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STRATEGIC PLANS - ORGANISATIONAL STEWARDSHIP
SUSTAINABILITY

AT SCHOOL

The 2022 Sustainability Committee has been working behind The Containers for Change program was implemented well in
the scenes to make a real difference to our School community. 2022. Clear labelling of bins with stickers and signage around
Being student driven allows the boys to have their voices the School has encouraged the students to recycle their cans
heard while being agents for change. more readily. All proceeds from the program are redirected into
sustainability projects within the School.
As so many students love competition, the committee set
a challenge for the Year 7 to 12 students to design a sticker Hale’s Head of Facilities, Dave McLean joined the committee
to encourage people to turn off the lights when departing a at some meetings to share sustainability information and
classroom. The winner of the competition would receive the data regarding water usage and licences, the School recharge
much coveted ‘Chime Dime’, allowing the recipient and a group system, the watering roster, waterwise practices, recycling data
of mates to receive free hot drinks from Chime Café each Friday from the waste contractors, and the use of solar panels around
for a term. After much deliberation and with special permission the School. Being educated on the School’s practices and legal
from the Headmaster, the design by Charles Sewell (Year 12) requirements allowed the students to make informed decisions
of Mr Dell’Oro giving the thumbs-up for those who remember to when promoting their projects.
turn off the lights, was a popular winner.
Further initiatives have included the implementation of hand
After the success of this competition, the committee began a new dryers in the swimming pool changerooms with the intention
Chime Dime competition for the design of a Keep Cup Loyalty of reducing paper use. The School Captains also addressed an
Card to be used in the café to reduce the use of single-use plastic assembly about the use of the colour-coded bins and encouraged
cups. Rob Davison (Year 8) was the winner with his fun cygnet their correct use. Paper recycling boxes have continued to be
design. used in each classroom and to enhance the reuse and recycling
of paper, they will be replaced with more sturdy and prominent
CHIME CHIME CAFE
CHIME CAFE receptacles in 2023.
Hale School Hale School Continuing to look to the future, the committee would like to
have representatives from each house to ensure messages
1 2 3 4 KEEP CUPS CHIME
are spread and initiatives are implemented well within their
5 6 7 8 Bring a keep cup 9 times 1 2 3 4 KEEP CUPS
house. Focusing on one issue at a time has proven to be both
9 Free Drink! and the 10th one is on us! 5 6 7 8 manageable and beneficial for this receptive and responsive
9 Free Drink! Bring a keep cup 9 times
committee.
and the 10th one is on us!
When discussing the need to recycle soft plastics, we decided Wendy Keene, Service Learning Coordinator
to focus on one area of the School first – the kitchen. After
having a look at the plastic use, the students addressed the
kitchen staff at a meeting and asked if they would get on board
with recycling soft plastic. The staff were impressed with the
students’ approach and initiative, so began dutifully recycling
soft plastics such as bread bags and packaging wrappers into
the new Cleanaway soft plastics bin.

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