Compost?
Members:
- Ke Sun (Leader)
- Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
- Gary Xu
The compost is taken every day at Lunch 2 from the Science staffroom. A table will be set up soon so people can nominate when they can easily see what times are available and easily list their names.
Weekly reports:
Term 1
Week 11
We fed the worms everyday and made sure that there is enough food to last the holidays.
Term 2
Week 1
Summary: There was no compost on either day
Week 2
We fed the worms everyday and made sure that there is enough food. Also we checked the conditions inside to make sure that it isn’t too wet or too dry.
Week 3
We fed the worms, changed the internal conditions and made sure that there was enough food to eat (and not too much!!!).
Week 4
The compost bin started to fill with food scraps, so we are making sure that there isn’t too much food for the worms!!!
Week 5
This week, we got the most compost ever, almost everyday, the lids are exploding. Therefore, we are not going to feed the worms for around a week to let them digest the sprouting onions and of course the 'VERY JUICY,' lemons!!! (there are 4 lemons in there)! :O
Week 6
This week, due to an overloading of compost in the compost bins, we've decided to stop feeding the worms for a week and see how well they consume the food. Unfortunately, the science staff forgot to stop giving us compost so I had to take it on Thursday morning as the smell started to get unpleasant.
Week 7
This week, we basically stopped compost to allow the worms to digest the food already in there. Mrs Hofler stirred the contents on Friday and we should be resuming next week.
Week 8
This week, we resumed compost and the worms seems to be doing quite well. There also seems to be a moderate overflowing of compost in the bin (hope the worms don't suffocate from all the compost!). The compost was absolutely revolting- bacon rashers!!! Unfortunately the lid fell in and no one wants to take it out.
Week 9
This week, we've only taken the compost at the start of the week because the compost bin was getting quite full and also we couldn't find enough time to do it. The science staff says that the stench was terrible.
Week 10
This week, we took the compost nearly everyday and there were mostly lemon peels. The compost bin is so full that we won't have to worry about it for the whole of the holidays, as the worms won't starve to death!
Term 3
Week 1
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader: Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 1A, Term 3
Summary: This week, we fed worms and made sure that there is enough food. We also made sure that the environment was not too dry. Although, when we did compost on Friday, the lid had came off and rain was pouring into it. This week, we have a new member “Saroop!”
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip (New)
Name Description Date Time
Ke Sun Did compost on Tuesday and Friday. Checked on worm farm.
19/07/2011 6 min
22/07/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Did compost on Monday and Friday. Explained ‘how’ to do compost to Saroop
19/07/2011 6 min
22/07/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Did Compost on Monday
19/07/2011 6 min
Saroop Philip Watched how to do compost on Friday
22/07/2011 6 min
Week 2
Project Name: Compost
Project Leaders: Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 2B, Term 3
Summary: This week, the compost has been taken every week and all members have taken the compost at least once. The worms seem to be quite happy with plenty of food, moisture and air. As the weather has started to improve, we aren’t worrying about whether the compost bin is getting too wet!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date Time
Ke Sun Took compost Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Checked the internal environment to make sure that is isn't too wet.
25/07/2011 6 min
26/07/2011 6 min
27/07/2011 6 min
28/07/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Made sure that the worms had enough food to eat.
25/07/2011 6 min
26/07/2011 6 min
28/07/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday and Thursday.
26/07/2011 6 min
28/07/2011 6 min
Saroop Philip Took compost on Tuesday and Friday.
