Project Title: Whole School Composting
Outline goals (what does your school want to achieve?):
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All classes and staff room will have a composting bucket system in place
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Collection of composting at the end of each day by monitors
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Compost bin placed next to vegetable gardens/ fed to chickens
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Minimal/no rubbish going to landfill
Target groups (who will be involved?):
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Teachers
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Students
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Parents
Who do you need to consult?
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Approval needed from principal team
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Staff
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Students
Communication (how will you get people involved?):
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Whole staff PD during part of a staff meeting: outline project, get small working team together
Working bee to set up vegetable gardens/compost bin: advertise to parents in newsletter
Each senior class to nominate two student “green team” monitors for collection of compost (rotation system will be organised)
Assembly: go through new processes with students at start of term
What do we need/have:
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Signage for each classroom (colour coded with what can be placed into the compost bin) – Students to create signs/library to laminate them
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Small lidded bins for each classroom (x20) – Bunnings (class to write letter for donation)
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Large compost bin/s - Ask local council about where to find one/or Bunning to donate
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Cleaning procedure/products
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PD – how to compost? – Council/ CERES/ VAEE etc
Proposed timeframe:
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Organise equipment, project team and discuss with staff new arrangements (Term 4)

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Implement composting system (Term 1, 2012)
How will you know when the project has been a success?
Composting will be collected each day and used in vegetable gardens