Calling All Artists: Design our new Native Nursery Sign

Do you have a creative idea that could become a permanent part of our Staughton Vale Campus? We are inviting all Bacchus Marsh Grammar students to enter our Native Nursery Sign Design Competition!

We are looking for an original artwork or design for the sign that will be installed on the front of our new Native Nursery at Staughton Vale.

The Native Nursery will be home to native seedlings as they grow and develop before being planted across our property as part of National Tree Planting Day 2027. It will play an important role in growing native plants, supporting biodiversity and helping to create habitat for wildlife for years to come. Your design could celebrate Australian native plants, wildlife, sustainability, land care, growing or our special connection to the Staughton Vale environment. Let your imagination grow!

There Are Prizes!

• The overall winning design will be professionally printed and installed as the permanent sign on the front of the Native Nursery.

• The winning artist will also receive a special prize to recognise their creativity and   contribution to Staughton Vale.

• Every student who enters will receive a certificate acknowledging their participation in the competition.

How to Enter:

Create your design and submit it to Mr Gorton, Head of Staughton Vale Campus, in one of the following formats:

JPEG, PowerPoint (PPT) or Word (DOC) to gortond@bmg.vic.edu.au

Entries close at the end of Term 3.

This is your opportunity to create something that will become a permanent part of Staughton Vale Campus and be seen by students, staff and visitors for generations to come.

So, sharpen those pencils, fire up your creativity and design a sign that will help tell the story of our Native Nursery. Remember, this is an opportunity to show your creativity, so avoid using an AI generator.

Native nurseries play an important role in revegetation by growing plants for future restoration and biodiversity projects.

David Gorton – Head of Campus: Staughton Vale

Maddingley

Year 6 Chemical Science

Recently, our Year 6 Maddingley students participated in an excursion to Staughton Vale designed to strengthen their understanding of key concepts in Chemical Science, with a particular focus on observing physical and chemical change.

Despite determined rain throughout the day which required several activities to be relocated indoors, students embraced the experience and remained highly engaged in the hands-on learning activities.

Working alongside their Science teachers, students rotated through four practical investigations throughout the day. These activities included making honeycomb and pancakes, both of which demonstrated chemical changes as ingredients underwent reactions to form new substances with different properties. Students also investigated bubble formation, exploring examples of physical change where materials change form without creating a new substance. A further highlight of the day was a series of lemon-based experiments in which students observed both chemical and physical changes. These investigations encouraged students to apply their classroom learning in a practical setting.

We thank the staff at Staughton Vale for their flexibility in adapting the program to the wet weather conditions and the students for being so excited to participate in the activities, regardless of the weather.

Sarah Thomson – Head of Science (Maddingley)