Our Rubbish Investigation

Today as part of our Reduce, Reuse, Recycle unit we counted up all of our rubbish. We did this to see how much rubbish we throw out and what we are putting in our bins.

1. We took the rubbish out and tipped it out onto a tarpaulin.
2. We sorted it into groups
3. We put them into groups of plastics/packages - food scraps - paper and tissues
4. Then we counted it and put the data onto tally charts.
5. We counted each tally chart to get a final number for each group.
6. We found - plastic/packets = 79 pieces Paper = 152 pieces  Food Scraps = 91 pieces = 322 pieces of rubbish altogether.
7. We timesed the amount by 12 to work out how many pieces each class would throw out.
8. Then we timesed that by 5 to get how much per week.
9. Then we timesed that by 32 for how many weeks we are at school.
10. We found that we throw out around 291 840 pieces of paper that we could be recycling into our bins
11. We found that we throw out around 174720 pieces of food scraps that we could be composting into our bins.

We then worked out by adding the food scraps and paper together that we are throwing away around 466 560 pieces a year, of rubbish, that we could be composting or recycling.

Reduce. Reuse, Recycle

We only have one home. 

Planet Earth.

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle Video

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle song. Song by Jack Johnson.

Reusing - Start collecting!

Time to start looking at reusing items to create new objects/artworks.

Start collecting bottle tops, toilet paper rolls. water bottles, milk bottles, fizzy bottles and cereal boxes.

Collect them at home and put them in a safe place. Make sure they are clean. Bring them in after the holidays into Room 5. Then we can start being creative!

       

Land Art

                                                       
We looked at some photographs of land art yesterday by Dietmar Voorwold. We were struck by the simplicity of them and the circular patterns he often uses. We thought we could do something like that when we go to the beach.

                                                      

                                                   
                                 


                                                       


                                              


Find more land art here http://www.landart-creations.com/land-art/

What you can and can't recycle in Wellington

Have a look at the list below and answer these questions. Talk about it with your parents.

What do we recycle at school?

What do you do, or what can you do, at home to help stop plastics and other rubbish getting into the ocean?

Why does recycling matter?

What you can and can’t recycle in Wellington

A note about paper

You can recycle paper of any kind, unless it:

• is waxed or foil-backed
• has plastic or food on it.

Recyclable materials	Examples
Paper and cardboard	newspapers and magazines egg cartons office paper and envelopes junk mail cereal boxes toilet paper rolls cardboard boxes, including pizza boxes (but remove pizza scraps) brown corrugated cardboard
Plastic - grades 1 - 7, excluding polystyrene	drink bottles food containers cleaning product containers plastic trays empty plastic bags
Tins and cans	aluminium drinking cans food tins pet food tins
Glass	glass bottles and jars

Don't put these in your kerbside recycling	Examples
Aerosols	fly spray spray deodorant cream cans
General waste	food and liquid cloth or clothing bottle and jar lids
Wax-coated or lined cartons	milk and juice cartons
Specific types of plastic and metallic wrap and packaging	polystyrene bubble wrap glad wrap tin foil meat trays (polystyrene)
Green waste	lawn clippings weeds
Specific types of glass	broken glass ceramics drinking glasses and cups glass bricks light bulbs and fluorescent tubes medical and lab glass containers mirrors Pyrex tv tubes and computer screens vases and ornamental glass window glass
Hazardous items	sharp objects medical syringes batteries paint and oil all types of gas bottles / cylinders

Decimal Numbers Song

New Philosophy Question

Created with Padlet

How our brains work.

Brain Rules - Created with Haiku Deck, presentation software that inspires

World of Waste Tour.

Bring and Buy Information Report.

Bring ‘n’ Buy

  Bring and buy’s are for fundraising - normally for school camp. You bring stuff in that you don’t want, then you bring money in, then you buy the stuff that other people don’t want and you do.

Bring and Buys often have have loads of toys.

Some are broken, some are non-loved-recent-birthday-presents, and others have just been grown out of.

Some of them require electricity, others require cleverness and co-ordination, and much more.

Also, there are soft toys; teddies, and anything with fabric.

  Book’s are common in bring and buy’s.

You can get lots of books varying from comic’s to phone books. Some books are old, some are new, and some are just meant to look old.

  You can buy food from Bring and Buy’s.

You can get a variety of food, from water to juice, or ice cream, baking,  sausage’s and toasties.

  Most Bring and Buy’s have raffles.

Raffles are a lucky draw for something you want, and you need to pay for tickets. Similar to the lottery.

  Some Bring and Buys have activities.

They have activities like trampolines, ball games, and sometimes they even have nail polish!

By William T

New Topic Challenge

A Letter From Yertle the Turtle

Dear Room 9

My name is Yertle. I’m a Hawksbill Turtle and I was hoping you could help. There are only 30 000 Hawksbill Turtles left in the world. We are endangered. I have lost lots of friends because of rubbish and plastics that people have dropped and ended up in the ocean.

I was hoping you would be able to in some way to slow down the rubbish that gets into the ocean by changing something in your school, your home or your community.

Thanks for your help!    

Love

Yertle the Turtle

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We will be working on this challenge over the next few weeks.

Class Trip
On Thursday we are going on our World of Waste tour. This is to see the ways in which our community deals with waste at the moment. We all need covered in shoes for this trip


As part of this topic we will be learning about reducing, reusing and recycling, statistics, and persuasive writing.

Some videos to get you thinking...

http://www.3news.co.nz/Freedom-at-last-for-injured-turtles/tabid/1160/articleID/287226/Default.aspx


http://www.3news.co.nz/Take-a-shellfie-this-World-Turtle-Day/tabid/1160/articleID/345456/Default.aspx
This event happened a couple of weeks ago.

Check out how we are doing on Mathletics!

Well Done Room 9,  Great Team Work!

New Homework Challenge due Wednesday next week.

The Big Event Challenge.

Dear Room Nine,

You have been Tiki Touring around New Zealand and learning about maps and places. I have a final challenge for you. There are three big events coming up in Auckland later on this year or early next year.

Choose which one you would like to go to.

1.) Justin Timberlake Concert, October 2014

2.) Katy Perry Concert, December 2015

3.) Cricket World Cup Semi Final, March 2015

Now you need to plan your visit.

You have a budget of $1000 - including $150 for petrol and $200 for food

You need to include 3 other places to visit while you are there, including at least 1 free place.

You will need to create a detailed budget.  

You will need to hire a car for 3 days.

You will need to find accommodation for 2 nights for 2 adults and 1 child.

You will need to create an detailed itinerary.

Key Websites

AA  Travel times

Hotel Bookings  Wotif.com

Car Rental Website  http://www.gorentals.co.nz/Wellington-Car-Rentals.aspx

Free things to do in Auckland Top ten free things to do in  

Things to do in Auckland http://www.aucklandnz.com/things-to-do

You will need to create a presentation to share with the class on Wednesday the 11th of June. You need to include some pictures and a map in the presentation.  

Sample Budget

Items Expenses

Accommodation $100

Food $100

Petrol $100

Car Rental   $100

Activities $100

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Total $500

Sample Itinerary

Day 1 - Tuesday 30th of January

Drive to London    Travel time: 2 Hours

Stay at the Hyatt   Check in time 2pm

Walk around London

Day 2 - Wednesday 31st of January

Go to the event

Go to the Tower of London

Stay at the Hyatt

Day 3 - Thursday 32nd of January

Go to the London Eye

Check out of the Hyatt Check out time 11am

Leave London Travel time: 2 Hours