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Ms Whelan's EEP and JEEP photos

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoy looking at the photographs of the fantastic work by our EEP and JEEP groups this year. We have really enjoyed being part of this ning. Continue

Added by Ms Whelan's EEP Group 2009 on November 5, 2009 at 7:02pm — No Comments

Ms Whelan's EEP

Hi again everyone, Our EEP students have been busy this term completing our projects about Poverty and Pollution. Some students have printed t-shirts, others have made posters and movies and one student has composed a moving song about poverty. We look forward to sharing our work with you all soon. Continue

Added by Ms Whelan's EEP Group 2009 on August 12, 2009 at 9:16pm — No Comments

A new sub-group joins our EEP

Hi everyone, I am pleased to announce that we have a new sub-group of EEP called JEEP. That stands for Junior Enrichment and Extension Program. This group consists of students from Prep to Year 2 and we are all very excited about being part of the program. We began our sessions discussing the different forms of pollution that we know about: Air, water, land and noise. Today we walked around our school playground to see whether there was any pollution right under our noses!! We took some videos a… Continue

Added by Ms Whelan's EEP Group 2009 on August 12, 2009 at 9:13pm — No Comments

Ms Whelan's EEP projects

We have been working on our projects about pollution and poverty over the last few weeks. The students are working on several group and invidual projects which we are looking forward to sharing with you. These include: t-shirt designs, songs, picture books, TV adds, animations and posters. We have found out a great deal of information about pollution and poverty through our research and there are some important messages we would like to share with you all soon. Continue

Added by Ms Whelan's EEP Group 2009 on June 21, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

OUR GRAND PLAN

The last time our EEP group met together we decided on our major project. We decided to broadcast a radio programme for our whole campus. The aim of our radio programme will be to teach the Preps, Year 1, 2 and 3s a little bit about poverty and pollution. We are planning to braodcast over the P.A. system at school sometime next term while people are eating their lunch in their classroom. At the moment, we are not quite sure if we are going to broadcast everyday for a week or whether we will bro… Continue

Added by Ms Monaghan's EEP Group 2009 on June 18, 2009 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Environmental Issues - Poem, Jingle and A-Z by Sam, Lachie and Connor Yr 6!

A Recycling Poem! When I look out my window I think what a pity, Do we live in a dump or live in a city? So start looking after the planet, it's the thing to do! There's only one person who can make a change and it's you. Put your glass in a recycling bin, don't put it with the rest. I'm sick of pulling glass out from the tip, it's a pest! Everybody put your rubbish in the bin. So we can save the world that we live in! Why are the animals becoming extinct? I'll tell you why it's because of o… Continue

Added by Room 8 Fairfield on June 14, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

The Story of Stuff

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Added by Iain Cook-Bonney on May 26, 2009 at 3:27pm — No Comments

Wake up, Freak out, then get a grip!

This is a great video from Leo Murray (animator) about climate change and global warming!

Wake Up, Freak Out - then Get a Grip from Leo Murray on Vimeo.

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Added by Iain Cook-Bonney on May 26, 2009 at 3:23pm — No Comments

Our work continues

Ms Whelan's EEP group have been very busy gathering and sharing information about Poverty and Pollution. We have discovered some very interesting facts and we are continuing to increase our knowledge and awareness of these important issues in our lives. Continue

Added by Ms Whelan's EEP Group 2009 on May 25, 2009 at 7:07pm — No Comments

Great work

These are terrific ideas from Williamstown EEP. I can't wait ti see what you decide to do. Well done Continue

Added by Ms Whelan's EEP Group 2009 on May 25, 2009 at 7:03pm — No Comments

HOW CAN WE HELP? (Week 4)

Last week we got together in two groups to brainstorm the different ways that the Year 2 and 3s could help get their message out about Poverty and Pollution. Here are some of the ideas we came up with: POLLUTION (Year 2) * Write an article for the newspaper * Write a book to share with children at school * We could design an anti-pollution t-shirt * We could design a website to share with others * Create posters for display around the school * Write an anti-pollution jingle/song * Make a TV co… Continue

