Making a sign for the bins - We got rid of the bins

We got rid of the bins because of the rubbish inside of them and because we are an Enviroschool and we don't want more rubbish in our school. We made a sign that said, We are an Enviroschool. Please take your rubbish HOME!!! I liked this activity because I got to write the words and draw spirals. I worked with Meka and Slade. I hope you like our sign. I hope people will take their rubbish home.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP)

Last week we had to research The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and this week we had to put that information in a newsletter. I liked this because I  learnt what The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is and what it does to the environment. 

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch which is GPGP. The GPGP is estimated surface of 1.6 million square kilometres, that's like three times of France. The GPGP is halfway between Hawaii and California. The GPGP was only discovered in 1993. GPGP is full of waste/rubbish. 

What does it do to animals?

Have you ever thought about what the plastic does to the animals? When the plastic goes into the ocean, the animals think it is food. Turtles think that plastic bag a jellyfish so they eat it then they get sick and sadly die. 

What is in the GPGP?

In the GPGP there is soo much plastic in it. It has big and little pieces of plastic. Because of all the plastic it is forming an island.

Beeswax wraps

 

Today we made beeswax wraps it was so much fun. We did this activity because we want to use less plastic in our lunchboxes. My favourite thing about making this beeswax wraps was finishing making it. My most challenging thing was to make the instructions so we know how to create the beeswax wraps.

By Katelyn.M

Enjoy :)

How to make beeswax wraps

By Katelyn.M and Meka.W
Do you know that every day you use glad wrap, do you know how to fix it. Will we do, use beeswax wraps. If you have a square beeswax wraps you can put it on a circle thing too because you can put a rubber band around the beeswax wraps.

To make beeswax wraps you need:
Fabric any that you like.
Special scissors, so the fabric won’t get all fluffy on the side of the fabric
You need to get the beeswax.
You can choose the shape that you like it can be a circle or square.
An iron
Method:
 Dry and watch the fabric then iron the fabric.
Cut the fabric with the special scissors into the shape that you like.
Dip the shape of your fabric in and let the external wax drip off then lay them on a tray.
Bake in a low oven for 2-3 minutes.
Remove from the oven and when it is cool enough to pick uphold it by the very edges then gently flap the entry flap the want all the wax is probably room Asperger.
Lay the beeswax wraps to start the drying process for an hour.
Care instructions:
The beeswax wraps can handle a light scrub with a gentle dishcloth or sponge. Hand Wash your beeswax with cold water and alcohol-free soap. Put a bit of cold water in your sink and add soap. Don’t let it soak for a period of time. Dry your freshly washed wrap with a towel for immediate use or place over a dish rack.
To wash the beeswax wrap you wipe the food what was on it first,  then wash the wrap with cold water and dry it with a cloth gently.
 Enjoy making beeswax wraps

What you can make with aluminium cans

        What you can make with aluminium cans

By Katelyn.M

You can make puppets

Make a sign (stick it on the sign)

Put glitter glue in it so it can be a non-stress maker

Clean it out and put some other drink in it (like water)

Stick it on a piece of paper and draw a drawing with the aluminium can (be creative)

Zero waste - Plant life cycle

For zero waste the activity is life cycle and I chose Plant life cycle. You have to follow the arrows to know what to read at the right time. We were learning about nature cycle because we are an Enviroschool. What I found tricky was to make the pictures but it was fun. what I liked about this activity was the whole thing because I learnt what the Plant cycle was and it was fun to make the pictures.
By Katelyn.M
Enjoy :)

Tips and tricks for a litter free lunchbox

WALT: help our families and other's useless waste in our lunchboxes.

We did this activity to help our families and others to find other ways to use less plastic and wrappers in our lunches. Did you know that Paroa is an Enviroschool and we are trying to get the bronze medal and start making the environment a better place. We found LOTS of ways to have a litter free lunchbox.
I can't wait to try making my own muesli bars!!!
From this activity, I really enjoyed learning about how you can have a litter free lunchbox.
Working as a team is helpful and sometimes hard because we have different brains about what we want.
I am really happy that I am sharing ideas to help others litter free
As a class, we talked and researched ways to use less plastic.
I found it challenging when I was trying to find helpful tips and tricks. I also found it challenging when I was working as a team.
Made by Katelyn and Jesse Kalani also joined Jesse and I and he found some pictures.
Enjoy :)

Recycling for Homework

Please don’t litter!!!

Why you should not litter: If you litter the rubbish can easily just go in the sea and kill sharks, turtles, whales and lots of other animals.

Did you know when you put something in the recycling bin some stuff can be turned into something else?

What can you recycle: You can recycle paper, metal and plastic bottles.

  The metal, paper and bottles get their own piles. Some metal goes to a special factory so it can get crushed and then squashed together from other recycling bins. Then chopped into little pieces. After that, those pieces are melted in a big hot oven and then poured into blocks. The blocks are then sent to other factories because the factories can make other things with the metal. Some metal that you throw away in the recycling bin they don’t go to the dump there become something new like a new metal can or a new roll of foil or even part of a bike and car.

Some old plastic milk jug can be turned into something different too. It is taking to a special factory where it makes the plastic get shredded to bits and melted into a really hot oven and makes little pellets. Factories take the pellets and make them into new things like clothing, carpet and lots more.
But the paper is a little bit different from plastic and metal. Some paper goes to a recycling centre so it can get mixed with other paper in lots of water. Then it gets all goopy so it is smashed together by two big rollers and the rollers turn the goop into big flat pieces. The pieces are then left to dry. After that, they’re then cut into sheets of paper so we can write on them or do art, all sort of things.

So ALWAYS recycle metal, plastic bottles and paper so our environment is BTB.

BTB stands for Better Than Before.

By Katelyn.M

Environment homework.

My class has homework about the Environment because we are an Enviroschool. This slide is about recycling. It is very important to recycle because if you just leave your rubbish around the animals will die and you don't want that to happen do you because imagine that you are an animal that at rubbish and then died. This slide will tell some stuff you might have not known.

Environment for Blog X post

Environment 

At my school we are an Enviroschool. If you don't know what an Enviroschool is don't worry you will soon find out because I will tell you. It is a school who cares about the environment and trying to stop all of the plastic going into the sea and our environment and if it goes in the ocean or our environment the animals eat the plastic and then the animals sadly pas away. So join us, and make our environment better. I know we can do it. At my school we made a school map about our school and put rubbish bins on the map about where all of the rubbish bins are. We also looked around our school with a list of all of the waste what was in our school and we ended up with 307 pieces of waste. We were shocked about how much waste was on our school grounds. We are trying to just recycle and compost and not just put it in any bin. We got rid of some of the bins last year because we are only going to use the recycling bin and the compost bin, so we can help the environment.

A map of my school

Today my class and whenua we made a map of our school. My teacher put us into groups then my teacher gave us a section of our school so we can see how much waste there is in our school. We were shocked f how much waste there is in our school, we had 307 pieces of waste.