Kyneton Primary School students and staff have been elbow deep in dirt, planting 14 new trees following national tree planting day last month.
Students from prep right through to year 5, helped plant a variety of eucalyptus trees, an acacia and a callistemon tree.
Teacher Megan Matthews said the day provided great weather and followed a few delays due to weather concerns.
“This area will provide shade when students are outside in a once underused area next to the basketball court,” Ms Matthews said.
“[All] students helped, [except] the year 6’s who were on school camp. They all seemed to enjoy learning how to plant a tree [and] being part of the project.
“They were seen after school showing others which tree they helped plant.”
The funds for the trees were donated by Kyneton Toyota, and the Woodend Nursery’s owner Cassius Armitage also donated some trees and sourced the mature trees on behalf of the school.
Ms Matthews, who runs the schools gardening and sustainability group, said the school recently achieved its first star on its Sustainability Victoria ResourceSmart Schools journey.
“The gardening and sustainability group meets weekly to garden [and] promote sustainable practices within the school and wider community,” she said.
“[We also] help on community planting projects, grow and cook garden produce and conduct monthly water quality testing on the local Campaspe River for the river detective program.”
Zoe Moffatt
