By Alesha Capone
A group of pupils from Westbourne Grammar School in Truganina have been recognised for their conservation credentials.
Grade 5 pupils Marley, Nikita, Kai and Sebastian have won a place in the national finals of the Future Problem Solving Program (FPSP), to be held in Queensland next month.
Westbourne’s head of Junior School, Paul Barklamb, said the program aimed to empower students to make a difference in helping to resolve “real world” problems.
Mr Barklamb said that Marley, Nikita, Kai and Sebastian were one of only four teams in their age division to be invited to present at the FPSP national finals. He said the foursome had started an initiative named The Green Tree Project looking at deforestation, which has included educating their fellow pupils on the issue.
“To this end, they took a session with the prep classes, before assisting them in planting tree saplings around the school site,” he said.
“The preps loved doing this under the guidance of the year 5 team and we feel they now have a good appreciation of why trees are so important to the environment.”
Earlier this year, a team from Westbourne’s Junior School placed third in a different category of the FPSP international finals, with a project focused on food waste.
