Sunday, 1 April 2012

Orakei Basin Trip

On Wednesday 28th March the Year 3's went on a mission to pick up waste around the Orakei Basin which is impacting on our local environment. It was a beautiful sunny day and not a breeze at all, so we were very lucky.  We found a variety of pieces of waste along the way including bottle tops, plastic bags, shoes, buckets, plastic pipes etc.  We brought the waste back to school and after lunch we completed a waste audit.  The Enviro Ferns and Mrs Elmore helped us by sorting all the rubbish and recording what we had collected in a tally.
  Walking down the steps to the Orakei Basin.
 Coming to the end of the new walkway.

 Having a break after hiking up the step hill.
 Our school stream comes out to the basin here.
 The "Duck Bridge"
 We could see some fish in the water which was nice to see.
 

 Our big pile of rubbish that we found.
 Mrs Elmore helping us sort the rubbish.

 Some Enviro Ferns have sorted bottle tops and are tallying the results.
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21 comments:

  1. Sophie McDermott1 April 2012 at 13:08

    Wow! Lots of rubbish.

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  2. Charlotte M3 April 2012 at 15:19

    I really liked our school trip Mrs Cook. It was so so fun

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  3. hamish3 April 2012 at 15:21

    It was a cool trip to the orakei basin.

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  4. Wyatt3 April 2012 at 15:27

    This trip was fun

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  5. Michael3 April 2012 at 15:33

    I loved going on the trip.

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  6. hamish3 April 2012 at 16:24

    I like your smile Michael on the duck bridge.I like going on trips.

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  7. Hamish3 April 2012 at 16:32

    I picked up a glass bottle and a smoke stick. I loved the trip Mrs Cook.I like your smile Michael.

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  8. Charlotte WB3 April 2012 at 16:32

    It was awesome i loved it my favourite was when we were on the Orakei bridge

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  9. jamie3 April 2012 at 23:24

    The field trip was really great!

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  10. Michael4 April 2012 at 15:26

    The trip was fun but i'm sad because of all of the birds dying that we saw on the video.

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  11. Charlotte WB4 April 2012 at 15:26

    My favourite part of the day was when we were at the duck bridge i think that the rubbish was not very good

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  12. Ella4 April 2012 at 15:27

    I think that we picked up lots of rubbish and we saved lots of birds and fish.

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  13. alvin w4 April 2012 at 15:30

    Wow look at The rubbish

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  14. Barri4 April 2012 at 15:31

    I enjoyed that we had to pick up the rubbish becase I like
    to save the birds
    Barri

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  15. Kate4 April 2012 at 15:32

    Going on trips are awesome because you get to have lots of fun

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  16. Wyatt4 April 2012 at 15:32

    I was dying because I was thirsty!!!

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  17. jamie4 April 2012 at 15:38

    I think that all of the rubish was disgusting and my favourite part of the day was when we saw the jet skier.

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  18. Nicholas p4 April 2012 at 16:26

    I think we saved a lot of animals from the rubbishthat we picked up

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  19. Miss Smith24 April 2012 at 00:18

    Hey Room 23, Miss Smith here, this is my favourite place to go and visit in my spare time. I like looking over the side of the duck bridge at the fish too. You found so much rubbish, I can't believe it! Thank you for helping to keep New Zealand green. .

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  20. jamie7 May 2012 at 16:09

    It was so fun!

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  21. kayra & charlotte8 May 2012 at 19:38

    Dear room 23,
    I love how you put so much work into your blog

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