05 July 2024
Ashburton Drive Primary School staff are fostering an appreciation in its students for the local wetlands.
Recently, Year 5 and 6 students were enlisted to help ensure those wetlands can be appreciated by cohorts coming through the school for a long time.
Ashburton Drive Primary School students are helping rehabilitate the wetlands around Swingler Reserve.
Students joined the Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group, and the City of Gosnells to rehabilitate the wetlands around Swingler Reserve.
Organised by teacher Lachlan Clyne, students helped plant more than 500 native tube stock plants on the reserve that neighbours the school.
Principal Heather Fallo said, “we hold a deep appreciation for the wetlands in our vicinity and are committed to instilling in our students a profound connection to their surroundings.
“Our aim is for them to foster a sense of belonging and stewardship by actively participating in the preservation and nurturing of the habitats for our indigenous plant and animal species.
“During the activity, students were fully engaged, demonstrating their commitment by planting more than 700 native grasses, bushes, and trees across two sessions.”
Students help plant more than 700 native grasses, bushes and trees.
Speaking to the Armadale Examiner, Heather also said she would like her school to continue a connection with the wetlands.
”We are very grateful to the City of Gosnells and the Armadale Gosnells Landcare Group as they support our students to engage in local, sustainable projects,” she said.
”The Ashburton Drive Primary School community is committed to learning about caring for our environment and are very fortunate to have a wetland located next door, which is why we have representation of the wetlands in our new logo.
"Our students are excited to help maintain the fragile ecosystem by ensuring that suitable new growth thrives."