At Fairhall School we are active in the nationwide Enviroschools programme where we aim to ‘foster a generation of people who instinctively think and act sustainably’. Our school has a student driven Enviroschools Council made up of a group of Year 6 to 8 students and teachers who are passionate about making a difference in the world we live in.
We are very proud have held a Green Gold Enviroschool Award since 2011 for our environmental education programme. Students are empowered to take sustainable action within the school and community. An active Enviro Group helps promote activities such as recycling paper, looking after our composting system, promoting “pack it in, pack it out” for our wrapper free lunch policy, collecting aluminium tops (Can Tabs) for the Kidney Kids charity, maintaining the native garden etc.
Each new family to Fairhall School is given a fridge magnet reminding them of our Care Code.
EDIBLE GARDEN
All students under the guidance of our Edible Garden facilitator are responsible for planting, tending and enjoying the produce from the edible garden.
NATIVE GARDEN
The native garden belongs to the students and, wherever possible, it is developed and maintained by them. It supports native birdlife, is filled with sculptures created by school families and is often used by students during class and break times and for events such as the junior school poetry in the garden.
CAN TABS
Our new entrant room is the class that collects, monitors and celebrates our can tab programme. Can tabs are brought to school by students (and at times, local businesses). Room 1 students collect the can tabs and celebrate at our Friday Kids Zone Assembly the class that has contributed the most can tabs for the week.