Today we did a lot of talking about different ways that we are working to care for our environment. First, we went outside to clean up different areas around our school. Lots of people have thrown garbage on the ground. We chose groups of three to work together to collect trash in bins that can be reused. Our first stop was to the playground by the gazebo.
Next, we went behind the school.
Finally, we went to the small playground near the baseball fields.
We found all sorts of items: a shoe, cigarettes, soda and beer cans, water bottles, glass, food wrappers, magnets, yarn, and many other items that didn’t belong outside on the ground.
Once we collected all of the trash, we took turns sorting the items.
We made bins for glass, plastic, cans, paper, and other. Now we can recycle the items that are recyclable. The items in “other” will get put in the garbage.
After we collected the trash, we came inside to attend an assembly. A man from Shoprite came to talk to us about the different ways that Shoprite recycles and also the different ways that we can help to recycle there.
Our families can either bring back the paper or plastic bags that we use and get 2 cents (per bag) off of the total amount OR we can bring tote bags or other sturdy bags to reuse each time we go. He also thanked us for decorating the paper bags to distribute at the store in Northvale. Everyone did careful work with detailed drawings and messages. There were almost 300 bags that were decorated by first graders at William O. Schaefer.
During lunchtime, Jonathan, Mikey, Conor, Erin, and Madison B. helped during the Waste Free lunch. Parents were there to help, too. The purpose was to separate trash from the school’s lunches and to measure how much garbage each class threw out.
Ms. Eyer is helping keep track of the amount of garbage each class made. Today the school made much less garbage than on Monday because many people brought in waste free, reusable products. Many of the children in our class took part during snack as well as lunchtime. We realized that we should try to do this every day, not just today.
Ms. Stern was so proud of us for doing so much to help others and for all of our hard work and smart thinking, especially since we weren’t expecting anything in return, that she surprised us with munchkins at the end of the day!
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