26/07/2011 6 min
29/07/2011 6 min
Week 3
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 3A, Term 3
Summary: This week, the compost was taken everyday to ensure that the worms have enough food to consume. The compost bin seems to be doing quite well with a reasonable amount of worms squirming around. On the contrary, there were many unwanted spiders in the green house. Many spider webs, but luckily there’s a broom to help us!!!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
Name Description Date Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
01/08/2011 6 min
02/08/2011 6 min
03/08/2011 6 min
05/08/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
01/08/2011 6 min
02/08/2011 6 min
03/08/2011 6 min
05/08/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday and Thursday
02/08/2011 6 min
04/08/2011 6 min
Week 4
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 4B, Term 3
Summary: This week, we only took compost two times as many of us were busy at lunch and there wasn’t enough time. We would try and take it everyday next week. Although, the compost on Friday seems quite nutritious and the worms are doing very well!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Tuesday
09/08/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Tuesday and Friday
09/08/2011 6 min
12/08/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
09/08/2011 6 min
11/08/2011 6 min
12/08/2011 6 min
Week 5
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 5A, Term 3
Summary: This week, we continued to take compost everyday and the compost bin seems to be doing quite well. We had lots of tea leaves recently and corn flakes!!! Apparently there is a special flower behind the compost bin that produces flower in spring.
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Phillip
Name Description Date Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
15/08/2011 6 min
16/08/2011 6 min
17/08/2011 6 min
19/08/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
15/08/2011 6 min
16/08/2011 6 min
17/08/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday and Thursday
16/08/2011 6 min
18/08/2011 6 min
Saroop Philip Took compost on Tuesday
16/08/2011 6 min
Week 6
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 6B, Term 3
Summary: This week, we continued to take compost everyday and the compost bin seems to be doing quite well. We had lots of tea leaves this week!!! Doesn't seem like the Science staff are cleaning the compost bin (taking care of it-cough! cough!) very well!!!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Phillip
Name Description Date Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
23/08/2011 6 min
24/08/2011 6 min
25/08/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
23/08/2011 6 min
24/08/2011 6 min
25/08/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday and Friday
23/08/2011 6 min
26/08/2011 6 min
Week 7
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 7A, Term 3
Summary: This week, the group continued to take the compost, although everybody was too lazy to do it on Wednesday. The compost had been quite interesting this week, still predominantly tea leaves and there are many spiders in the green house!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Monday and Thursday
29/08/2011 6 min
01/09/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Monday only.
29/08/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday and Friday
30/08/2011 6 min
02/09/2011 6 min
Total minutes:
Ke Sun: 12 minutes
Edwin Lai: 6 minutes
Gary Xu: 12 minutes
Saroop Philip: 0 minutes
Week 8
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 8B, Term 3
Summary: This week, there wasn’t much compost. It was either a piece of bread or a banana skin! No one took compost on Wednesday or Thursday as the whole group had an environmental Expo and there was a teacher’s strike on Thursday. The worms seem to be doing quite well and there are a lot of flies!!!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Monday, Tuesday and Friday
05/09/2011 6 min
06/09/2011 6 min
09/09/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Monday only
05/09/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday and Friday
06/09/2011 6 min
09/09/2011 6 min
Total minutes:
Ke Sun: 18 min
Edwin Lai: 6 min
Gary Xu: 12 min
Saroop Philip: 0 min
Week 9
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 9A, Term 3
Summary: The compost was not taken everyday this week as after an inspection, there was quite a lot of rotting compost in there. Also, most members were busy and had no time to take the compost. This week is the first time that Edwin did not take compost!!!!!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
13/09/2011 6 min
15/09/2011 6 min
16/09/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
13/09/2011 6 min
15/09/2011 6 min
16/09/2011 6 min
Total Minutes:
Ke Sun: 18 min
Gary Xu: 18 min
Edwin Lai: 0 min
Saroop Philip: 0 min
Week 10
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 10B, Term 3
Summary: This week, being the last week, was quite a mess!!! As always, we’re lazy on Monday and some of us had engineering bridges to build during lunch. On Tuesday, the meeting took up all of lunch. On Wednesday and Thursday, it seems that Mr Harris was working in the green house so he took the keys, therefore we had to find him to get the keys which we never did. On Friday, the only day in the week that we took compost, we found him. YAY! In the office and all was well, maybe, except for the absolutely overflowing amount of compost that consisted of only banana peels!!! It was a good end to the term with plenty of food for the worms!!!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Friday. 23/09/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Friday. 23/09/2011 6 min
Total Minutes:
Ke Sun: 6 min
Edwin Lai: 6 min
Gary Xu: 0 min
Saroop Philip: 0 min
Term 4
Week 1
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 1A, Term 4
Summary: This week, being the first week back, most of us and the teachers were lazy. Out of the five days, there was no compost provided by the science teachers!!! As next week yr 9s have camp, hopefully there would be an overloading amount of compost when we come back!!!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
As there was no compost for the week, no volunteering time is awarded!!!
