This video clip on Youtube is the best I could find about kiwis. It has interesting facts and figures about the kiwi’s plight. I cannot embed it into the blog but please do watch it from this link. It is well worth it.
Can anyone else find some better kiwi videos? The first twenty kiwi videos on youtube are not about the kiwi bird.
This is animated but Joanna loved it so much I have put it in.
This Wendesday, (yes, that’s right! Wednesday 1 April) Owairaka School are having a Silly Hat Day. All can participate and join in the fun. It will cost a gold coin donation. The theme is a Silly Hat made out of recyclable material. So, once again, raid the recycling bin and see what you can come up with.
Absolutely yes. You can use sellotape or any other form of adhesive you like to keep your construction together.
Today was Green Day. We planted new shrubs, tidied up the gardens, and looked at a video of a school in Australia that has a zero waste policy.
Room 20 are planning a video we want to make that highlights ways we can reduce the rubbish we make. We want to post it on You Tube for the world to see.
Can you help us with planning our video? How do you and your family reduce the rubbish and waste you create? Give us some ideas that we could include in our video… Please add your ideas to the comments…
Paddy has shared an idea from his home. He will be on the team making the film…
Tiri has also shared an idea…
Waste Audit Report
On Tuesday 18th of November, Room 20 did a Waste Audit. A waste audit is when a group of people get together and try to sort out what kinds of things we are throwing away. Before we started the process we collected all the rubbish from the day before and weighed it. Then we tipped all of the rubbish on to a piece of tarpaulin. When we have done that, we start putting the rubbish into the categories we have layed out. For example compostable paper, recyclable plastic and more. To help us, we had a lady from the Auckland City Council, her name was Nicky Elmore.
When we throw out rubbish, to some of us it is like throwing money away, but for others it’s just a piece of rubbish. Some of the rubbish we are throwing away can be recycled, like paper that we have used on both sides and boxes. Things like that can be used on projects like recycled dinosaurs or other things. At Owairaka Primary School we are throwing away 34.3kg of waste that should have been diverted. That can make a lot of difference in the world and New Zealand.
Here are some of my ideas that you can also use to make a difference in the world. The first most important thing is to always separate rubbish that can be recycled and cannot be recycled. Then the second most important thing is to try and recycle more rubbish than you use to. Then the third most important idea is to try and reuse things as many times as you can.
I think we can do better with our rubbish. We can divert much more rubbish from going to the landfills where it will create methane gas.
By Lili Taito and the rest of Room 20.
I can prove how much our family recycles. See the picture. Have you answered the survey yet?
