Waste Aware Programme

Students will learn about waste, what happens to it and how it can damage the environment if not disposed of correctly. The programme also looks at how we can make better choices when making purchases and recycling made fun! An important learning outcome for children is how they can individually make a difference to reducing waste.

 

With the world’s resources being depleted, the oceans filling with our plastics and landfills around the globe filling with rubbish that could have a different life, we need to do something now to protect the world we live in and ensure it’s around for those future generations. This programme is designed and focused at students between Year 5-8, but can be adapted to suit the younger years.

 

 

The Full Term programme which involves five lessons with the facilitator and that includes three field trips!

 

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Lesson 1: What do we do with our rubbish?

• Understanding of what waste is.  Recognition of the problem waste poses to society.
  Facilitator to visit school

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Lesson 2: What does the community do with their rubbish?

• Knowledge of what happens to our waste.  Understanding of options in dealing with waste.
  Field trip to Omarunui Landfill

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Lesson 3: How does our rubbish affect the marine environment?

• Awareness of the impact of rubbish and human inference on marine mammals and birds.
  Field trip to National Aquarium of New Zealand

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Lesson 4: Learn about what we can recycle and the pros and cons to recycling.

• Knowledge of what resources are used to make products.  How resources can be reused/recycled.
  Field trip to Transpacific Recycling

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Lesson 5: How have we changed our ways?

• Understanding of options for each of us.  How individuals can make a difference every day.
  Facilitator to visit school – class presentation

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