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Recipients
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ASG Community
Merit Awards 2006
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Tasmania:
Monique Carter |
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Early Childhood
Princes Street Primary
School,
Sandy Bay
for developing projects that help parents and children in establishing community friendships.
Monique Carter, acting principal and teacher of 17 years, has been instrumental in developing projects that help parents and children adapt to a school environment and establish friendships within the community. Story Magic, a program developed for children up to four years of age, encourages children to socialise, enjoy books and become familiar with a school environment before beginning school. Monique seeks community donations of books to form part of the Story Magic library.
The annual community breakfast, involving past and present school members, and a fundraising event, Family Fun Night, involving the wider community, are other examples of Monique’s commitment, not only to students and the school but also to the community.
Nominated by: Princes Street Primary School Parents and Friends Association
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Primary
St Aloysius Primary
School,
Kingston Beach
for being eager to involve students in the local community.
Children’s zest for learning and life is what keeps Benjamin Fasnacht enthusiastic about teaching. Benjamin is eager to involve students in the local community. He encourages students to become involved in local sporting clubs and help out with land care rehabilitation projects. Students at St Aloysius Primary School have travelled to many community locations and planted countless trees.
Also a regular competitor in local fun runs and charity walks, Benjamin frequently offers to co-ordinate groups from the school community to participate. Students have developed a real sense of achievement and a feeling that they can contribute and make a difference in their community.
Nominated by: St Aloysius Primary School Parents and Friends Association
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Primary
Geeveston District High School,
Geeveston
for gaining community support for the construction of a community native garden at the school.
Issy Plunkett and Fiona Officer, primary teachers at Geeveston District High School, worked tirelessly in collaboration with the Aboriginal Education Department to develop a community native garden.
Growing from a unit of work, ‘What is Community?’, studied by students taught by Issy and Fiona, the project succeeded in involving and inspiring many members, groups, and businesses in the local community. Throughout the project, students were taught about native vegetation and sustainability and were taken on bush walks and introduced to bush tucker.
Team Member: Issy Plunkett
Nominated by: Geeveston District High School Parents and Friends Association
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Primary
Geeveston District High School,
Geeveston
for gaining community support for the construction of a community native garden at the school.
Issy Plunkett and Fiona Officer, primary teachers at Geeveston District High School, worked tirelessly in collaboration with the Aboriginal Education Department to develop a community native garden.
Growing from a unit of work, ‘What is Community?’, studied by students taught by Issy and Fiona, the project succeeded in involving and inspiring many members, groups, and businesses in the local community. Throughout the project, students were taught about native vegetation and sustainability and were taken on bush walks and introduced to bush tucker.
Team Member: Fiona Officer
Nominated by: Geeveston District High School Parents and Friends Association
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Primary
Woodbridge School,
Woodbridge
for creating environmentally responsible citizens.
As the environmental studies teacher at Woodbridge School, Nel Smit has been the driving force behind the school’s accomplishments in environmental sustainability. The coastal rehabilitation program, designed to transform the local foreshore, is one outstanding example of how the school community and the broader community have worked together and fostered a strong sense of pride and responsibility in students.
Nel and students, armed with a Green Corps team and many community volunteers, have planted in excess of 1000 plants, and the community has also been involved in other projects initiated by Nel. Among these are the Frog Project, the Seed to Plate program and the Water Care project.
Nominated by: Peppermint Bay Landcare
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