Students have been tallying how classes are doing on their Wasteless Wednesday Challenge and keeping track for the past 4 weeks. We will have a culminating assembly this week to present the winning classes with the homemade recycled trophies for gold, silver, and bronze.
Regular activities that support the environment and occur daily or weekly include: turning off the lights when all the students leave the classroom; each classroom has a juice box collection basket; waste free lunches are encouraged (avoid use of plastic wrap or any disposable items ) and parents are regularly asked to donate items which are no longer useful in the home - items such as fabric, yarn, stickers and buttons for art projects.
Kindergarden to grade 2 students at Beau Soleil turned Valentine's day into an environmentaly friendly piece of art. They used empty toilet paper rolls and shaped them into hearts to make leaves for a special tree.
Students used an empty container that once had a BBQ chicken, to create evaporation in the classroom. This project helps them to understand the three states of water during their Science class. Students were amazed to see drops of water forming at the top of the container.
The Green Schools Team is holding a contest to see which classroom produces the least waste in two weeks. They made trophies out of recycled items such as lunchable containers, fruit cups, pudding containers, etc to represent a gold. silver, and bronze trophy.
