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YOUR COMMUNITY NEWS • AUG/SEP 2016 PAGE

STUDENTS FROM OCEAN VIEW

COLLEGE GET PLANTING

IN THE DUNES

Ocean View College in Taperoo has created a youth-based

volunteer program to increase the number of school students

exposed to volunteering.

Students involved in the program recently spent the day on

the sand dunes Taperoo as part of a collaborative classroom

workshop which brought schools, business and local

community members together to share knowledge

with environmental groups Friends of Taperoo Dunes and

Trees for Life.

Enthusiasm was contagious as the students got their hands

dirty, digging holes, planting and watering 500 young shrubs.

The school’s Year 9 geography class is currently studying

ecosystems so this program was a perfect way to bring real

life experience into the classroom.

Lachlan was eager to share what he had learnt, "I don't do a

lot of planting so it's good to learn and practice and now I

can do more to help my parents in the garden at home”.

“It’s great to do something for the community whilst working

with your friends and having

are competing to see

who can plant the most”, he added.

The plants were grown by the City of Port Adelaide

Enfield specifically for the dunes. Seeds from eight different

indigenous species were collected from plants as close as

possible to the area, as this is in line with best planting

practices – and gives greatest chance for survival.The plants

used in the project were taken from our overall 24,000 yearly

programmed plantings for the dune complex environment.

Ocean View College is working to give students a taste

of volunteering with the hope of generating a passion for

volunteering in the longer term.

Teacher TraceyWallace said that through engaging

in volunteering, students also develop their personal

employability skills, "This program is a fantastic way to get

our kids thinking about being positive community volunteers,

it’s also the most engaged I've seen them in a while and they

enjoy getting hands on.”

Lachlan encourages everybody to give it a go, "It's pretty easy

you just have to get out here and start.”

ENVIRONMENT

A City which ca res for its natu ra l

environment a nd heritage

Ocean View College students Lachlan, Dylan and Yahya