Winters Flat kicking goals!

Winters Flat Primary School in Castlemaine has claimed second place in the Loddon Mallee Waste and Resource Recovery Group’s (LMWRRG) ‘Sustainability Goal Kicking Competition’ which was open to any school registered with ResourceSmart Schools in the Loddon Mallee region.
Winters Flat was among 25 schools from across the region to take part in the challenge to see who could kick the most ‘sustainability goals’ and vie for the chance to win a share in $10,000 in prizes including: Elphinstone PS, Kyneton PS, Malmsbury PS, Langley PS, and St Brigids Gisborne PS.
St Mary’s Echuca came first, followed by Winters Flat PS in second place and Malmsbury PS in third.
Winters Flat was delighted to win a nesting box made by the Maryborough Men’s Shed, two BioFilta recycled plastic wicking beds, a year’s worth of seeds from Mr Fothergill’s and $750 cash to spend on their garden. See the Mail for more…

Lisa Dennis
Editor of the Castlemaine Mail newspaper and senior journalist on our sister paper the Midland Express. Over the last 24 years Lisa been proudly reporting news in the Mount Alexander and Macedon Ranges communities.