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Contents
what’s happening!
tips on enjoying life and being safe
your say
skate news
lyrik awards
freak fest a success
stuff
random art
bits n pieces
environment
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We would like to introduce you now to our editorial group:
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group because I love media and hope to be a Journalist.
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my name is Vanessa. I am 11 years old
and I’m a part of the Konnect Editorial group.
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I have a lot of hobbies, but my favourite is
singing with my friends. I don’t like to be
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to do! I love coming to the editorial group
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I get to write good stories and reviews.
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(LOL), I like to keep people updated. And I’d like for everyone in
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Hi I’m Larissa but you can call me Kool Katt.
I am a part of the editorial group for Konnect
magazine because I am interested in this and
love writing, (sometimes) but mainly because
I get to see my friends and keep people as
updated. I like to sing and dance and I love to
eat food. My favourite hobbies are arts and crafts.
Are you 12-25 years old?
Do you have something to say?
Would you like others to listen?
Would you like to make things
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Happening at HQ - Leederville
Contact Andrea Brookfield, Town of Kwinana on 9439 0251
Break Dancing Workshops
With Beni Benz
Every Saturday 11.30am-1.30pm
Only $5.00 per lesson
Skate Coaching
Every Saturday at 10.30am and its only $15.00 per student
Skateboards and helmet hire is available: $5.00
$20.00 deposit required for hire boards
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Contact Zoe Evans
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Sunday 7th December 10am - 4pm
Sloan Cottage, Sloan Drive, Leda.
Come and enjoy a relaxing day out for all the
family, set in the beautiful gardens of historic
Sloan Cottage.
Sit on the verandah and enjoy a Devonshire tea while
the kids enjoy the entertainment, rides and activities.
A mixture of music thoughout the day will keep
everyone entertained and a sausage sizzle will
tickle the tastebuds.
Bring a picnic lunch and a rug and enjoy a
sunny day out with family and friends under
the pine trees.
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“Everyone has the right to feel safe all of the time”
Sometimes when we feel scared, excited or
nervous we get body alarms. Body alarms are
physical sensations of feeling scared, excited or
nervous. They are your body’s way of telling you
that you might be getting into something that
is risky, scary or dangerous. There are many
different kinds of body alarms. Some examples
of body alarms are shaky knees, heart beating
faster, biting your nails, butterflies in your
stomach and sweaty palms.
Everyone has body alarms but sometimes we
don’t always notice them. So practice being
in tune with and listening to what your body
is telling you so that you can keep yourself
safe!
How To Know When You Are Safe Vs
Unsafe
Our body alarms go off when we are feeling safe
and when we are feeling unsafe.
When we have safe body alarms we have
made a choice (decision), given our consent
(permission), know a time limit and have control
in the situation. For example when you go on a
ride at the Royal Show or talking to a boy that
you like.
Personal Safety Tips
• Don’ t walk alone at night.
• Always go out with someone else.
• Always take a phone with you and make sure
your phone has
credit.
• Never talk to people that make you feel
unsafe.
• Always let someone know where you are
going, who you will be with and what time you
will be back.
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• Don’t go to strangers houses.
• Always stick to walking on main roads and
well lit areas.
• Make sure you have choice, consent, control
and know a time limit.
Support Networks
Sometimes we ignore our body alarms and end
up in an unsafe situation. If this happens there
are people that you can rely on, talk to and trust
like:
• Family members.
• People you are related to that you don’t live
with like aunty, uncle, cousin, grandparents
and step families.
• Community helpers like Kwinana Youth
Services, Kids Helpline, Police, Sport Clubs,
Church.
• School people like the nurse, teachers,
psychologist, year coordinator.
• Friends that you are close with and know youu
can trust.
