The Gr. 6 students at Twin Rivers Elementary School in Castlegar did an OUTSTANDING job with their Trash 2 Treasure projects. All the projects were very creative and useful and were made from reusable, recyclable, or reclaimed items. These students kept a lot out of the landfills while at the same time creating useful everyday … Continued
The Gr. 6 students of Robson Elem. and Twin Rivers Elem. have been competing for the most amount of Eco points during the month long Family Eco Challenge. Both classes worked very hard at completing their actions and filling out their booklets. And the winner is: Twin Rivers with 36,615 Eco points. Awesome work! Robson … Continued
The Gr. 6 classes in Robson Community School and Twin Rivers Elementary School are competing every week with their Eco Challenge actions. Each class totals their Eco Points for the week. Here are the results from Week 2 of the challenge: Robson – 6105 Eco Points (12 students) Twin Rivers – 7051 Eco Points (19 … Continued
We have started the Beyond Recycling Family EcoChallenge! Both Robson Community School and Twin Rivers Elementary School have received the Family EcoChallenge booklets to complete. This kicks off a 6 week EcoChallenge where each student and their families work towards making changes in their homes and lifestyle in order to decrease their Ecological Footprint. Within … Continued
Wow! There are so many natural resources involved in producing these four items: Soccer Ball, Pencil, Pop Can, and a Light Bulb. Each item is like a story. It has a beginning (using raw materials), a middle (its function as a product, and how we use it) and an end (can we recycle or reuse … Continued
We had an amazing trip around the world today without even leaving the classroom. The Grade 6 class at Twin Rivers Elementary school discovered that many of their clothing items were manufactured in far away countries. In total we had more than 14 different countries on our clothing labels, and only 2 were made in … Continued
The Twin Rivers Gr. 6 class finished the Beyond Recycling program for this year with a competitive game of Jeopardy. It was a close game with Team 1 winning in the end. We also took some time to do the Year End Survey. There was some great feedback such as; – I love this program. … Continued
We looked at the points in our Eco Challenge Booklet for our class. We found out that we made positive changes for our environment by saving enough water to fill an Olympic size pool. We also saved so much energy to run a fridge for over 23 years. By shopping closer to home we have … Continued
Today in Beyond Recycling we set up displays in the library of Trash to Treasure projects. We invited classes from Twin Rivers and a class from Castlegar Primary to show off our projects and to explain what we did. The projects had to be made from old trash, they had to be useful and nothing … Continued
This Beyond Recycling Class we discussed our Eco Challenge and handed them in. Then we started our Trash To Treasure projects. These projects are made of items we would have at home and the only rule is that we can’t buy anything new. Some of our projects are toys, candle holders, wind chimes, planters, and … Continued
