We had fun creating for Wonderment and Awe on Friday.  We had LOADS of activities to select from...

We had fun recycling and re-using things to create our favourite character...

Science

We have been learning about how air pollution makes acid rain. We wanted to find out how acid rain affects plants. We watered some of our plants with tap water and some with water mixed with vinegar, to make it acidic. Look at our PicCollages to see what happened. 

Here are some stories bout our recent trip...

Henderson Road Transfer Station

We went to the dump on Henderson Road.  It was interesting but rather smelly, “poowee”.  We went on the weigh bridge, we were 1180kgs.  There were 6 adults and 23 children.  It was amazing because I learnt that you can recycle oil.  Then we hopped on the bus and “Brrrm! Brrrrm!” off we went to the… Omarunui land-fill. Oh!  And do you know why it’ called a land-fill because it’s filling the land with loads and loads of rubbish, it’s just like a pie.  Why don’t you guess what kind of pie it is.  I know, a rubbish pie!  On every plastic it should have a triangle  but it will have a number inside it.

By Sophie.

At Henderson Road on the way to the Transfer Station, when we got to the transfer station, I learnt you don’t have to chuck everything away, you can recycle it.  You can recycle the plastic bottles that have triangles with numbers on the bottom.  There was like this garage thing that had lots of junk in it.  There were big containers with coloured bottles in them.  In the garage thing there were tvs, chairs, couches, toys and barbeques.  We got to see this big truck and when it opened its back it was a very long truck.  Then we hopped back on the bus and drove to the land-fill.  There was the pie it ha pastry on the bottom then rubbish then the top pastry. We had to wear a fluro vest. There was a very high fence but it stopped the rubbish from blowing away.  There was a hole with rubbish in it but when the men go away to eat their food the sea gulls will fly over and eat all the rubbish.  But for dinner the men cover the hole up.  No one can enter the land fill but if you are a rubbish man or if you have a licence, you can.  There are vents to let the gas out.  There is a weigh bridge.  We weigh 1180 kgd with 6 adult and 23 children.  Green waste gees to compost.  The rubbish goes to land fill.

By Roy

Henderson Road Transfer Station

Room 3 and Room4 went to Henderson Road transfer Station.  We learnt about recycling.  We all learnt that we can recycle oil.  Then we went to  big garage.  It had books, toys and furniture.  We went on a weigh bridge with six adults and 23 children, we weighed 1180kgs.  Then we went to Omarunui land-fill.  Our bus stopped next to he truck wash. It was rather smelly.  Ms Petherick came, my Mum came, Joanna came, Roy’s mum came and Reuben’s mum came. At the land-fill there was a big gas burner.  We thought that it was a waste but it wasn’t.  Also Ann came too.  At the land-fill they made a rubbish pie! But it looked like a big green hill.  Beside it, it had a big valley.  I saw a bull dozer that had some spikes on its wheels.  It squashes all of the rubbish.

By Emily

Henderson Road Transfer Station

One day Room 3 and Room 4 went on a bus trip to Henderson Road Transfer Station. There we learnt about rubbish and recycling rubbish.  There was lots and lots of paper, cans, cardboard, bottles and oil.  Did you know that you can recycle plastic with three arrows in a triangle with a number, it can’t be over 8.  There was a shop and it was full of old stuff that people did not want any more like toys, tvs, furniture, kitchen things and books.

Omarunui Land-fill

Omarunui land-fill is a place just for rubbish.  If you go there, you have to put on a fluro vest and you have to be licenced to go there because no one can go without a special licence.   There are lots of fences with a wind tunnel top, to stop the rubbish from flying out.  At the Henderson Road transfer station we got weighed on a weigh bridge, there were 6 adults, 23 children and we weighed 1180kgs.  At  the Omarunui Land-fill, there is a pit full of rubbish.  There is a big digger with spikes on the wheels to squash the rubbish.  At night they cover it with dirt.

By Jerzy

What a load of rubbish!!
Room 4 and Room 3 travelled by bus to find out about what happens to our rubbish and what we can do to reduce our rubbish.  We found out the things that can be recycled, which would help us reduce our rubbish.  This helps our environment.
Here are some photos of our trip.

Ask your child about these photos and what they learnt on the trip.  I learnt alot and I hope you will after talking the details over with your child.