North Dandalup Primary School Explained

North Dandalup Primary School
Motto:We are a Landcare school
Location:South Western Highway / Hines Road
North Dandalup,
Peel region, Western Australia
Country:Australia
Coordinates:-32.5097°N 115.9774°W
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Western Australia
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Established:[1]
Type:Public co-educational primary day school
Grades:K-Year 6
Grades Label:Years
Principal:Marie Auvache
Enrollment:127
Enrolment As Of:2017
Colors:Yellow and black
Footnotes:[2]

North Dandalup Primary School is a public co-educational primary day school, located in, 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. 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: North Dandalup Primary School, North Dandalup - School profile - 2013. MySchool. 11 May 2014.
  2. Web site: North Dandalup Primary School, North Dandalup - Schools. TrueLocal. 11 May 2014.
  3. Web site: National Landcare Awards. Landcare Online. 11 May 2014.
  4. Web site: North Dandalup Primary. Department of Education. 11 May 2014.