HAPPY NEW YEAR: How can we make the world a better place in 2018?

Happy new year! As we think about our goals for the year ahead, why not add an enviro resolution for your family?

Reducing household waste is a great place to start!

Did you know up to 55% of all household waste could be turned into compost? Instead it's sent to landfills, where it creates methane gas, which contributes to climate change.

What can we do?
- create a compost
- start a worm farm (ask Mrs Daniel for worms to get you going)
- recycle carefully
- collect soft plastics
- use reuseable shopping bags
- pack wrapper free school lunches - bring nude food dude!

This a great article from NZ Herald:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11957595

Simply making a resolution to say no to plastic straws, refuse plastic bags or pick up rubbish on the beach can make a big difference too.

Wishing you all clean green summer holidays Sunnyhills! 🌏❤

Video by the Enviro group to request funding from 'Treemendous School Makeovers'

From the Enviro Group's work around re visioning for our school; one of the major project they have identified from student suggestions collected is to extend the Native Trail and our orchard areas.  This will create a larger bird corridor and an extended orchard area will provide a haven for bees and produce that can either be sold to help fund other sustainability projects or consumed by the school community.  Check out the video they story boarded, filmed and edited to request funding from 'Treemendous School Makeovers.

Enviro Group Reflecting on the the Presence of the Enviroschool Guiding Principles in our School

The Enviro Group have been reflecting on the the presence of the Enviroschool Guiding Principles in our School.  They looked at changes we have seen in our school since becoming an Enviro School.  They started the session with a revision of what the guiding principles are using our Enviro display in the library.  (The guiding principles are outlined in child speak on this display).  They then brainstormed and categorised their ideas under: Place, Practices, People and Participation and Programmes.

Enviro Group Working on Re Visioning For Sunnyhills

The Enviro Group have been sorting and sifting through all the wonderful ideas that have come from the classes.  From these they will identify our  next projects.

Travelwise Central Primary Lead Teacher and Student Development Workshop Brainstorming Session

Central Primary Lead Teacher and Student Development Workshop

Before we attended the leadership day workshop we had to brainstorm and prepare our ideas on a road safety issue/problem our school is currently experiencing.  We chose traffic around our school gates.

·         we talked about what we already knew about the problem/issue/activity from observation and experience.
·       Next we thought about possible solutions.
We noted these all down and brought them to the workshop for the planning activity in the afternoon

Rotary Working Bee

Sunnyhills School Community are very grateful to an enthusiastic group of students from Pakuranga College, Young Rotaracts and their Rotary supervisors for the work they did during the school holidays to complete some environmental projects.  The fence painting was completed, trees mulched and bark spread along the bank from the back gate towards the Edible Garden area.