Total Minutes:
Ke Sun: 0 min
Edwin Lai: 0 min
Gary Xu: 0 min
Saroop Philip: 0 min
Week 2
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 2B, Term 4
Summary: This week, due to Yr 9 Camp taking up 4 days, there were no one to take the compost. The compost was only taken on Monday, and after inspecting the amount of compost in the compost bin, it looks like that it would last a week!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Monday 17/10/2011 6 min
Total Minutes:
Ke Sun: 6 min
Edwin Lai: 0 min
Gary Xu: 0 min
Saroop Philip: 0 min
Week 3
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 3A, Term 4
Summary: This week, due to multiple reasons, the compost was only taken on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The worms seems to be in quite a healthy state, although the greenhouse looks as if it was struck by an earthquake!!! The green cover has fallen over and therefore hindering the way in through the hydroponics making the green house more difficult to access.
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Wednesday and Friday
26/10/2011 6 min
28/10/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Tuesday and Wednesday
25/10/2011 6 min
26/10/2011 6 min
Gary Xu Took compost on Tuesday only
26/10/2011 6 min
Total Minutes:
Ke Sun: 12 min
Edwin Lai: 12 min
Gary Xu: 6 min
Saroop Philip: 0 min
Week 5
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 5A, Term 4
Summary: This week, compost was only taken on Thursday and Friday. As Mr Hadjichari had removed the obstacle which was blocking the entrance to the greenhouse, we’re able to continue taking the compost. There were plenty worms in the compost bin.
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Thursday and Friday
10/11/2011 6 min
11/11/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Thursday and Friday
10/11/2011 6 min
11/11/2011 6 min
Total Minutes:
Ke Sun: 12 minutes
Edwin Lai: 12 minutes
Gary Xu: 0 min
Saroop Philip: 0 min
Week 7
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 7A, Term 4
Summary: This week, the science staff have been very lazy and not been providing any material for compost. It has been the longest duration in which the teachers have not provided compost.
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip
Week 8
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 8B, Term 4
Summary: This week, except for Monday which there was minimal amount of compost, it seems like the science teachers have forgot that compost exists!!! There were no compost provided in the past 2 weeks and the worms are starving. Hopefully, the science teachers would provide compost every day in week 9!!!
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
- Saroop Philip (will be removed in 2012 due to inactivity)
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
29/11/2011 6 min
30/11/2011 nc 0 min
01/12/2011 nc 0 min
02/12/2011 nc 0 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Friday
02/12/2011 nc 0 min
Week 9
Project Name: Compost
Project Leader(s): Ke Sun and Edwin Lai (Co-leader/ assistant)
Week: 9A, Term 4
Summary: This week, after notifying the science department of a shortage of compost, we were able to continue taking compost to the compost bin so that the worms would not starve. As it is close to the end of year, we need to make sure that there is enough compost for the worms to digest over the long holidays.
Members:
- Ke Sun
- Edwin Lai
- Gary Xu
Name Description Date/s Time
Ke Sun Took compost on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
07/12/2011 6 min
08/12/2011 6 min
09/12/2011 6 min
Edwin Lai Took compost on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
07/12/2011 6 min
08/12/2011 6 min
09/12/2011 6 min
Total Minutes:
Ke Sun: 18 min
Edwin Lai: 18 min
GROUP IS FULL
Our goals
Our goals this year are:
- To expand our compost source. The science staff are not eating enough fruits and vegetables. Therefore our supply of compost is limited. This is not good as we are planning to expand our compost bins and grow more worms. Therefore there are many steps which we need to do:
- To give each staffroom a short survey on what they ate/ going to eat that day for recess and lunch. The information received would gives us information on which staff room is reliable for compost.
