Tuesday, 13 August 2024

Evelyn electorate schools

Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (13:37): Congratulations go to both Mount Lilydale Mercy College and Wandin North Primary School for their award-winning achievements as part of Victoria’s ResourceSmart Schools Awards. Wandin North Primary School was a finalist for Curriculum Leadership School of the Year and was the winner of Emerging School of the Year, an outstanding achievement for the Wandin North Primary School students and the school community and a testament to the leadership of principal Paul Bailey and the vision and the dedication of sustainability and environment teacher Laura Attrill. Wandin North Primary’s new specialist sustainability class is called HEROES – harvest, eat, record, observe, environment and sustainability. They have built a huge kitchen garden, a citrus patch, a school orchard, an indigenous garden and a pollinator garden, where the children can learn about biodiversity and eat the produce that they have grown.

Mount Lilydale Mercy College was a finalist for Curriculum Leadership School of the Year and Campus Infrastructure and Operations School of the Year. Mount Lilydale wonderfully won the Teacher of the Year – a massive congratulations to Andrew Feher for his significant achievement and well-deserved recognition for his work as an educator and a sustainability leader. MLMC also won Community Leadership School of the Year. Well done to principal Philip Morison and the entire school community. Mount Lilydale has a variety of sustainability programs at the school, including the refurbishing of bikes and equipment, a heritage fruit crop and livestock.