Added by Ms Monaghan's EEP Group 2009 on May 19, 2009 at 7:18pm — No Comments

Think --> Puzzle --> Explore (Week 3)

Think --> Puzzle --> Explore (Week 3)During Week 3 we all completed a Think --> Puzzle --> Explore activity. The Year 2 children focused on Pollution while the Year 3 children looked at Poverty. We talked about the information we already know, questions we had and then how we could further explore each topic. Here are some of the things we came up with: POLLUTION * Why do lots of people use petrol? * Why don't more people ride bikes? * Why do people smoke? * Why do more peop… Continue

Added by Ms Monaghan's EEP Group 2009 on May 19, 2009 at 7:12pm — No Comments

Ms Whelan's EEP

Hi everyone, At our EEP session this week we discussed Poverty and Pollution and came up with our wonderings. Here they are: Pollution: • What causes the most pollution? • How could we stop pollution? • Why is there pollution? • Why do people throw rubbish on the ground? • Can pollution lead to fire? • Why do people smoke? • Why do people deliberately light bushfires? • What is the most polluted country in the world? • China burns paper, cell phones and houses. How about burning that bad habit?… Continue

Added by Ms Whelan's EEP Group 2009 on May 15, 2009 at 8:22pm — 1 Comment

Day one of our webquest.....

Today we all met during period 2. We looked around the 'If I could change the world' website and got to know our own page. We also visited Mrs Whelan's group's page and left them a comment. Our activity today saw the Year 2 children exporing pollution, while the Year 3 children looked at poverty. We completed a THINK --> PUZZLE --> EXPLORE activity to see what we all already knew and where we could go from there. We are looking forward to meeting again next week to see if we can begin t… Continue

Added by Ms Monaghan's EEP Group 2009 on May 7, 2009 at 2:40pm — 2 Comments

Is your place like my place?

Hi everyone, Well, here we are starting the year for 2009. As you are planning your programme for the year, keep in mind that 'If I could change the world' could be part of that. Apart from the topics that we will look at this year, it is a great way to connect with teachers and classrooms across the globe. Perhaps if you are new to the site, or returning after a break, you could share what makes your part of the world unique. Share what makes it s… Continue

Added by Iain Cook-Bonney on March 11, 2009 at 11:39am — No Comments

Change the world for $15

A global publishing phenomenon about changing the world is hitting NZ stores. With over one million copies sold worldwide so far, the NZ edition, Change the World for $15 offers 50 simple, everyday actions to change the world that are easy for anyone to do. It is the product of the global social change movement, We Are What We Do, that believes: Small Actions x L… Continue

Added by Iain Cook-Bonney on March 18, 2008 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

Anti Pollution Posters!

We are making Anti Pollution Posters in our class at the moment. We decided to make some posters and display them in all of the classroom windows of our school.

They will focus on different ways that we can keep our school clean and tidy. We will show you some examples when they are ready.

Room 6
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Added by Room 8 Fairfield on November 10, 2007 at 9:26pm — No Comments

Insightful ideas from Room 6 children!

Jessica Edwards-Walker said...

It is bad that people are droping rubbish all over town.

November 1, 2007 8:10 AM

Tayler,Caitlin & Abbey said...

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Added by Room 8 Fairfield on November 5, 2007 at 8:36pm — 1 Comment

Local Pollution - Tackling Rubbish in the Play Ground!

We decided that we would look at pollution with our first change the World project, we are starting with the rubbish in the playground.

We are going to make posters and design some art to paint onto the recycling bins to make them look attractive.

We would love to hear some ideas from other classes of ways that they have tackled pollution in their school grounds.

Leave a coment or add your own blog post so we can connect our ideas!
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Added by Room 8 Fairfield on October 31, 2007 at 5:32pm — 3 Comments

How's your carbon footprint?

I was reading Derek's Blog where I found this link to a handy environm… Continue

Added by Iain Cook-Bonney on May 17, 2007 at 12:03pm — No Comments

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Ms Whelan's EEP and JEEP photos

Hi everyone, I hope you enjoy looking at the photographs of the fantastic work by our EEP and JEEP groups this year. We have really enjoyed being part of this ning.

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