How do Boulcott students get to school?

Our school has been working with the HCC to find out how our students come to school. On the map below you can see the many ways we use to get to and from school... and below that is a photo of the key that will help you understand what the dots on the map mean... (The school is the pink shape near the concentration of black dots.)

Rubbish Audit

WE ARE NOW IN TERM 2:

Today in our meeting we looked at the rubbish audit forms that had been returned from each class. We had to fill in the totals that were missing ready for us to calculate how much rubbish we make in our school. Here are photos of us using our maths skills!

OUR RUBBISH AUDIT

IS RUBBISH A PROBLEM?

We as a group have decided that we need to find out if rubbish is a big problem or  if it is a problem at all. To find out we made a sheet so classes/students can record how much rubbish they bring to school every day.      

WHAT WE WILL DO

We will count up all the rubbish and see how much we bring. We will end up with an amount of rubbish, If it isn't a lot  then it is not a worry and we can move on. If it is a lot then we will have to figure out a way to get people to bring less rubbish. Here is the sheet where we are recording our items of rubbish. 

Welcome to the Boulcott Enviroschool's blog for 2015

This year we have started up our Greenie Group and now we are beginning to think about what we want to do this year.

For those Year 4/5/6 students who haven't yet joined, but would like to, drop into Room 4 and pick up a form from Ms Nankivell. The form just explains what being a Greenie is all about.

Already we have some ideas "brewing" and soon you will see what they are on this blog.

Firstly, we voted for our two Greenie Captains. Congratulations Josh Kennedy and Kienan Smith.

Josh

Kienan

Both boys prepared speeches and were clear winners on the day. The Greenies really appreciated the thought and effort that went into those speeches, boys. Well done!

We would love to make some of these!

Do you have any spare PVC pipes at home? Have a look at these great composters! They are mini worm farms for our gardens! If you have some old pipes please may we have them? They will look great in our garden!

Working together to make our Garden Beautiful!

A HUGE big thank you to Gus Evans' nursery in Waikanae for the donation of some beautiful plants. We had so much fun planting them and we can't wait to watch them grow! 

Enviroschools Great Postcard Project

We had a great time making and writing our postcards. We used recycled card and bits and pieces to collage the covers and make them look colourful! We sent almost 300 postcards to lots of different schools. We couldn't believe how many we got back! They have pride of place in the entrance of our corridor, come and have a look! There is even a few made from ice cream lids!