As part of the School's ongoing commitment to restoring and protecting our sensitive creek habitat, Shearwater Class 7 students have been learning how to survey and monitor the water quality of the creek.
Class Teacher Sally Davison and Gardener Nadia de Souza Pietramale recently took part in a WaterPlaces training course thanks to Tamara Smith MP, who sponsored one teacher's participation from her own salary. The course, designed to provide community members with the skills to care for their own water places, was facilitated by Dr Mary Gardener and provided training in how to survey, test for and calculate water health and how to develop an action plan, bringing together Aboriginal, scientific and place-based ecological knowledge.
The School has since purchased our own water quality monitoring equipment to allow us to regularly check the physical and biological indicators of water quality, such as pH, dissolved O2, TDS, temperature and macro-invertebrate, in our own water places and others.
Class Teacher Sally Davison and Gardener Nadia de Souza Pietramale recently took part in a WaterPlaces training course thanks to Tamara Smith MP, who sponsored one teacher's participation from her own salary. The course, designed to provide community members with the skills to care for their own water places, was facilitated by Dr Mary Gardener and provided training in how to survey, test for and calculate water health and how to develop an action plan, bringing together Aboriginal, scientific and place-based ecological knowledge.
The School has since purchased our own water quality monitoring equipment to allow us to regularly check the physical and biological indicators of water quality, such as pH, dissolved O2, TDS, temperature and macro-invertebrate, in our own water places and others.
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