This is what we do at gardening group in Papatoetoe Central School. Gardening takes place in Room 18 or in the garden at break 1 or 2. The teacher is Miss Rands-Trevor. We plant strawberries, silver beet, potatoes, carrots, radishes, cucumbers, lettuce, snow peas, lettuce and much more.
We planted carrot and snow peas seeds last term. Firstly, we dig a hole the size of your pinky and then we put the seeds in the holes and we cover the seeds with the soil. We water the seeds with the hose and we wait for them to grow. When they have grown, we can take some of the fruit or vegetables home.
We pull out the weeds so they don’t affect the plants or damage them. We also plant flowers in the beautiful garden to bring the bees. When we get to the garden we rake the leaves out of the way. Everyone in the group has journals to record what we do and we have lists of things that we could plant and when.
So that is what we do at gardening. I like gardening because we get to take the fruit or vegetables home. Danica enjoys gardening because it’s really fun to plant some seeds. Gaylene loves finding and tasting the red, ripe strawberries when we go down to the garden.
By Joanna L, Danica C and Gaylene E.
Thursday 30 October 2014
Thursday 9 October 2014
Recycling in Auckland City
Auckland City Council have just started a new campaign to help residents learn how to recycle properly. They have enlisted the help of a computer animation team to create a series of ads around the correct way to recycle.
Plastic and Tin Can are the stars of the Council's new "Make the Most of Waste" animated characters who make their debt in "Intruder". Plastic and Tin Can plan to help you recycle right and teach us what can and can't go in our recycle bins.
The Council aim to educate people about waste in order to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills each year. They have the aspirational goal of having Auckland waste free by 2040. The Council claim that of the 160kgs of waste each household on average sends to landfill each year 65% of it could have been avoided or recycled and put to better use.
It is really great to see the Council thinking outside the box to find ways to engage the community in taking responsibility for our environment. These cute and likeable animated characters are sure to be a marketing hit for the local government and a positive for the environment, too.
Plastic and Tin Can are the stars of the Council's new "Make the Most of Waste" animated characters who make their debt in "Intruder". Plastic and Tin Can plan to help you recycle right and teach us what can and can't go in our recycle bins.
The Council aim to educate people about waste in order to reduce the amount of waste being sent to landfills each year. They have the aspirational goal of having Auckland waste free by 2040. The Council claim that of the 160kgs of waste each household on average sends to landfill each year 65% of it could have been avoided or recycled and put to better use.
Auckland Council has an aspirational goal of zero waste by 2040. That
means by recycling, composting food waste, re-using items and preventing
waste in the first place, we'll be on target to send as little as possible
to landfill. This will save valuable raw resources and energy, and help us
achieve our goal of making Auckland the world's most liveable city.
We're heading in the right direction – but we can still do more. The average Auckland household sends about 160kg of rubbish to landfill every year. Of this, 65 per cent could have been avoided or put to better use. That's a waste of good waste, right?
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan is our first region-wide plan for tackling waste. It's a blueprint for reducing the amount of waste we send to landfills. While the plan's vision is zero waste by 2040, it also includes three key medium term targets:
We're heading in the right direction – but we can still do more. The average Auckland household sends about 160kg of rubbish to landfill every year. Of this, 65 per cent could have been avoided or put to better use. That's a waste of good waste, right?
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan is our first region-wide plan for tackling waste. It's a blueprint for reducing the amount of waste we send to landfills. While the plan's vision is zero waste by 2040, it also includes three key medium term targets:
- reduce domestic kerbside rubbish (per person, per year) to landfill by 30 per cent by 2018
- reduce total waste to landfill (per person, per year) to landfill by 30 per cent by 2027
- reduce council's in-house waste by 30 per cent by 2018.
Auckland Council has an aspirational goal of zero waste by 2040. That
means by recycling, composting food waste, re-using items and preventing
waste in the first place, we'll be on target to send as little as possible
to landfill. This will save valuable raw resources and energy, and help us
achieve our goal of making Auckland the world's most liveable city.
We're heading in the right direction – but we can still do more. The average Auckland household sends about 160kg of rubbish to landfill every year. Of this, 65 per cent could have been avoided or put to better use. That's a waste of good waste, right?
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan is our first region-wide plan for tackling waste. It's a blueprint for reducing the amount of waste we send to landfills. While the plan's vision is zero waste by 2040, it also includes three key medium term targets:
We're heading in the right direction – but we can still do more. The average Auckland household sends about 160kg of rubbish to landfill every year. Of this, 65 per cent could have been avoided or put to better use. That's a waste of good waste, right?
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan is our first region-wide plan for tackling waste. It's a blueprint for reducing the amount of waste we send to landfills. While the plan's vision is zero waste by 2040, it also includes three key medium term targets:
- reduce domestic kerbside rubbish (per person, per year) to landfill by 30 per cent by 2018
- reduce total waste to landfill (per person, per year) to landfill by 30 per cent by 2027
- reduce council's in-house waste by 30 per cent by 2018.
Auckland Council has an aspirational goal of zero waste by 2040. That
means by recycling, composting food waste, re-using items and preventing
waste in the first place, we'll be on target to send as little as possible
to landfill. This will save valuable raw resources and energy, and help us
achieve our goal of making Auckland the world's most liveable city.
We're heading in the right direction – but we can still do more. The average Auckland household sends about 160kg of rubbish to landfill every year. Of this, 65 per cent could have been avoided or put to better use. That's a waste of good waste, right?
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan is our first region-wide plan for tackling waste. It's a blueprint for reducing the amount of waste we send to landfills. While the plan's vision is zero waste by 2040, it also includes three key medium term targets:
We're heading in the right direction – but we can still do more. The average Auckland household sends about 160kg of rubbish to landfill every year. Of this, 65 per cent could have been avoided or put to better use. That's a waste of good waste, right?
The Waste Management and Minimisation Plan is our first region-wide plan for tackling waste. It's a blueprint for reducing the amount of waste we send to landfills. While the plan's vision is zero waste by 2040, it also includes three key medium term targets:
- reduce domestic kerbside rubbish (per person, per year) to landfill by 30 per cent by 2018
- reduce total waste to landfill (per person, per year) to landfill by 30 per cent by 2027
- reduce council's in-house waste by 30 per cent by 2018.
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