School to save on paper

Woy Woy South Public School is encouraging students to minimise the amount of paper used at the school by handing over notes to parents as soon as they arrive home.

According to school principal Mr Terry Greedy, students need to get into a routine to ensure staff don't have to reprint and redistribute information.

"In this present economic climate, everyone is finding it hard to make ends meet," Mr Greedy said.

"Schools are no different and we are constantly reviewing practices within the school to identify ways we can save on expenditure.

"One of our biggest financial commitments comes from the purchase of paper so we are continually looking to decrease the amount of paper used at the school.

"One area in which we seem to be using an unacceptable amount of paper is in having to recopy and redistribute notes that have previously been given to students but are lost before they arrive at home.

"It would be helpful if parents were to help students get into a routine of getting notes out of their bags as soon as they arrive home.

"In this way hopefully less notes will disappear, get torn or dumped in the bin and we will have fewer requests for new notes.

"Over a period of a year this will result in substantial savings in paper used and money spent on photocopying."

Newsletter, 22 Sep 2009 Terry Greedy, Woy Woy South Public School