Bags for Life
Cary Wright taught mango class about kindness, and how to be kind to the environment and animals. This built on prior learning that the class had done. The class watched a video clip of plastic bags in the ocean and the damage that they are doing to the ecosystems and the wildlife. They also learnt about "The Journey of a Plastic Bag". The class discussed what we could do to reduce the amount of plastic bags. The children then made posters to try to encourage others not to use plastic bags, before making their own bag for life by recycling an old t-shirt. Finally the children gave their bag away to a Finnish child in their partner class in Rastaala school.
The children felt very happy and proud of what they had done. Giving something that they had made away to other children they do not know made them feel generous (like Robin Hood who they had studied through history learning). The added act of kindness toward the environment and in particular the creatures of the ocean made them feel extremely proud of themselves.
The project continued when Mr Wright visited Rastaala school. The bags made by mango class were given to the partner class. The Finnish children agreed that the impact of plastic bags on animals and the environment is a global problem and that the world needed to change its habits. Children in Year 6 partnered with children in preschool to personalise the bags with images representing kindness to the environment which the younger children then got to keep
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The children felt very happy and proud of what they had done. Giving something that they had made away to other children they do not know made them feel generous (like Robin Hood who they had studied through history learning). The added act of kindness toward the environment and in particular the creatures of the ocean made them feel extremely proud of themselves.
The project continued when Mr Wright visited Rastaala school. The bags made by mango class were given to the partner class. The Finnish children agreed that the impact of plastic bags on animals and the environment is a global problem and that the world needed to change its habits. Children in Year 6 partnered with children in preschool to personalise the bags with images representing kindness to the environment which the younger children then got to keep
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Oak class also learnt about the impact of single use plastic on the environment with their teacher Rachael Jurkiw. Oak class learnt about recycling and upcycling - taking an item that has reached the end of it's usefulness and turning it into something else. They upcycled old t-shirts and school jumpers into bags for life, and they upcycled plastic bags into a rug. The children wove messages of kindness into the rug which was placed in their classroom. This meant that if anyone felt sad they would be able to sit on the rug and feel the happiness from the messages.