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WA News Bulletin Board Submitted by: Dr Jennifer Pearson Date: 9.1.2004 Written by: Fiona Elsegood - Roleystone Primary School Title: Roleystone Primary School - Memory Garden   The students in year 5 had already completed work on establishing native gardens under existing tall trees. Building up garden beds on top of the well-worn soil created this garden because the soil is laterite and difficult to dig. The garden beds were built on layers of wet newspaper using imported soil mix, planted and then topped with mulch. There had also been a dry creek bed created to channel overflow from the school buildings during winter. The result inspired the project you see here. The students had one of their classmates lose her battle with leukaemia and they wanted to build a garden that they could use for quiet times. As the garden linked the first project with their existing poultry run at the back of the school it was important to provide a path. The students were able to source the bricks and over a day they worked to lay them with minimal help from their teacher. The garden was then built using gravel boulders, tyres and wood. Parents and the local landcare group donated plants. The gardens now provide an area for the students to walk, sit and chat away from the bustle of the main oval and playgrounds. Submitted by: Hannah Brown Date: 4.12.2006 Written by: Hannah Brown Title: Reminiscing I was a prefect at Roleystone Primary School in the year 2002. I was there when we built that path (see photo above) and it was hard work. I remember all the good times along with the bad but all in all Roleystone is a good school. I have friends that go there now and I see them every now and then. Submitted by: Jennifer Pearson Date: 29.8.2007 Written by: Jennifer Pearson Title: AAEE 2006 National Conference Report The final report on the 2006 National Conference held in Bunbury is now available.  If you would like a copy of the report please contact Jennifer Pearson by email j.pearson@ecu.edu.au Please complete this form and submit it to have your article appear on the Bulletin Board Submitted by:   Name: Address: Phone: Email: Written by: (Name) Title of article: Proposed article: Number of images supplied with this article:   Click here to attach images to an email.