Taking advantage of the good planting weather, the year 7 students of Coodanup College were out in force today to plant natives around their school campus.
The planting project was run in partnership with the school and their neighboring development, Frasers Landing, who donated the plants, equipment, and several of their staff to help the students on the day.
“We’ve got an important relationship with our neighbours across the road, because there’s always an interaction between a school and its neighbours… it helps us deal with any issues that arise,” Coodanup College program coordinator Russel Trowbridge said.
He said the planting day would also help the students to enjoy school a bit more and have fun, since most of the students involved were from the school’s Centre for Literacy and Numeracy.
Student Jennifer Davies, whose favorite subject at school is science, said she was having a lot of fun learning how to plant trees.
“You have to clear the soil, then dig a hole and put them in… So there is more oxygen around in the Earth,” she said.
Brad Nind, the development manager from Frasers Landing, said the company regularly runs tree-planting days with communities where their projects are located, particularly schools.
“We knock down a lot of trees when we develop areas, so this is a bit of a way of giving back… green places help with shade, help with heat reduction, and creates a good environment,” Mr Nind said.
In the morning the students planted seedlings around Coodanup College’s new trade training centre, which is due to open later in the year, and later planted a screen of trees around the school oval.