In 2018, Werribee Primary School took a TAKE2Pledge to refuse plastic by:

1. Take a reusable cup for a takeaway coffee

2. Say ‘no thanks’ to plastic straws

3. Fill your own reusable bottle with water and take it with you.

4. Take a reusable container to get your takeaway.

5. Use reusable bags when grocery shopping!

It’s a No Brainer to Bring a Container

It’s important to bring Nude Food

The message is, don’t be lazy dude                        

Tell your friends, your Mum and Dad

Polluting the world makes us sad                           

Think about the things you buy

We don’t want the animals to die                   

The Pacific Patch is full of trash

The marine population is about to crash               

Food scraps should not go to waste

Don’t throw them out in your haste                       

The Eastern Barred Bandicoot is nearly extinct

We reckon it’s about time we had a good think   

Bring nude food to cut the wrap

You gotta do it, just like SNAP                          

                                  Written by the Student Environment Team, 2015

In 2013 we introduced a Zero Waste policy.

This is the message for all - parents, staff and students:

1. Nude food is best (then there is no rubbish)

2. If you decide to bring food in packaging then the landfill rubbish belongs to you and needs to be taken home.

In conjunction to zero waste we are established two snack shack areas where students eat their food if they have not finished eating during the allocated time in class. This is the only place where students are allowed to eat outside. Bins are only placed in these two areas.

On 6 June 2013: Giaan Rooney (Ch 7 reporter) heard about the fantastic work Werribee Primary School was doing in regards to sustainability and came for a visit to use our school for her TV segment.

‘The Twelve Tips for Sustainability’

On the twelfth day of helping, the earth needs us to,
Rethink what we buy,

Reduce, reuse, recycle,

Use water tanks,
Have short showers,

Grow more plants,

Turn off the taps,
Put fruit in the compost,
Walk to school.
Turn off the lights,

Put rubbish in the bin,

Have nude food,
And use both sides of the paper.

                                                   Written by Year 1/2s, 2013

In 2012, Nude Food Challenge was introduced to acknowledge the winners from each year level with the most students who had nude food. The winning classes were presented with a trophy (made from recycled materials) and a certificate.