Caring for the natural environment is one of the ways in which we can transfigure the world around us. Since 2004, several of our Year 8 students apply to visit the Mentone Foreshore monthly to participate in our ‘Foreshore Program’. During their time undertaking this program, the students work alongside the City of Kingston Foreshore and Coastal Management Group on the management and conservation of the Foreshore and recreational areas. Students explore the relationship between the Kingston Foreshore and Port Phillip Bay and participate in pollution control, propagation of Indigenous plants and revegetation. It is a very rewarding program for students to see the many thriving plants, planted by students before them and to know the positive impact that they are making. Under the leadership of Ms Emily Aherne, 15 students were chosen for Semester 1.