“Nothing is so awful
or shameful that you
can’t talk about it with
someone else”
Volume 1, Issue 2
Special thanks to: Zoe Evans and Lee
Kennedy for helping to organize the
article and for supporting the Gilmore
Girls group. The Gilmore Girls are a
group of year 9 students who meet
once a week to talk about healthy
relationships and friendships and learn
about choices and being responsible
during teenage years. In the future the
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Bullying
Bullying
Bullying comes in all types of forms, verbal abuse, physical abuse,
teasing and rumour spreading.
Types of verbal abuse include: name calling, yelling, screaming, saying
hurtful things, being jealous all the time and threatening to harm.
Physical abuse includes: hitting, fighting, punching, slapping, wrecking or
breaking things, hurting or killing pets.
Bullying isn’t cool because you get into lots of trouble and you cause
your victims a lot of grief and hurt.
Some ways to prevent or stop bullying are:
You go to a friend, a teacher, a parent or guardian. They will do their
best to stop it but if it doesn’t stop, ignore it and try to stand up to the
bully. If it gets really bad you should go to the police.
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Youth Suicide
Young people often feel as though
they cannot cope and that there is
no way out, which tragically leads
them to taking their own lives. You’r
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probably wondering why right and
what causes them to do it?
Every year, youth Suicide affects man
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and communities around the world.
Almost as many young people die
from suicide as they do in car acci
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groups of teenagers are higher than
others, such as groups living in the
country, Aboriginal teens, young peop
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homosexual and lesbian young peop
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teenage suicide than other young peop
le. Youth suicide is a matter of
national concern, and it is for this reas
on that it is important for young
people to know what the warning sign
s are and what to do if you are
worried about someone.
Below are some signs of DEPRESSION
. If you see your friends showing
these signs approach them directly
and tell them you are worried
about them and speak to someone
you trust immediately. You are not
betraying your friend – you just migh
t help them!
Being constantly sad
Not enjoying the things you/they used
to enjoy.
Not having enough energy and feeli
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feeling anxious and or worried
feeling empty or numb
feeling lonely and/or unloved
being bored all the time
crying and not knowing why you’re
crying
getting headaches and/or stomach
aches
not eating, and losing weight fast
eating much more than usual
not being able to get to sleep, or waki
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constantly wanting to sleep
feeling grumpy, angry or bad temp
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self harm
thinking or talking about of death or
suicide
If you need to talk to someone abou
t your problems or if you are really
worried about a friend then the num
bers below can help:
Lifeline: 13 16 11. (It is free, confi
dential and it won’t show up on your
phone bill.)
Kids Helpline: 1800 55 1800
Youth focus Kwinana: 9361 422
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skaters to showcase their talents and improve
on their skills – so if you would like to be
involved in a Kwinana Sk8 group or would like
to help organise sk8 competitions for kids in
Kwinana – contact John Sutcliffe at Kwinana
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Championship Event
Qualifier to the Australian championships
Headquarters Skate Park
28th Feb
Each event will also include a BMX
Freestyle event - registration neccessary
Participation is $3. All levels of skill
welcome. Competitions will have registration
at 12pm on the day of the event at the location
specified*. 4 divisions will be held: 14 & under
boys, 17 & under boys, 17 & under girls, open
and 17 & under sponsored boys combined.
Prizes given; plus the chance to compete
against the best and win big in the finals at
YMCA Headquarters which will count as a
qualifier to the Australian championships in
Sydney. Contact: kirsty@hq.org.au or call (08)
9328 3221 for more info. This is a smoke, drug
and alcohol free event. Helmets must be worn
during the competition. *Bassendean is
Friday evening competition and registration
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This round of nominations were of a particularly
high standard making it a very difficult decision
for LyriK judges. This clearly demonstrates the
diverse talents that exist amongst young people
in Kwinana.
