The+Smarties+-+Australia

We're a Grade 2 class, from Western Australia. Our teacher is Mrs N. You can find our blog [|here].
Looking after our planet is important to us. Last term, we organised a [|Mobile Muster] where we collected mobile phones for recycling, and we also participated in [|Clean Up Australia Day]. We were keen to think of more ways that we can care for the environment.

On Earth Day, we had a huge brainstorm about ways that we could help to look after the Earth. We thought of some fantastic ideas! Many of these are things that we can do ourselves and we don't need adults to help us. Every one of us can make a difference, no matter how big or small we are!

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As a class, we wrote an Earth Day Pledge. We thought about the things that are especially important to where we live and decided that recycling, water and plants and animals were things that we could do something about. Here is our pledge:

and by caring for the environments of our plants and animals.
We are going to do our best to do things like:
 * Turning off the fans and lights when we leave the classroom.
 * Using less lunch-wrappings.
 * Recycling plastic, paper and glass at home.
 * Picking up rubbish when we see it.
 * Leaving plants and animals where they are.
 * Turning off dripping taps.
 * Encouraging our mums and dads to let us walk or ride our bikes to school.