Our Journey So Far.

1. Our Journey So Far. Tootstars: Turn the Tide.

2. The Poster • At the beginning of the Turn The Tide project, we created a poster showing our expressions of interest. • We dot pointed some ideas down so we can narrow the options down so we could come up with a solution to pollution. • Some of these ideas include: • When we have recycling bins we could find rubbish and put the rubbish in the right bins not just outside, GRACE. • Count and sort the rubbish that we find, JADE.

3. Call For Help • After we had completed the poster, we called the shire for help on how we can reduce the bins in classrooms around the whole school! • Then we emailed a lady named Amy, and the next week she sent a long email back full of great ideas that will definitely help our school environment! So a GINORMOUS thanks to her! Thanks Amy!

4. Searching For Bins • After we had completed our poster, our team/group started to research bins to be placed around the school. • After many weeks of searching, our team/group decided to stop searching for bins and merge with another team/group.

5. New Idea • Finally, we came up with an AWESOME idea that will help our school environment! • Our AWESOME idea was that we can paint RED and BLUE lines around the rim of the bin for Landfill and Recycling/Paper. • We are also going to clean out all of the bins in the school and placing the painted ones inside. • The materials we need to accomplish this are: • Gloves • Masks • Hose/Tap • Scrubber • Masking Tape • Paint (Red and Blue)

6. The Competition To Raise Money • We are going to raise money from our materials by starting a Jelly Bean Jar Competition! • We are starting to make posters to display around the school. • The guesses are 50c for 1 guess and $1 for 2 guesses (so 50c for a guess).

7. 19/10/18 • So far we have raised $21.00 Some people have been guessing twice and some less or maybe even MORE!

8. Cleaning The Bins • A few people started to clean the bins and place masking tape on them for when we do get the red and blue paint!

9. Photos

10. Sorting Rubbish • Half of the Turn the Tide group started to sort the rubbish that they had cleaned out of the bins last week. • They sorted all of rubbish out of the bins that they collected two weeks ago.

11. Tallying Up The Rubbish That We Have Collected • Grace was tallying up how many bags of rubbish that half of the group had sorted! • She had tallied down: • ~ All of the bags were sorted! • ~ All of the rubbish was sorted!

12. What They Found • The group of people who were sorting through the rubbish found all sorts of thing such as: • Plastic In Average - 351 • Milk And Juice Cartons – 15 • Paper And Cardboard – 738 • Metal – 27 • Squeeze Pouches – 5 • Food scraps-544 • Glass – 0 • Chip Packets – 127 • Fabric - 19

13. Painting Bins • Last week we started to paint the bins that Miss Perkins coated three weeks ago, we painted 7 red bins and 1 blue bin. • On the 9th of November we painted bins again and we had 9 red bins and 8 blue bins and it got messy.

14. 2nd Coat On The Bins • On the 9/11/18 we painted a 2nd coat on the red and blue bins! • Next week we will probably peel off the tape to reveal the finished product!

15. 3rd Coat on The Bins • On the 16/11/18 we painted a 3rd coat on the red and blue bins for all of the classrooms! • This might be the week that we pull the tape off and reveal the finished product!

16. Pulling The Tape Off • On the 16/11/18 we pulled off the tape from the red and blue bins and they look amazing! • The lines are so precise and straight. • We all can’t wait to see them displayed all around the school.

17. BINS! • Finally, we have finished the bins and the look amazing! There is a RED & BLUE stripe around the middle of the bins and most of the classes are using the bins correctly!

18. More Photos!

19. Thank You! • Thank you for taking your time to read this booklet. • Also a huge thank you to Miss Perkins for organising this program and helping us make all of this a reality! • Jade Santamaria, Rhiannan Fraser, TiahnaWyhoon!