minutes from 28 August

Enviro team meeting: 28 August 2012

Present: Bailey, Sophie, Casey, Jhanvi, Amelia, Grace, Deepak, Grace, Kaitlyn

Lunch box challenge posters are finished. Bailey thanks. Will print 12 copies and Casey and Bailey to place around the school.  Prize for the top class ideas:

$2 shop pencils/rubbers = if we all bring in $2 each put that towards.

R1 Assembly this week –  Miah (sick today) and Deepak will talk about composting and will mention the Lunchbox Challenge.  Also the great news that we finally have the blue paper bin being emptied twice as much as the orange (general waste) bin = this is fabulous news as have been trying to do this for at least 2 years!! Whoohoo!

VSA - $ money all posted off and sorted.

Hui – Sophie to work on powerpoint display for the Hui Meeting.

Amelia, Bailey, Sophie, Deepak, Grace, Jhanvi are keen to come.

Mrs C and Mrs S to work with the local whanua to decide date/time.

Sophie and Kaitlyn to Email Enviroschools (Karyn Burgess and Jean Pugh) to work out a date for SILVER award.

Looking at SILVER – vision to be greener and more sustainable for our future.

Discussed guiding principles:

1.     Marori Perspective whole school focus

2.     Empowered students – leadership – we all agreed this is going well, especially with our Y7&8 leaders.

3.     Learning for sustainability – classroom programmes - ongoing

4.     Diversity of cultures - ongoing

5.     Sustainable communities - ongoing

Meeting ended 11.45

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Tuesday 21 August

Present:  Deepak, Kaitlyn, Miah, Alistair, Jhanvi, Amelia, Grace, Casey, Hannah B, Molly, Adam, Sophie, Bailey

                                              

1. After our reflection last week of what guiding principles we needed to work on Bailey, Sophie and Kaitlyn went to meet with Mrs Cavanagh to share our ideas.  The feedback was: Bailey shared back (the meeting with Mrs Cavanagh) to the e-team regarding our Maori Perspective thoughts for the next up in coming Hui.
We would be asking for their help in:

·      Artwork – any ideas to put up around the school that reflect our school (sustainable visual art) – need materials/guidance.  

Our suggestions are : Maungaraki tree made out of carving and shells/paint.  Legends/stories/heritage and history reflections.

·      Noho Marae – can anyone/whanau help us with karanga/whaikarero. Crafts like weaving, cooking hungi, games such as knucklebones/string games.

Mrs Cavanagh and Mrs Sutherland to set a Hui date – some kids are keen to attend the meeting.  Powerpoint presentation by Alistair and Deepak to design to share what we think.

2.Lunchbox Challenge 17-21 September is the date.  Need to make posters to help advertise.  Get into classrooms to talk what we trying to do (reduce plastic wrappers/bags into our general trash)

3. VSA – finished.  Sold most of the bracelets, will package them up and send them off.  Girls will count the $ and let Mrs S know.

Meeting ended 11.30

Tuesday 14th August 2012

Today in Enviro we were going through how we could make our Maori culture better because this was the one thing our school was low in. To make this better we are going to be doing some trips to the Marae. There we will ask them what sort of art we could do around our school and some Maori plants that we could plant to make our school have more of a Maori culture. We also had lots of other ideas that will be up on our blog soon.
By Sophie