Catchment Kids Save the Creeks
Over 400 primary school students from across the city joined forces for the environment in City Hall recently,
at the second annual ‘Catchment Kids’ event.
Grovely State School kids presented a photo-story.
Their school choir accompanied the performance,
singing a song co-written by one of the students.
(Photo: Peter Hayes)
Students from Grovely State School communicated their passion for the environment and the need to protect our
waterways to an audience which included students, parents and local Councillors.
"Catchment Kids" is a one-day forum which allows the students of Brisbane to express their knowledge about the
environment using a range of creative mediums. Students choose an environmental issue of importance to them
then determine the best way to communicate this message to their peers. This year’s event included interactive
plays, dance, songs and multimedia presentations.
The kids from Grovely State School presented a photo-story with the key messages of “plants help the environment
to regenerate” and we should all “put a little rubbish in the bin”. The school choir accompanied the performance,
singing a song co-written by one of the students. (Click on this picture for larger image)
Nine schools competed in this year’s Catchment Kids. Despite a high standard of competition it was Acacia Ridge
State School who took out the Lords Mayor’s perpetual Catchment Kids trophy. But the real winners were a group
of children who didn’t even attend the event.
Catchment Kids 2007 saw the winning school help a community in southern Madagascar by providing a source of
fresh drinking water, with the assistance of local charity, Azafady. Madagascar is one of the poorest countries
in the world. It is also one of the most biodiverse, with an incredibly diverse range of animal and plants life.
The 2008 event continued last years work by “encouraging young things to grow” through the gift of knowledge. The
winning class from Acacia Ridge were presented with an opportunity to communicate directly with a school in
Madagascar and provide them with a gift of books supplied by Brisbane City Council.
Catchment Kids is an initiative of the Brisbane Catchments Network and supported by the Brisbane City Council’s
Creek Ranger program. The Brisbane Catchments Network is a collective of the city’s community based catchment-care
groups, including the Kedron Brook Catchment Network.
To find out more about the Brisbane Catchments Network visit www.brisbanecatchments.net.au.
| 
