North Dandalup Primary School

North Dandalup Primary School
Location
Map
South Western Highway / Hines Road
North Dandalup,
Peel region, Western Australia

Australia
Coordinates32°30′35″S 115°58′39″E / 32.5097°S 115.9774°E / -32.5097; 115.9774
Information
TypePublic co-educational primary day school
MottoWe are a Landcare school
EstablishedApril 1900; 124 years ago (1900-04)[1]
PrincipalMarie Auvache
YearsK-Year 6
Enrollment127 (2017[1])
Color(s)Yellow and black   
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North Dandalup Primary School is a public co-educational primary day school, located in North Dandalup, a town in the Peel region of Western Australia.

Activism

North Dandalup Primary School is well known for its environmental initiatives and activities. The school has won over sixteen national and state awards for its activism in the environment.[1] It is well known for its tree planting program, which has helped plant 25,000 trees and shrubs. Many environmental activities are undertaken, such as recycling, harvesting produce, and bird watching. The school devotes its Monday afternoon to these kind of activities.[3]

The school maintains a vegetable garden, worm farm, and permaculture garden as part of its environmental theme. The grounds encompass five main classrooms, a basketball court, an oval, two playgrounds and a parking lot.

A walk trail was unveiled in 2004 labelled the "Pathway to Nature". An area of native bush near this trail was identified as Marri-Kingia australis by a botanist; only 83 are known to exist.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c "North Dandalup Primary School, North Dandalup - School profile - 2013". MySchool. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. ^ "North Dandalup Primary School, North Dandalup - Schools". TrueLocal. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  3. ^ "National Landcare Awards". Landcare Online. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  4. ^ "North Dandalup Primary". Department of Education. Retrieved 11 May 2014.


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