Monday, 19 February 2024

Year Six Explore how & why Wakaaranga is a GreenGold Enviroschool

 





Year Six had their first Education with Sustainability session this week with Ms Daniel and Ms Everitt.  We reminded ourselves of what sustainability means and the actions we can take everyday as members of a GreenGold Enviroschool.

What is sustainability?

Ethan "protecting the planet"

Jaklyn "reusing things"

Tiaan "keeping the planet clean"

Ada "respecting"

Izzabella "Everything keeping going in one big cycle"

What can we do?

Indy "Pick up one to two pieces of rubbish everyday"

Evelyn "Bring a litterfree lunch everyday"

AJ "Walk to school"

Liam "Make a compost"

Amelia "Don't use glad wrap use bees wax wraps instead"

Sean "If you have soft plastic don't put it in the bin put it in soft plastic recycling at a shop where they can resuse it".

Evelyn "Keep litter in your lunchbox and throw away at home"

Amelia "give chip packets to people who make them into survival blankets for the homeless"

Krish "pick up litter on the beach"

Beau "Use biodegradable things"

Benjamin "Bring your own bag to the shops"

Lucas "Take scrap metal to be recycled"

Naomi "use the right bins"

Hannah "Pick up rubbish at the Wakaaranga Creek"

Next we mapped all the places (wahi) at school where we practice sustainability. Afterwards we used our maps to complete a scavenger hunt. 

Some tamariki helped spread compost in the new Mara Kai and begin planting. Collecting food scraps for the compost and growing kai is just one of our circular economies. Do you have a compost at home? 









Next time we're looking forward to beginning our enquiry into our local estuary. 


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