Room 2 Learn with kiki Kiwi

 Did you know that all outside stormwater drains lead to the ocean?

Year 1 learnt about our new Hot Compost System that was put in at the beginning of Term 4. We also read about Kiki Kiwi and The Travelling Trash.

We were going to go on a litter hunt, but it was still raining! We did have a chance to look at a few of our storm drains here at Waka. We noticed there are a lot of stormwater drains all around our school. Lots of them had rubbish from lunchboxes in them. This made us sad, as we now know that the stormwater drains go straight out to Wakaaranga Creek, then out to the Tamaki Estuary.

 

Freddy the fish taught us a song to help us remember. "That Only Rain goes down the Storm drain."

Please help Wakaaranga by bringing a litter-free lunch. 

Kiki Kiwi says, "Do the right thing."

Year 1 Continue with Kiki Kiwi and friends

 

Today we learnt more about Kiki Kiwi and The Travelling Trash.

Did you know about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? 

Well, it is what happens to rubbish in our ocean as currents carry it and it ends up in this area. This is what happened to the blue plastic bag in our story.

We took action by looking for litter around our school. We found that most of the litter that we picked up came from our lunch boxes. Hmmmm, what can we do about this? We discussed different options, like putting the plastic chip packet in the right bin. But the BEST way is not to bring the rubbish to school in the first place! 

We made a display to help us be mindful of the litter in our school.

Please bring a litter-free lunch box to school to help our oceans.

Year 1 learn with Kiki kiwi and Friends

Did you know that all outside stormwater drains lead to the ocean?

Year 1 learnt about our new Hot Compost System that was put in today. We also read about Kiki Kiwi and The Travelling Trash.

We went on a litter hunt and filled an entire bucket with litter. When we looked at the litter, it was mainly from our lunch boxes. 

When we were out scouting for rubbish, we noticed the stormwater drains all around our school. Lots of them had rubbish from lunchboxes in them. This made us sad, as we now know that the stormwater drains go straight out to Wakaaranga Creek, then out to the Tamaki Estuary.

Freddy the fish taught us a song to help us remember. "That Only Rain goes down the Storm drain."

Please help Wakaaranga by bringing a litter-free lunch. 

Kiki Kiwi says, "Do the right thing."

Year 4 Investigate What Our Kura Can Do

Do you remember when we wrote to the Prime Minister?  Well he didn't take them in person, but he did send a video reply.

Today we wondered how our kura can further help the sea.

We read a play about some Eco Awards. How did the children help their school environment?

Bryn: "Eat less meat."

Millie: "Bike to work or school."

Gayanuka: "Stop littering."

We wondered if litter was still a problem at our kura ...

After collecting rubbish from around our kura for just 10 minutes, we came back to analyse the data.

In 10 minutes, Room 26 collected:

Plastic pieces = 202

Paper = 76

organic = 22

random = 10

What do we think about this?

Henry: "I think Waka can do better."

Grayson: "It's horrible because we collected a lot in such a short time."

Elora: "This is really bad for life, sea and everywhere."

Midhush: "It's bad for the ocean because then the wind blows it to the drains."

Theo: "I saved 3 plastic bags that were heading for the drain!"

The category we had the most of was plastic.

When we looked even closer....

we realised the plastic had come from our lunchboxes!

How can we solve this problem?

Maddison: "Unwrap the muesli bar at home."

Leo: "I use a sustainable cupcake holder for my crackers etc."

Isabel: "Just bring a litter-free lunch!"

Room 23 collected litter from each lunch eating area and compared:

Maia: "There's the most rubbish in the Year 3 and 4 area"

"The Year 3 and four rubbish pieces might just be bigger" 

"Most of the litter in the Year 2 area was small" Bryn

"The litter comes from lunchboxes" 

What can we do?

Make posters for litterfree lunchboxes

Make a commercial 

Make a video about can happen if we make rubbish

Send a letter to the people who make Glad Wrap telling them not to make it and send a letter to supermarkets asking them not to sell it.

Make a booklet about litterfree lunches

Put reminders around the school about litter

Send notices to all of the parents for litterfree lunch boxes

Show how much litter is collected per year so people will reduce

Ask Ms Von to have a litterfree lunch day each week.

Awards for the tidiest area

Have a daily litter pick up

We read an interesting article about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Plastic-Free Challenge - school journal Level 2

Room 24 discovered the drain by their classroom as FULL of litter.  How sad! That leads straight to the sea.  We worked with Ms Daniel to clean it all out.  How can we stop this happening?  We decided to make posters to encourage more children to bring litter free lunches.

Room 25 were amazed at the big pile of rubbish collected, even after 3 other classes had already collected litter around the school. We divided the rubbish into 3 piles. The biggest pile was definitely the plastic brought in from home in our lunchboxes. 

Lots to think about. 

Remember: "When we know better, we can do better!"