- In some situations where all of the staff are not eating any fruits/vegetables, we might go around the school with a plastic bag and collect compost to substitute (e.g. From Canteen, other students or our lunch).
- After more compost sources are found, we need to start gathering information on what type of container is suitable to grow worms
- Finally, we will see in which part of the school is a compost bin most suitably placed. e.g. in the green house, beside the hydroponics
Compost Table
Key:
- If you are going to do compost tomorrow or in the future, please underline your name(s): E.g.: NAME
- If you have finished doing compost, please delete the underline. E.g.: NAME
- If you have forgotten to do compost and have placed your name here already, please delete the text and replace it with a dash. E.g.: -
- If there was a school event on the day, please changed the text to italic and underlined. E.g.: EVENT
Term 1
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 2 | - | - | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 3 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Kenny | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 4 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Swimming Carnival | Daniel Cao | Daniel Cao | Daniel Cao |
| Week 5 | Eric Zhu-Liang | Eric Zhu-Liang | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 6 | Edward Chang | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 7 | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 8 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 9 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 10 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | - | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 11 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun |
Term 2
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | ANZAC Day | Easter Monday Holiday | Staff development day | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun nc |
| Week 2 | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 3 | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun nc | - | - | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun |
| Week 4 | School Athletics Carnival | Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Ke Sun | Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 5 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | - | Ke Sun | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Walkathon Ke Sun | N/A |
| Week 7 | N/A | N/A | Ke Sun | - | - |
| Week 8 | Queen's Birthday | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Ke Sun | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 9 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | - | - | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 10 | - | - | Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
Term 3
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | School Development Day | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | - | - | Gary Xu, Saroop Philip and Ke Sun |
| Week 2 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai, Saroop Philip, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Ke Sun | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Saroop Philip |
| Week 3 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Gary Xu | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 4 | - | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu,Saroop Philip and Ke Sun | - | Gary Xu | Edwin Lai and Gary Xu |
| Week 5 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu, Saroop Philip and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Gary Xu nc | Ke Sun |
| Week 6 | - | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Gary Xu |
| Week 7 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Gary Xu | - | Ke Sun | Gary Xu |
| Week 8 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Gary Xu and Ke Sun | - | Teachers' Strike | Gary Xu and Ke Sun |
| Week 9 | - | Gary Xu and Ke Sun | - | Gary Xu and Ke Sun | Gary Xu and Ke Sun |
| Week 10 | - | - | No access | No access | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
Term 4
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | - | Edwin Lai, Gary Xu and Ke Sun |
| Week 2 | Ke Sun | Yr 9 Camp | Yr 9 Camp | Yr 9 Camp | Yr 9 Camp |
| Week 3 | - | Edwin Lai and Gary Xu | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Vacant | Vacant |
| Week 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Week 5 | - | - | Ke Sun | - | - |
| Week 6 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | - |
| Week 7 | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | - | - |
| Week 8 | Ke Sun | Yr 9 Co-ed Day | Ke Sun nc | Ke Sun nc | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun nc |
| Week 9 | - | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun |
| Week 10 | - | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Edwin Lai and Ke Sun | Vacant | Vacant |
| Week 11 | School Development Day | School Development Day | Holidays | Holidays | Holidays |
Key
nc = No compost
- = No one did compost
N/A = Too much compost in the compost bin. Therefore, we are letting the worms digest the 'food' in there!
no access = Can not get into the greenhouse (e.g. if the science teachers have lost the greenhouse keys
Notes
You can sign up as early as you want for when you wish to do the compost. Refer to the 'key' above on how to apply. You must NOT remove anyone else's name from the tables!!! Consequences DO APPLY These may be removal from the group.
Key: - =No compost
