This year, the aim of the Environment Committee was to help the Barbreck girls form a genuine interest in helping their environment, both at a School level and within the wider community. How did we do that? We sparked a love of nature, an interest in plants, a desire to problem solve about waste, and to work as a team.

Each term the Committee engaged with nature in different ways. Our wonderful video about composting saw the Barbreck girls placing their unwanted fruit and veggie scraps into the compost bin, creating nutrient rich soil that we look forward to using in our 2023 garden.

We ‘greened up’ the Barbreck classrooms using clippings from established plants to bring a little nature into each room. The vegetable patch produced some much-enjoyed harvests and we problem solved how to keep slugs at bay using natural products like covers and coffee grinds.

By the end of the year our Committee grew from Years 4 to 6 girls, to include Prep to Year 6, highlighting the love of nature our youngest students hold.

The Environment Committee are excited to be building connections and partnerships with both the ELC and Senior School, something we will continue to nurture in 2023.

Thank you to all the girls who came together during their lunchtimes to be part of the Committee. Thank you for your ideas and enthusiasm.

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  2022 Barbreck Environment Committee

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  2022 Barbreck Environment Committee

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  2022 Barbreck Environment Committee

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  2022 Barbreck Environment Committee

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  2022 Barbreck Environment Committee

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  2022 Barbreck Environment Committee

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  2022 Barbreck Environment Committee