How do you think Sunnyhills School is doing when it comes to litter?
James - 8.3/10 - because whenever I walk around the school I normally see some litter around. There’s always that tiny bit of littering but not that much.
Joeric - when I was in year 3 and four I always saw plastic bags in drains, but now I don't.
Anvay - 9.9/10 - I only see very small pieces of paper on the field and deck.
Harry - 8.5/10 I still see not that much rubbish but I still see some.
Lucas - 7/10 - OK but some around.
Georgia - I saw a Gatorade bottle on the ground that still had energy drink inside. I think when the playground has been blocked off people have put it there and the wind have put rubbish down there.
What types of litter do you predict we’ll find?
Jayden - I think we will find muesli bars and candy and bits of plastic because some people are cheeky and break the school rules.
James - around the deck where we eat lunch is the most dirty part of the school.
Stefanie - there’s ice block wrappers and candy wrappers outside room 17. I don’t know how it got there. Maybe the builders.
ACTION RESULTS
We sorted the litter into 3 groups - food related, paper and miscellaneous.
The biggest group by far was food related.
Mrs Daniel - paper is biodegradable.
We found balloons from Kelly Club - we could ask them to stop using them as they can’t be recycled - Joeric
The biggest amount we found was food and drink wrappers - we could do naked lunch - Joeric
Use resusable lunch containers - James
Stefanie - don’t use glad wrap - there was lots - it’s very light and can float around. James - it’s very convenient. Joeric - it looks like jellyfish.
Mrs Daniel - lots of miscellaneous litter was from the building site. I wonder how we could make renovating and building more sustainable... biodegradable hazard tape?
How might we stop so many food wrappers around school?
Marco - make food wrappers heavy so they don’t fly away
Annie - take the food wrapper off at home
Abigail - put food wrapper straight in your bag
Lachie - eat inside
HImanshu - if you see rubbish pick it up
Mailia - put foil on your food
Jayan - Close your lunchbox when you unwrap something
Hayley - not bring any plastic wrapper to school
Hamish - don’t take any food with wrappers on it
REFLECTION - Naked Lunches would stop most of the litter around the school.
NEXT STEPS - How could we get more Sunnyhills families doing naked lunches?
Hayley - yell in their face that plastic is bad
Jayan - make an advertisement - YouTube
Abigail - tell people about using plastic containers instead of wrappers
Chloe - make a poster
Hamish - send an email to the parents
Marco - have stickers that tell people not to use plastic and put them on windows and doors
Ashley - do a plastic treasure hunt and the people who collect the most get a prize
Anastasia - Hold a competition and who ever has a rubbish free lunch box wins something
Sam - Encourage people to bring more fruits or take off the wrappers at home
Lachie - Everyday a person from each class picks up rubbish
Aston - do a nude food challenge - no wrappers allowed
Zoe - give people with nude food house points
Theo - when you get a lunch order put the wrappers in your bag to take home
Which suggestion do you think is best? Perhaps the Sunnyhills Eco Leader could implement a new initiative in 2021
A Litter Audit! What a great thing to do. Lots of fabulous thinking to problem-solve. Well done
ReplyDeleteHi Mrs Daniels and Sunnyhills students. This is something we are very focused on at Howick Primary; each student ticks on a class list each time they are wrapper free. At the end of the month all the names go into a draw - 1 winner per class. I can't wait to see what you decide to do :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea! I love that we can share ideas with other sustainable communities. What do you use for prizes?
Deletehi you guys did a very good job picking up rubbish.
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