Year 1 Bird Adoption

In Term 2 the Year 1 classes were learning about native birds. We learnt that some of our native birds are in danger of becoming extinct so we decided to see if we could help them. We all did jobs at home to raise money and sent the money to the Otorohanga Zoo. Each Year 1 class adopted a different native bird. Room 29 adopted a Tui, Room 30 adopted a Pukeko, Room 31 adopted a Kiwi, Room 32 adopted a Kereru and Room 33 adopted a Kea. The money that the zoo got from us helps to look after the native birds.

Term 2: Student Council, Sustainable Coastlines and other Year 5 and 6 Student clean up Okahu Bay:

Over 100 students, parents and teachers went down on a cold Sunday morning to clean up Okahu Bay. Initially it looked as if the beach was very tidy rhat was until the students started to dig deeper and managed to find several bags of rubbish.

The following day the students were able to audit the rubbish to look at what was exactly found. The rubbish that was found ranged from rope all the way through to appliances, however some of the bigger contributing factors were: Cigarette packaging and lighters, caps and lids, food wrappers and plastic containers, as well as medical products.

Although in the grand scheme of things our change was small but it still managed to make a difference. Our next focus will be to complete the clean up again next year during the same time and compare results.

Safe Bottles Promotion

The Year 4 team has come up with a great fundraising idea in order to raise money for the signs in the gully. We would like to make some new signs and that will cost money so we decided to sell Safe Bottles. This is a great project because we are encouraging people to use less plastic and buy a stainless steel bottle that you can use everyday. Room 5 have created these great posters to promote this product. Look out for them around the school!

Orchard

Check out Room 34's blog to see them doing some great work in the Orchard last term:
http://www.misshedstrom.blogspot.co.nz/

Sustainable Environment Award

We are so excited! The Lorax Garden Project has been nominated for this award. All the Year 2 children from 2011 were involved in the creation of the garden.