funding	Thirty mildly intellectually disabled students from the Education Support Unit at BSHS will continue to monitor the water quality at three sites, stencilled drains and revegetate a local waterway (South Belmont Main Drain). During 1999 the classes will be asked to put white waste paper in the paper recycle box and this will be collected by the students in the Unit. A mulcher will be purchased to assist with the preparation of garden waste. Once mulched the material will be used on the revegetation site, around the school garden and for the worms. The Canteen and Home Economic areas will be asked to put their fruit and vegetable waste into a bin to be collected daily for the worms. The castings/liquid resulting from this will be used on the garden.
Dalwallinu Plastic Recycling Project	Dalwallinu District High School	$1250	Form partnership - decide on responsibilities of each partners (school and local recycler with plastic chipping license). Collect recyclable plastics, classify and redirect to local agents. Other students become involved by taking recyclable products to the centre - ties in with Society and Environment Programme. Social and Curricula inclusion of Special Needs students with other students of the school. Possible vocation for Special Needs students.