Clean Up Australia Day

Clean Up Australia Day

The student organised Environmental Committee of Fort Street High School participated in Clean up Australia day on Wednesday 10 March 2021. Students participated from a number of year groups, with strong representation from Years 9 and 10 in particular. Led by Mary (President) and Ernest (Vice-President) of the Committee, the clean up commenced in the school carpark and moved throughout the oval, behind the basketball and futsal courts, along the perimeter of the Palace Street fence line and then moved through the canteen area. The final stop for the clean-up was the historic area at the front of school on the Parramatta Road side. Students picked up rubbish and recyclables in the shade of the copse of Morton bay fig-trees and we took some group photos of the committee in front of the heritage listed Wilkins Building façade.

The students were exemplary in their commitment to the activity, enthusiastically donning protective gloves, masks and competing as grade cohorts to collect the most rubbish. We collected some 15 bags of rubbish, recovering approximately 75 kilos of waste from the gardens and grounds of the school. The environmental committee meets every Thursday Week B at lunch in K18 and is always keen for new members to join.