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Sustainable behinds!

Every year, the Student Executive sets goals to improve various aspects of the School, centring around a specific theme. This year they decided to focus their efforts on the environment and sustainability.

“I am super excited to be making a difference in our School. This year’s Student Executive is a wonderful team and I am sure that we will be able to have a positive impact on our School community and strive to be great role models,” said School Captain, Charlie Youngson. “Our Student Executive is really passionate about the environment and wants to make the School a more sustainable and environmentally friendly place. We organised to get our leavers jackets made from completely recycled materials. This was super exciting for us as we feel it sends out a great message displaying our values and goals for the year,” continued School Captain, Paige Snelling. “We have also organised with the School to switch to Who Gives a Crap? toilet paper. This is 100% recycled toilet paper, and 50% of the proceeds go to providing developing countries with better sanitation and toilets,” added Paige. As for further plans throughout the year, Chairperson, Abby Crossland said, “Some things we are introducing in the future include, getting paper that is recycled for our printers. We are also looking at introducing a new recycling bin system in classrooms to help with the School’s recycling. Finally, we will also be introducing more native flora around the School.”

“As a group we are excited to help the School become a more sustainable environment which will be beneficial for future students,” Abby concluded.