The environmental wonder will be an educational green haven that will be utilised for art, literacy, science and Human Society and its Environment subjects.

Students at the school have already used the site for maths with the school measuring out the area of the pond.

This year is the Department of Education and Training’s year of sustainable schools and school principal Sue Piggott said the pond is just the start of what she wants to be made available to students.

“I would really like to create a wildlife corridor that winds up to the rear of the playground that will encourage more native birdlife to us,” she said.

It is through the NSW Minerals Council’s Enviro-Smart Grants program that the school has been able to create the area.

“They were here a year ago with a $1000 cheque for us and said they would be back to check in on how we are going and here we are with a completed pond,” Ms Piggott said at the opening ceremony this week.

With ideas for a fairy, monster and dinosaur section in the garden, every student will have a space they can call their own.

“We have a ‘Be Happy’ seat that will be placed outside the gate for the children to sit and reflect if they are having a moment where they need a little peace or a lift,” Ms Piggott said.

The students will also be involved in bug testing and the pond already has some inhabitants with two frogs called Lila and Jump Frog, water scorpions and dragonflies.

The plants in the pond are all native to the area and have been planted and placed in the pond by the students.

The NSW Minerals Council presented the school with another cheque for $1000 for the next project, the wildlife corridor, which Ms Piggott hopes will include a bike track.