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Silver Status Reflection. What was already in place?. Litter free lunch boxes. Regular rubbish audits. Annual Beach clean ups. Class visits to the re-think centre and to the local beaches to clean them up. Class vegetable gardens. Paper recycle bins in each class. Paper for trees scheme.
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What was already in place? • Litter free lunch boxes. • Regular rubbish audits. • Annual Beach clean ups. • Class visits to the re-think centre and to the local beaches to clean them up. • Class vegetable gardens. • Paper recycle bins in each class. • Paper for trees scheme. • Worm Farm. • Learning about indigenous species.
Some new initiatives for 2013. • More community projects. • More of a ‘whole school’ approach to learning about environmental themes. • Improving the environmental culture of the school. • Going for Silver Status.
Collecting evidence of the five guiding principles. • Maori Perspectives. • Sustainable Communities. • Empowered Students. • Respect for diversity of people and culture. • Education for sustainability.
Continuingour current practices as well as growing more. Our latest addition to the school gardens and playgrounds.
Next Steps & challenges… Building a relationship with our local marae. Take part in the restoration of Waihirere domain. Help to organise and actively participate in the LEARNZ virtual field trip about Cooks Landing in May. Look at ways we can take better care of our local environment and the waterways around us.