National Tree Day is held annually, with the purpose of this day to enable students to connect with nature by planting native trees and shrubs to improve our natural environment. Trees are natural carbon sequesters – meaning they absorb and capture carbon from our atmosphere. The timber they produce is also an important, environmentally friendly building material because it stores carbon and is a renewable resource. So it's important we continue to plant trees and look after our natural environment.

This year our Sustainability Leaders decided that the bank on our school oval needed an improvement. We ordered 40 native shrubs and plants to enhance the look of the bank. Our four Grade 6 Sustainability Leaders (Charlotte W, Jack B, Ayden D & Rungsiman M) with the help of the Prep to Grade 5 in class Sustainability Leaders  planted these shrubs and plants on our bank. It will be interesting for these students to see the growth of these shrubs and plants over their years at Burnie Primary.