HBPS Sustainability
Henley Beach Primary School is proud to offer our students the opportunity to be involved in the maintenance of our school vegetable garden in collaboration with our Grub Club volunteers. Promoting the importance of responsibility and teamwork, the Grub Club provides students an opportunity to bring science, maths, social studies, and language and visual arts to life throughhands-on learning, whilst encompassing the sense of community wellness.
While getting their hands dirty, children learn how to be responsible by taking care of something and seeing the consequences when they don’t do the work. These opportunities to take responsibility and work with others can build students’ self-esteem, and watching their garden grow is the sign of their success.
Grub Club
Henley Beach Primary School is proud to offer our students the opportunity to be involved in maintaining our school vegetable garden, the Grub Club. We offer students a fun hands-on gardening experience and help them to develop their curiosity about the natural world, together with healthy habits and a love of vegies! Students can spend lunchtimes at the garden doing a variety of activities including digging, weeding, planting, harvesting, watering, seed saving and minibeast hunts. We promote the importance of caring for our environment and for the plants and animals we share it with. Getting their hands dirty, taking responsibility and working alongside others can build students’ self-esteem and fosters a sense of community, whilst watching their garden grow is the sign of their success.
Sustainability at HBPS
We have been working hard on Recycling at HBPS since conducting a waste audit in 2019 and have fully embraced the Department for Education’s Waste Management Strategy. Every classroom separates their waste into coloured bins, including blue (paper and cardboard), yellow (mixed recycling), green (food waste and paper towels) and red (non- recyclable items diverted to a waste to energy facility). We also collect 10c containers to raise much needed funds for playground upgrades. In addition to this our staff facilitate the recycling of batteries, printer cartridges, pens and markers. We are very proud of our recycling efforts at HBPS!
Nude Food
As part of our Sustainability initiatives, we actively encourage all students and staff to bring nude food lunches. A nude food lunch contains items with no single-use packaging. This minimises waste, can often be cheaper and is usually healthier! For more information, please check out the Nude Food Information for Families at Nude Food Information for Families.
EcoWarriors
Students play an active role in leading our Sustainability initiatives here at HBPS. Each class selects two representatives to be EcoWarriors who attend regular sessions and take part in a range of activities, communicating their efforts with the wider school community via assemblies, videos and newsletters. We hope to inspire all our students to be leaders in sustainability both inside and outside school and in their futures beyond!
