Holy Family School at Skennars Head officially became a Landcare Group early in 2006 as a first step in lifting the profile of Environmental Education at the school. The families of our children settled in the area, specifically, to pursue coastal lifestyles. For our children, appreciating and respecting coastal environments are attitudes with which they come to school and so it is appropriate that these attitudes be reflected in the school’s curriculum.

At the School, there is a large wetland adjacent to the school oval which was seriously disturbed and degraded when the school building site was excavated.  When we sought advice regarding possible environmental regeneration at the school from Wetlandcare consultants in Ballina, they recommended that we embark on a wetland plant species propagation project to create sufficient stock to help rehabilitate this wetland area.

Holy Family Wetland Project Story