The Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants program launched in 2018 and has already engaged more than 400,000 students and supported over 4,900 primary schools and early learning centres to help get children hands-on with caring for the natural environment. Woolworths also supports the Junior Landcare Learning Centre to help educators across the country run Junior Landcare projects that link with curriculum and framework outcomes.
Forty students from Fidelity Kindergarten in Ballarat have already kick-started a lifetime of sustainability skills by getting involved in a great project to help reduce food waste, save water and improve soil quality.
Grade 3 and 4 students at St. Albans Heights Primary School upcycled library bins to create a new garden at the school. The project incorporated both the science and art curriculum through planting of the garden and the design of the bins. Students mosaicked the outside of the old library tubs, and planted native and flowering plants. The project utilised recycled materials to enhance the school’s environment.