Sunday, 2 September 2018

Reflecting to GreenGold - what makes good evidence?

We're getting ready for our Green Gold Reflection.


Today we discussed - WHAT MAKES GOOD EVIDENCE?
Evidence is how you prove something you’re doing, so that you can actually tell you’re doing it and important - Jake
Actually showing not just telling - Valentina
Information to back it up - Ryan
Show changes in our school - Joseph
Show differences before and after - Leora



Together we looked at the reducing waste examples and put them in order from weakest to strongest

We saw good evidence needs to show why we did things, how we linked up with community groups, what we changed and how we changed what we did as we got results.  We need to show how we research, communicate, learn, reflect and change.

Next we related this to our Bring In The Birds / Pest Free Action Learning Cycle evidence;
- survey birds
- research birds and what we need to do to attract them
- research pests
- ACC visit to talk about pests
- Pestival held to inform community about pests
- Community start trapping
- plant bird corridor to create new habitat
- link up with Squawk Squad trappers
- raise money for Squawk Squad traps
- students create own fundraising for Squawk Squad traps
- continue to check rat traps
- plant trees on farms for Trees for Survival
- set up night vision camera to watch compost
- record kills on traps
- take advice on rat trapping
- resurvey birds
- record number of trees planted for birds over time

We felt our evidence is pretty good.

2 comments:

  1. Gosh, when you look back and reflect aren't you just amazed at how much mahi has been done! A lot of thinking and action to make Sunnyhills a sustainable school for the future!

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  2. Wow! Great thinking going Green Gold students. You are so ready to reflect.

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