No-power hour brings new energy to St Brigid’s Primary

The senior students and staff members of St Brigid’s ran an Earth Hour on 14 July to raise awareness about South Africa which has no power for three hours each day.

The sustainability committee consisted of Erin Bran, Nolan Bacon, Tex Lang and Mason Popovic, who spent weeks in preparation for Earth Hour. We researched the benefits of having a day where we set an hour aside to save our planet.

These benefits include reducing power use in our school, building relationships with a variety of students and getting out in the sun and fresh air and enjoying nature.

The activities on offer included bike riding, footy, soccer, netball, running, dodgeball, dog walking, adventure playground and gardening.

All around everyone loved it and had a fabulous time. We spent this time connecting with nature and other students and staff we might not normally have many interactions with.

This was a really special day to us and we hope to continue with these days in the future. A massive thank you to Emma Barker and all of her hard work that went into preparing this day, and also to the teachers who ran a variety of activities.