Room 12 visiting Pataka

We, the students of Room 12, are part of the next generation - guardians or kaitiaki - who will look after our planet. 

We are responsible for taking care of the air, the water and the earth. 

We must look after our sandy beaches, rocky rock pools and muddy mudflats that are at our doorstep in and around Paremata.

We are big on taking care of the environment.    

We are interested in how we can reduce and reuse waste materials and upcycle them into art.

That's why Room 12 went on a trip to Pataka to learn more about reduce, reuse and recycle, and what to do with all the waste materials we have on our planet.

We learnt that you can make:

• bunnies out of plastic bags
• symmetrical art flowers out of cardboard boxes
• bracelets out of old copper wiring that can be decorated with beads made out of paper
• rainbow coloured frames decorated with little bits of broken Kinder Surprise toys
• pencil holders out of plastic bottles

They all looked amazing!

Please look after our wonderful world. Don't throw all your rubbish away.

Be wise and REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, UPCYCLE and REPURPOSE.