Natural ingredients, a little mess, and personal Eco-labels were the focus for both Gr. 6 classes at Robson Community School and Twin Rivers Elementary School. In our belated celebration of Earth Day, each student made a natural household all purpose cleaner to take home and use. Students learned how certain natural ingredients such as vinegar, … Continued
Grade 4/5 students in Mr. Schnare’s class hosted a ‘Trash to Treasure’ exhibit on April 17th that demonstrated innovation, creativity and inspiration. The Rosemont students, as well as their counterparts in Grade 4/5 in Mrs. Schmidt’s class at Redfish Elementary School had a great time sharing their trash creations and voting for ‘peoples’ choice’ awards. … Continued
Ms Hunter’s class got to get out to the Ootischenia landfill today, with Stan in full action, setting up a course of sofa, chair, and chair to get fully flattened by his compactor. It was quite a show. They also got to visit the Brilliant Recycling Centre, and see just how many blue bags full … Continued
Backyard-raised, home-cooked chicken, locally-raised beef sausages, home-smoked trout (smoked with cherry tree wood from their yard!) … local fruits, cheeses, too many desserts to mention (but it’s an Okanagan-peach pie in the photo)… the students at Redfish feasted today on real food, most of it locally grown or raised. And we finished it off with … Continued
Wind chimes, tin-can telephones, elevators, cars, toy houses, plant holders, a seedling starter and much much more are on display at the Salmo Public Library, showcasing the creativity and ingenuity displayed by this group as they turned what was to be trash truly into treasure.
This week, the students at Rosemont stepped up their Eco-Challenge actions and earned a total of 6756 points. Thirteen students brought in their booklets and received prizes. Well done!
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
Anyone participating in the ecochallenge has the fun, though especially challenging, option of coming up with your own ideas on how to decrease your ecological footprint – in each of the areas we’ve looked at (water, food, transportation, energy, stuff). For some people who already do a lot of the suggestions in the booklet, this … Continued