Young people nominated and to be
congratulated this round are; Savannah
Felstead, Jessika Kokot-Cook, Kaitlin Ruck, Ryan
Thornhill, Jeremy Jenkins, Bailey Smith, Kabanah
Sesay, Suzana Grubijic and members of the
Bertram Primary School Government and Safety
Club (Kiara Angel, Jordan Laksana, Chelsey
Baseley, Nomi Haji-Ahmed, Travis Wright and
Makaia Paraha). You are all inspirational young
people and we congratulate you for your efforts.
To the absolutely astounding young people
that won this term, congratulations! Your
contributions to the Town of Kwinana are valued
and appreciated. Award winners are;
Bertram Primary School Gardenflies Group,
Vanessa Zilko, Scorpions Patrol (Kwinana
Scouts), Kristina Tait, Andrew Henderson, Dylan
Hilston, Daniel Philip, Kwinana Knights Junior
Football Club, Amberley Sparks and the North
Parmelia “Environment Club”.
Vanessa Zilko:
Vanessa has been dancing with the Dance 4
Africa group for 18 months. Through working
so hard she now assists other younger dancers
with their moves, demonstrating unwavering
patience. She is always the first one to
volunteer her time to assist with fundraising.
Vanessa is also a valued member of the LyriK
Junior Media group, volunteering her time every
week to help write stories about the great things
in Kwinana. She is a kind person with a big
heart.
Scorpions Patrol Kwinana Scouts:
The Scorpions Patrol Kwinana won the team
work award for taking up the challenge to attend
a camping competition where they were required
to demonstrate the standards of camping. The
group came up against teams from the rest of
the coastal plains district. The team won the
cargeeg shield – the first time the shield has
been won by a patrol in Kwinana. They are now
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off to compete in the state competition. Well
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Bertram PS - Gardenflies:
This group of young people
volunteer their time to look
after the school garden as
well as well as committing
to raise awareness about
environment issues. As a
group they help collect food
scraps and recycling from
students and the school
canteen at lunchtime for the
worm farm to help fertilise the
garden. These young people
model exceptional behaviour,
commitment and motivation and
are often approached by other
students for assistance and advice.
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Kwinana Knights Junior Football
Club:
This group of young men are an absolute credit
to their club and to Kwinana! They recently
won the Challenge Shield trophy by the South
Fremantle District Football Development Council.
The team won the trophy for demonstrating
consistent levels of sportsmanship team work
and respect by players, coaches and parents
affiliated with the club. This is the first time the
trophy has ever been won by a team in Kwinana.
The players constantly try to promote their
club and community positively by wearing their
uniforms with pride and behaving in a respectful
manner. These are not always easy tasks for
young people given external influences and
some of the provocation that takes place on the
football field.
Daniel Philip:
Daniel is a school
councilor and takes
his responsibilities
very seriously. He
is reliable and
dependable, always
willing to do the less
glamorous tasks –
always with a smile and
good grace. He is an
outstanding role model for
other young people – often being
required to take on mentoring and
tutoring roles with other less able students.
He is empathetic, and kind towards others – not
just his friends and is always willing to help.
for his classmates and importantly his teachers.
He is currently working with the school
psychologist to model appropriate social skills
for other young people.
Dylan Hilston:
Dylan is an amazing young man, who is quietly
spoken but certainly has a big impact on others.
Dylan since beginning the boys group at the
Arts centre has helped mentor and coach other
young boys, helping them with their activities,
understanding instructions and working as a
team. Dylan has a big heart and he is always
will to lend a helping hand. Dylan is new to the
area, so this in itself has been a challenge –
so to be someone so giving of their time and
energy is a major asset to Kwinana.
Amberley Sparks:
Amberley recently won the Tim Winton award for
young writers. She not only won her category
for Middle School, but impressively won the
overall Outstanding Achievement Award. She
also volunteers her time with the Betram Primary
School Gardenflies, gardening and environment
group. Amberley is a motivated, talented, and
extremely kind young person who applies her
best to everything she does. She has recently
volunteered her time to be on the Konnect Youth
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The Freak Fest and Kwinana Festival are held
once every year on the last weekend of October.
