Blacktown City Council Trees

Plants arrived today from the Blacktown City Council Tree Program. Thanks to a forward thinking Council for this initiative to provide trees for schools, and thanks to all staff of Halinda who signed over & donated their residential allocation of plants to kickstart the schools native garden !

Thanks from the Halinda Green Project !

Gates have Opened

We have had a gate installed today. This solves access issues and sets us up for a fine round of preparations for the garden stage of green projects. Thanks to John and Peter who worked very hard for long hours to clear a path through years of encrusted soil and weed growth. Hard slog that will allow easier passage of bikes to the track and wheelchairs to the future sensory garden.

The pace is picking up and things are developing each day.

Thumbs Up from Track Inspection Crew

Students wasted no time getting out onto the track today. First day back students stretched their limbs in the sun and got rolling around the new bike track. Smiles all around and big thumbs up !

Things are happening on the track! The Rotary organised roadbase was poured today. Men at work dropping a track down, then rolling got underway. It's great to see the plan coming together.

Moving the Earth

Up bright and breezy this morning and Mick from Rotary was at the ready with a backhoe to shift the earth for us. It was great to see the first soil turned on the track. The soil here looks good too. It will provide landscaping for safety zones and a good base for our garden.

On your marks

Our garden will be fringed with a school bike track. Today we marked out the circuit on the ground. The track will provide the school with a fantastic area for our students to practice bike safety and road sense. It will also provide wheelchair access for our special needs and high support students.

Topsoil is more precious than oil

There are other projects going on around the school at the moment, such as the installation of a wheelchair swing ! The excavations for which mean some topsoil is for the taking !

Topsoil is the stuff we all rely on for nutrients.

Erosion, development and land degradation due to poor land use all make soil vital to hold onto and nurture. So when there was some about we jump at the chance.