KBS EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

KBS EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)

This year the team in Studio 26 are determined to keep the EPA running. We are out around our school everyday doing our bit to make a difference to our environment. 

KBS Picnic 2013 - Spencer Park

KBS Picnic 2013 - Spencer Park

Last week the KBS Whanau all ventured to Spencer Park for our annual school picnic. We had fun building sand sculptures on the beach in the morning. Then we spent the afternoon playing around Spencer Park. A great day had by all!

Check out what we got up to.

Studio 26 - 2013

Meet the 2013 Studio 26 Team

Well the team in Studio 26 have made a fabulous start to the year. We can't believe how quickly it's flying by! We are looking forward to working hard and having a great year.

EPA News Report

After completing our investigation as part of the KBS EPA we worked as a team to make this news report to help educate everyone in our school. We used iPod touches to film our clips and we all helped with making our report.

Keeping KBS Beautiful!

What are we going to do now we've finished our EPA Investigation?

We had a meeting to discuss what we found when we carried out our investigation of the KBS school environment. Then we decided what action we would take to help keep KBS beautiful. Here is a list of what we have decided to do:

* We want to keep the 'KBS EPA' (Environmental Protection Agency) going.

   (We will collect rubbish daily to keep the environment clean)

* We are going to organise a promotion to stop littering. We are in the process 

   of designing posters which we are going to put around the school and in our

   KBS newsletters.

* We are going to share our message at Whanau time (During 'Keep NZ 

   Beautiful Week'). We are putting together a movie / slide show to show

   what we discovered and what we want to do about it. Our message is:

   "If we don't look after our environment it will end up looking like a rubbish

    dump!"

* We are going to encourage the 'Four R's' - Rethink, Reuse, Recycle, Reduce

  (especially composting and recycling which do happen in the school already).

WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY PEOPLE THINK SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE BETTER CHOICES ABOUT WHAT THEY DO WITH RUBBISH AND OTHER WASTE.

EPA Investigation: Day 5

Day 5: Monday 10th September 2012

Day 5 Observations:

* People have been throwing out perfectly good food again! (Yoghurt, apples)
* We found more things we wouldn't expect to find at school. (Cigarette
   packets, empty cans, Toy World mailer)
* Group 4 found some kind of electronic device. Group 2 found a small ball.
* There was lots of canteen waste from Friday. (Empty juicy & noodle packets)
* We collected lots of zip lock bags that could be reused.
* And there were lots of chippie packets again!!!
* We found more cup cake wrappers from the cup cake day last week.

EPA Investigation: Day 4

Day 4: Friday 7th September 2012

Day 4 Observations:

* We found more things that we wouldn't expect to find at school (e.g. beer 

   bottle and cigarette packets).

* Zone 2 had a lot of rubbish today.

* Zone 1 had hardly any rubbish at all - Yay!!!

* Zone 2 had lots of zip lock bags that could be reused.

* Most of the rubbish found in Zone 2 today was hidden in the bushes.

* Lots of chippie packets again / most of the rubbish is food wrappers again.

* Good food being wasted again.

* Cans and bottles were found that could be recycled.

* Lots of compostable stuff collected again.

* Canteen rubbish was found - Flavoured milk bottles and tin foil from garlic 

   splits etc. (Friday is the only day of the week our school canteen is open)