This year’s event was held on Calista Oval on the
26th October.
Freak Fest is a festival for young people. At
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performers who rocked the stage. The fantastic
skaters performed brillant tricks ‘n’ flips. There
was also urban art, mask making, freaky hair
dresser, laser skirmish, a slushy machine and
much, much more.
With a large amount of people turning up at this
year’s Freak Fest and Kwinana Festival, they all
had a chance to enjoy the displays, stalls and
kids rides.
The Scitech Tent was hands on fun with
discovering cogs, magic mirrors, thong music,
making paper and many more discoveries.
Close by was the Circus Challenge Tent. This
was packed full of circus fun. You could clown
around with spinning tops, trick hula hops and
juggling.
On the day you could travel back in time with
the Medieval Club and explore the wonders of
the past and discover interesting facts. The
chain mail is worn daily by the soldiers and
weighs 15 kilograms. They would wear the
chain mail, helmet and sword. Women spent
their days weaving on looms, singing and doing
calligraphy (old fashioned fancy font). There was
a spectacular tournament between Lord Duncan
and Lord Philippe. This was not only realistic but
entertaining. The crowd let out a load roar when
Lord Duncan fell.
A variety of ages came and enjoyed the bouncy
castles. With a large number to choose from
nobody missed out. There was also a big dome
which blew out balloons inside it. All the little
kids had so much fun with it.
You didn’t have to be a scout to try the amazing
rope challenge the scouts had set out for us.
The rope bridge was exciting and really fun too.
The neck breaking, ankle snapping, nose
crunching skate boys made their
WOW with an assortment of
flips and tricks. Close by was
the ear popping DJ music
which everybody could
hear and bop to.
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Overall the Freak Fest and the Festival were
great and next year is sure to be bigger and
better.
Amberley Sparkes (Age 10)
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On Tuesday afternoon some of the year 7's do what we like to call Drumbeat. In drum beat people learn
to communicate with others and learn to listen and respect other people and their property. We have fun
when we go to Drumbeat. Before we start our lesson we have a snack to eat, then we set up the drums.
I Daniel Phillip find drum beat to be so much fun and I love doing it. I have made new friends and got to
not be so shy. As a group we have so much fun and love doing it together. It is good because kids are not
sitting around at home doing nothing. In the group we have a better friendships.
Daniel Phillip
Drumbeat
Pen Pals
Lunch wwith the Mayor
On Wednesda
Wednesday 29th of October
recipients fro
from the recent round
of LyriK had the op
opportunity
to lunch with Town of Kwinana
Mayor, Carol Adam
Adams.
This was the perfe
perfect opportunity
for local young peo
people to ask the
Mayor questions aabout resources
for youth in Kwinan
Kwinana as well as
learn more about tthe processes
of council and loca
local government.
The recipients also enjoyed meeting with Russell Delroy ffrom
Eclipse Resources who kindly sponsor the LyriK program.
Bertram Primary school’s
wonderful Learning Area 3
{which is my class and made
up of Years 4 and 5} went
on an exciting excursion to
Huntingdale Primary School
to visit our Year 1 pen pals
on the 24th of September
2008. We have been writing letters
etters to our pen pa
pals
als for the
past two terms. Mrs Tuckfield, our Learning Area teacher, asked us what
would make us more motivated with our writing. We decided as a class
that having pen pals would be awesome, especially with students who are
younger than us. We’ve had a chance to be writing mentors to them. It
was so fantastic that we finally got to meet them. “We were so excited”
said Aidan Bolton.
When we got there, we got with our pen pals and set out for recess
where they got to show us around their school. When recess was over,
we went to their school library to do some group activities with our pen
pals. Those activities included; pipe cleaner animals, origami boxes,
friendship certificates and friendship bracelets that we can keep forever.
Once that was over, we had a picnic lunch. “Getting to know them was
very cool” said Bailey Smith. At the end of lunch, we said our goodbyes
and headed back to our bus which was waiting for us out the front.
