schools COOROY State School students raised $923.50 with a Crazy Sock Day to go towards upgrading the school’s quadrangle.
Sandy Bolton MP, Aaron and Vanessa (The Living Classroom Project), Polly Back, Mia Hacker, Year 4 students Cooran State School
Seeds for change at Cooran State School COORAN State School has many things to be grateful for this year with all the fantastic projects that are going on at the school. The school has welcomed The Living Classroom Project into the school this year. The Living Classroom Project teaches students the practices of Permaculture, Paddock to Plate food production, Zero Emissions, sustainability, waste management and cooking/ hospitality skills and so much more. Each week students from Year 2 and Year 4 work within the garden, building, growing, and developing what is to become a magnificent school garden for generations to come. The students were highly involved with the design of the garden and where it should be situated within the school grounds to ensure successful production of crops and sustainability of the gardens. Local MP Sandy Bolton recognised the importance of this learning for the current generation and for
the future generations to come, awarding Cooran State School with a Seeds for Change grant which has allowed them to purchase all the implements needed including ‘wheels’ for their new kitchen garden. “I am thrilled that we could assist with this wonderful project as they expand their permaculture produce with upcoming food tree groves and a new Kitchen/Tuck Shop to prepare fabulous lunches from what they nurture,” Sandy said. “Seeing the joy in the kids’ faces as they explained to me how they have designed the garden to capture the morning sun was pure magic. This really is what these grants are all about. Planting little seeds of change which yield positive, healthy futures for our children and grandchildren. Their knowledge on swales and medicinal benefits of plants was incredible! “I can’t wait to come back to enjoy a ‘garden to plate’ session, and even try some of those healing plants!” Through the Seeds for
Change grant program Cooran State School received $500, which the school is incredibly grateful for. This money was spent on garden tools from a local family business Pomona True Value Hardware, who are fantastic supporters of the school and local community. The school was able to purchase four wheelbarrows, two shovels, six mulch forks and two garden forks. Cooran State School would like to thank Sandy Bolton and the Seed for Change grants program for their contribution towards their garden project. Leading on from the garden, the school is set to get a new purpose-built Kitchen/Tuckshop late 2021 into 2022. This new Kitchen/ Tuckshop will be where the students can learn the culinary side of producing their own produce. For more information about The Living Classroom Project visit: https://livingclassroom. com.au/
Crazy Sock Day fundraiser at CSS | Facebook
TWO Year 10 hospitality students from Noosa Christian College, Charlotte and Elizabeth working at Saw & Mill serving canapes to guests at the Cooroy Rag Community Celebration.
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