School Composting Program

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Ideas so far…

Grade 1/2 and 3/4 buddy classes to set up and maintain a composting program at school.

Reintroduce ‘wrapper free Wednesday’ to whole school.

Each Wednesday a 1/2 and 3/4 buddy class will organise the collection of fruit/vegetable scraps for composting.

What can go into our Compost Bins

Wrapper Free Wednesday

Our Composting Buckets

De Bono’s Thinking Hats

• GREEN AND BROWN ITEMS • 30% OF ALL GARBAGE COULD BE USED IN COMPOST• ONLY FOOD IS ALLOWED IN COMPOST• MEAT, DAIRY PRODUCTS, BREAD, CITRUS PEELS

(WORM FARMS) , FISH, BONES – ARE NOT ALLOWED IN COMPOST BINS

• FOOD SCRAPS MAKE SOIL• NO WRAPPERS IN COMPOST

White HatWhat do we know about composting?

• HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR US TO START THIS PROCESS?

• WILL THE PREPS UNDERSTAND?• HOW MUCH TIME WILL IT TAKE FOR THE COMPOST TO

DECOMPOSE?• CAN WE PUT TWIGS, LEAVES AND HAY INTO OUR

COMPOST? HOW CAN WE DO THIS AT COHR?• COLLECT STICKS FROM THE OVAL TO GO INTO OUR

COMPOST• HOW MUCH SOIL WILL WE NEED TO USE?

Green HatWhat thoughts/ideas/questions do you have

about composting?

• SO WE CAN HELP OUR PLANTS GROW• TO MAKE LESS RUBBISH IN OUR LANDFILL –

INCLUDES LESS IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT• TO HELP US TO HAVE LESS RUBBISH AROUND THE

SCHOOL• WE CAN HELP PROMOTE/EDUCATE OTHER PEOPLE

ABOUT COMPOSTING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY• SAVE THE SCHOOL MONEY BY MAKING OUR OWN

FERTILIZER• REUSING OUR FOOD SCRAPS (4RS)

Yellow HatWhy would it be good for us to compost

at COHR?

• MIGHT TAKE A LONG TIME TO BUILD UP OUR COMPOST

• OUR COMPOST BIN MIGHT NOT BE BIG ENOUGH• OUR HANDS GET DIRTY – NEED GLOVES TO KEEP IT

HYGIENIC• HAVE TO KEEP IT MOIST AND MIX IT• WE NEED A COVER FOR OUR COMPOST• MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO COLLECT ALL THE FOOD

SCRAPS• COULD HAVE RATS OR PESTS IF WE COMPOST

INCORRECTLY• WHERE WILL WE GET ALL THE MATERIALS THAT WE

WILL NEED?

Black HatThink of some of the reasons why composting

might be difficult at COHR?

• HAPPY THAT WE’RE NOT THROWING AWAY FOOD SCRAPS IN THE BIN, BUT THAT WE ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THE ENVIRONMENT

• WE ARE HELPING OUR PLANTS TO GROW• EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE PROGRAM• HAPPY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT AFFECTING OUR

WATERWAYS• PROUD OF OUR EFFORTS TO COMPOST• AMAZED TO SEE THE COMPOST PROCESS IN ACTION

Red HatHow do you feel about a

school composting program?

• EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER – COOPERATION• IT WILL LOOK CLEAN AND NICE• A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK • IT LOOKS FUN TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ENVIRONMENT• THIS MIGHT MAKE US START COMPOSTING WITHIN

OUR OWN HOMES• IT COULD BE SMELLY• A COMMUNITY – BUILDING KNOWLEDGE AND

RESOURCES

Blue HatUsing all this information, what will composting at COHR look like?