Holywood\u00a0Environment Day was on Friday the 29th of\u00a0March 2019. There were 5 different tasks to go around and do. Miss Dale, Miss Jardine, Miss McIntyre, Miss Stapleton and Miss Brockie Donald all led a stall. It was like a Big Thursday mix up!<\/p>\n
My group went to Miss Dale’s stall first. What we had to do was put the rubbish in order of how long we thought it would take to bio-degrade. We learned in that class that\u00a0wellingtons take 60-80 years to start braking down, and that glass bottles take up to and over 1,000,000 (one million) years!!!!<\/p>\n
With Miss Jardine, we did pizza miles! We learned about how far the ingredients came from and then added\u00a0all of the miles together, to figure out how\u00a0far it had travelled. For a Chicken and Bacon pizza, it\u00a0took over 93,000 (It was either 93 thousand or 93 million miles!) Miles!<\/p>\n
With Miss Brockie Donald, we had to sort out a huge pile of rubbish that we had collected from the school bins in the past 4 days. There was so much paper that it was unreal!\u00a0We put so much paper to waste and some of the pieces\u00a0hadn’t\u00a0\u00a0even been used! In fact, we had more paper towels and paper than plastic.<\/p>\n
With Miss McIntyre, we made things with old plastic bottles, like Pencil and Pen holders! The girls and some of the boys made pleated bracelets out of old plastic bags. They actually turned out quite\u00a0cool!<\/p>\n
With Miss Stapleton, we learned about Ocean and Sea pollution. Miss Stapleton, Miss Dale and Miss Brockie Donald all\u00a0went down to SandyHills and collecting things that were meant to be and not meant to be at the\u00a0Beach. Some of these things included fishing net, tennis balls, Seashells and mermaids purses! We also learned that people went to the bottom of the Mariana Trench and found a plastic bag. It went so far. There is\u00a0also a place at the bottom\u00a0of the ocean were there are loads of old\u00a0washing machines, fridges, microwaves and loads of other things.\u00a0WE HAVE\u00a0GOT TO STOP DOING THIS. They even found a\u00a043 foot long cargo crate which had fallen off of a ship. Its sad.<\/p>\n
Over all, I really liked Environment day! I would love to do it again sometime! I found out\u00a0loads of cool (and sad) information that I never knew before!<\/p>\n
By Kaylan, P7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Holywood\u00a0Environment Day was on Friday the 29th of\u00a0March 2019. There were 5 different tasks to go around and do. Miss Dale, Miss Jardine, Miss McIntyre, Miss Stapleton and Miss Brockie Donald all led a stall. It was like a Big Thursday mix up! My group went to Miss Dale’s stall first. What we had to … <\/p>\n