Beach Clean Up Trip

Ways to reduce our water footprint

Room 16 have brainstormed some ways to reduce our water footprint!

Our 'water footprint' comes from the amount of water we use.  It includes things like showering, flushing the toilet, water used to produce the food we eat and make the goods we buy.  The more water we use the larger our water footprint.  We have brainstormed some ways to reduce our water footprints.  Maybe you could make a promise too to help reduce your water footprint.

We promise to:

·    Use less water on my garden

·    Only have one shower a day

·    Tell my Mum not to drink her favourite coffee but drink tea instead.

·    Have a shower instead of a bath

·    Turn the tap off when I am brushing my teeth

·    Drink water instead of softdrinks etc

·    Reuse water bottles

·    Use water bottles instead of the drinking fountain

·    Wash your face with face cloth

·    Use half a flush instead of a whole flush

·    Use a Toilet Flush Control on your toilet

·    Not to put paint, oil, soap, food, dye, litter down storm water drains.

·    Clean up rubbish on the beach.

·    Not to wear too many clothes so they don’t have to be washed

·    Reuse, reduce, recycle

·    Pick up rubbish so it doesn’t go down the storm water drain

·    Not litter

·    Collect rainwater in buckets around my house to water the garden

·    Have a shower for 4 minutes or less

AQUA Museum visit

KK's Poppa visits Room 16

KK's poppa came to visit us today and showed us how taps work.  He showed us how drain pipes carry water to taps and then we got to put one together.  It was a lot of fun and we learnt lots about pipes, drains and taps.  Thanks Mr Baker!

A visit from the Water Care Lady!

 After lunch on Thursday Sally, the Water Care lady came to talk to us about water.  She talked to us about all sorts of things to do with waste water.  We learnt about where water goes once we have used it, how it is cleaned, and the bacteria and bugs that live in water.   On Monday we visited the Pakuranga Stream and got some samples of water.  We found some bugs like damsel flies, blood worms and snails in the water.  

Here is a movie and slideshow from the visits:

Our Stream Walk

On Thursday 17th March Room 16 and Room 8 went for a walk along the stream at the back of our school.   Listen to some recounts about our walk:

By JJ

By ET

By TD

By EP

By NL

By AM