“Our pen pal excursion was amazing and fun,” said the whole of Learning
Area 3. We are very lucky indeed!
Sienna Nardini, Year 5, LA3,
Bertram Primary School
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Crime prevention week
Gilmore College’s middle school was one of many schools throughout
Western Australia to participate in the annual crime prevention week
hosted by the government organisation “Goodbye Graffiti”. Sectors of
the community worked together to produce a program aimed at reducing
graffiti in the school and the wider Kwinana town community.
Educational activities ran throughout the week to educate students about
the issue of graffiti vandalism. These activities included a play by year
seven students; poster competitions; questionnaires and urban art works.
Special guests included Dan Duggan (Urban artist) who worked with a
small groups of selected students to produce art works based on the
theme of relationships; Lee Kennedy (Kwinana council) focused on the cost
of removing graffiti in the community and Sergeant Trevor Troy (Kwinana
Police) discussed the legal issues and penalties involved in committing a
criminal offence.
Despite the success of crime prevention week, graffiti remains a major
issue not only in the school but the community at large. In 2009 Gilmore
College will be the first school in the state to trial a new educational
program developed by “Goodbye Graffiti” to educate students regarding
this issue.
Special thanks to Keryn Reid who organised educational packages
including a Graffiti fact brochure specifically designed for Gilmore students.
Keryn was instrumental in bringing together members of the community to
host this event. Thank you to everyone who participated.
Dusty Ward, The Arts, Gilmore College
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bits n pieces
Matilda by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a famous author who has written
lots of children’s books such as fantastic Mr
Fox, Roald Dahl Revolting Rhymes, Matilda, The
Witches and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
and many more books.
Matilda is a really great book and is full
of laughter, suspense and bravery and is
recommended for Roahl Dahl fans and is about
a young girl who is very smart but is born in a
family who doesn’t appreciate her and is sent in
to a school with a horrible principal that’s been
in the Olympics. But Matilda has the power to
make things fly with her eyes and the source
of her power comes is from
people shouting things at her
like a lowlife or an idiot and
d
soon is able to control her
powers.
Rating: 10/10. Matilda is a
great book and so are the
rest of his books.
Damien Pini
ini
The BFG by
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl was a famous
author he has written loadss
of books such as The BFG,,
Charley and the Chocolate
Factory, Fantastic Mr FoX,
Matilda , The Witches ,
Revolting Rhymes.
Roald Dahl was born in
1916 in Wales and died
in 1990 at the age of
seventy four from a
stroke.
The BFG is a really good.
It is a story about a little
girl who gets snatched
by a giant. He is the runt
of the giants. All the
other giants are man
eating creatures but the
BFG doesn’t eat people.
He eats snozzcumbers,
a special type of food in
giant country. He is a
dream catcher.
Characters: Gizzardgulper, Bloodboloter,
Meatdripper, Childchewer, Fleshlumpeater,
Trogglehumper, THE BFG, Sophie.
This is a great book and is well worth reading!
Shyanne Gough
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Jake
Beauty and the Beast
On Saturday, 13 September the Dance
4 Africa performance group went to the
Beauty and the Beast musical. It was held
at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco.
The Dance 4 Africa performance group
went to the play as a treat for our hard
work and for raising money for South
Africa, and so we could see a musical and
get ideas for our own performances.
Belle has a father who likes to invent
things. He invented a steam car and he
drove into the forest and he went too far
and got lost. He bumped into a house so
he went into the house and it turned out
that the Beast lived there and when the
Beast found out he locked him away. Belle
went to look for him and when she found
him, he was allowed to go, but she had
to stay in his place. At first Belle didn’t
like the Beast because he was ignorant
and very rude he had no manners, he
disrespected her and the people who
lived there. Belle decided that she would
be nice to him even though he isn’t nice
to her, but when she tried she gave up.
