The Bega Catholic school has been awarded $1500 through the 2021 Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants, which is delivering almost $2m to schools across the country for environmental projects.

St Patrick's principal Jo Scott-Pegum said the project "101 trees" was created and inspired by a group of pupils who want to replant native trees on fire-affected properties in the area.

The group that came up with the idea included the school captains and vice-captains as well as members from the student representative council (SRC).

Together they decided that after the devastation of the bushfires, they wanted to give back to the community rather than spend the money on their own school gardens.

"I think it's a really good thing that we're planting new trees because it was really sad that we lost lots of trees," school captain Madison Woods said.

"I feel really lucky to be able to help people with things they're struggling with."

Vice-captain Alexia Spitzer said their project had been inspired by online influencers who had planted countless trees from donations.

"I think that was really amazing of them and I think it was really good for the environment because trees are incredibly important for fresh air," Alexia said.

There were two grants available through the Woolworths Junior Landcare scheme and St Patrick's was successful in attaining both.

The first grant of $1000 was for any sustainable food production projects, waste management practices, or as in St Patrick's case enhancing native habitats projects.

The second was a $500 Bee Bonus that provided funding to support the conservation of Australia's bee population.

SRC teacher Sally Nicholas said when principal Jo Scott-Pegum told the school there were grants available, she reached out to the group of pupils from the SRC.

"Instead of teachers deciding what our project could be and doing something on school grounds, we asked the SRC what they were thinking and let them collaborate their ideas together," Ms Scott-Pegum said.

The children involved in the project includes the school captains, vice-captains and a representative from each class except Kindergarten.

"We decided that each member of the SRC will be able to pick a student from their class and then they'll be able to go with them and plant the trees," Madison said.

"We'll work with around 25-26 kids and then we'll look at where those properties are and look at all the different factors of what they need the trees for," Ms Nicholas added.

The project will start in July for the third school semester and they estimate it will finish around September.

Ms Scott-Pegum said the school had ordered a native beehive for the school grounds that will be delivered at the end of the year.

"The Bega Valley is right on the southernmost boundary of places where native bees exist in hive colonies, we're hoping we can situate it well for pollination," she said.

Ms Scott-Pegum said the bees will contribute to pollination around the school and neighbourhood.

"Hopefully those bees help with the regeneration of our school environment and our community."