High School Who are we? Representatives of Urrbraes Environmental - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Who are we? Representatives of Urrbrae’s Environmental Focus Group

History URRBRAE - the name given by Peter Waite to his home property . (Urrbrae house and the surrounding land) Peter Waite was a prominent agriculturalist in the early years of the 20th century. In the 1930s, Waite donated his property to South Australia in two parcels .

In the 1930s, Waite donated his property to South Australia in two parcels Right – Adelaide University Waite Campus Left – Government to create a school where “Boys could be trained to become farmers” - now we let girls in - Urrbrae Agricultural High School - Unley High School

Student Voice - Committees Urrbrae has 3 student centred committees - SRC – Involved in Curriculum Planning - Student Well Being – uniform, canteen, - Team Support Group – offer support for students, raise awareness of negative bullying behaviour - Environmental Focus Group – involved in a range of Environmentally based projects in the school and in the community.

Student Voice - Clubs The majority of Urrbrae Students are involved in lunch times Clubs including: Alpaca Aquaculture Bees Cattle - Steers Cattle – Heifers Goat Horse Marsupial Pig Plant Poultry Aviary Sheep Wetland Photography Drama Writers Christian

Valuing Student Voice  Give us as STUDENTS a say in how the school is run, allowing us to put our mark on school policies as most of them effect us.  If student ideas are acted upon is gives us a lot more incentive to participate.  Strengthens relationships between school and home  Allows us to be involved in projects, that we can then put on our CV  Make connections with the wider community

What Are We Doing?

PAST  Initial planting the Urrbrae Wetland  Recycling Stations – ZERO WASTE - paper, 10c bottles These were very successful and they are still ongoing

PRESENT  Biogas Project - Collecting waste from the piggery. - then capturing the harmful gasses produced preventing them from being released into the atmosphere. Environmental Focus Group Students assisted in writing a grant to expand this project

PRESENT Sensory Plant Trail  Develop a sensory plant trail  This will be part of the Urrbrae Trails Project – Allowing visiting primary school students the chance to touch, feel, see and taste some of our amazing native plants including - Munterberries Sandpaper Fig Ruby saltbush

PRESENT Community Work  There are a range of excursions / camps that occur each year which students can be involved in: Kangaroo Island Wombat Surveying Reveging for the glossy Traveling to Sedan to assist black cockatoo Adelaide PHD students in Wombat research Kids Teaching Kids Attend and participate in the Conferences. Holding our own KTK event at the Urrbrae Wetland World Environment Day Minton Farm Adelaide Botanic Gardens Students assist in revegetation of farm Urrbrae Students assist presenters in running land to create a Koala sanctuary. their workshops.

FUTURE  Continuing and developing past projects For Example: Extend the Biogas Project Incorporate cattle yard waste, canteen and home Ec. Scraps. - Burn the methane produced in a flarer, to convert to CO2 which is - 20 times less damaging. EVENTUALLY – use methane to power the piggery and aquaculture - tanks Encourage new students to be involved in Youth Voice groups to ensure their presence and place within the school