The second time she tried they fell in love.
That’s when Gaston tried to kill him, but
Belle broke the spell and the Beast came
back to life and sent Gaston away, Beauty
and the Beast (Belle and the Beast) lived
happily ever after.
The comedy was so good, Lumiere was
so funny especially towards Babette and
the wardrobe had a very good sense of
hummer. The funniest part was where
wardrobe was looking for something nice for
belle to wear and she
Said “let me look in my DRAWS” so she opened
her cupboards and she was wearing draws and
it was so funny.
I hope I get to see the play again because I
loved it and the costumes were really good.
Personally I think ‘Zoe Jay’ choreographed the
play really well.
Vanessa Zilko
Mad Magpies
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Mad magpie season has now started. Most attacks are between August and November, when the
male magpie is defending their eggs and the young chicks. Magpies need to defend their nests and
territories from predators such as cats and larger birds. Magpies protect their territory by swooping,
diving and clacking their bills. About 12% will attack people. Research has shown that the magpies
that attack have been bullied at an earlier stage by humans who have interfered with their nests or
have had rocks thrown at their nests.
What to do to prevent a magpie attack:
• Wear a bicycle helmet, or wide brimmed hat to protect your head.
• If you are riding a bike a bright orange flag will help deter the magpies
• If you are being swooped do not look up and walk not run.
• Walk in large groups.
• Avoid nesting areas if possible.
• Use a different route or path to get to your destination.
• Wear sunglasses to protect your eyes.
• An open umbrella above your head will deter magpies.
REMEMBER
• Do not provoke Magpies; this will only increase the number of attacks.
• Magpies are protected under the Wildlife Conservation Act. It is illegal to harm them.
• Mad Magpies only last 7-8 weeks out of 52.
Snakes
Snak are reptiles and are cool creatures but
Snakes
most people think that they are horrible and
shouldn’t be alive because they are dangerous. I
shou
think they are gorgeous creatures.
They only bite when they think you are a threat.
If you are walking through a bush and see a
snake, you need to stamp your feet. Then the
snak
snake can feel you - if they know you’re there,
snak
they probably won’t come near you.
you get bitten by a snake you need to stay
If yo
calm and apply a bandage over the bite as soon
as po
possible (a piece of torn clothing is ok). Also
apply a splint to keep it in place and try and
reassure yourself.
reass
If you kill a snake it could cost you a fine worth
$2500.
$250
If you come across a snake in your school,
backyard or community call the Rangers on
back
9439 0200.
Larissa Whittingham-Smith
Protect and Preserve our Flora and Fauna
Information from www.dec.wa.gov/news/department-of-enviroment-and-conservation/beware-sw
Amberley Sparkes
Saving the Environment
In Rockingham there is an environmental centre.
It is called Naragebup (Rockingham Regional
Environment Centre), and it is the first purpose
built environment centre in WA.
There are all sorts of things to do there such
as visit the reptile centre, garden and gift shop.
Introduce yourself to Kathie and she may even
let you hold some of the reptiles. There are also
loads of turtles and a Marine Learning Centre
My mum volunteers there inside area the
butterfly house and I sometimes go there and
help. If you are lucky you can hold the butterflies!
Critters Need a Crib
Campbell Simpson recently won a LyriK Award for volunteering his time to assist others and for
his involvement in the Calista Primary School Environment Program.
Naragebup Rockingham Regional Environment
Centre it located on Safety Bay Road
Rockingham and the phone number is
95913077.
Jessie Pellington
As an incentive Campbell chose to help raise funding to relocate animals that were being
affected by local development.
In the lead up to the Freakfest Youth Festival Campbell developed the slogan “Critters need a
crib” and designed a banner to promote his cause. During the days events Campbell dedicated
his time to selling slushies, popcorn and marmalade. These efforts raised him $150.00 which
will be donated to the Calista Primary School possum box program.
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