Planet Savers 16th of October

 

With Term 4 underway the Findon Planet Savers have been brainstorming their goals and aims for achieving a sustainable school.
After a team of savers performed the energy saving light audit, the whole group decided to work on badges for the compost monitors in each classroom.

The team discussed a plan for their documentary and every member nominated themselves for a role.
The overall plot of the documentary is a superhero story, with a villian wasting energy, creating waste and being irresponsible in terms of sustainability. Below is a list of characters and roles in order to create the film:

1. Miss Planet Saver- the hero of the film
2. Enviro Dog- Miss Saver's trustworthy side-kick
3. Dr. Bolt- the villian
4. Rubbish Guy- Dr. Bolt's side-kick
5. Camera Man
6. x2 Script Writers
7. Location Set Up Team Member
8. x2 Flim editors and also filming 'extras'.

In total, there are 10 roles and it was decided that all students had the opportunity to be involved in the film if desired.

Filming will begin next week.

Planet Savers Light Audit

With the help of the school community, The Findon Planet Savers constructed a light audit. From the recent feedback in the teachers PD session there was a concern for existing lights to be gradually changed to energy saving lights. On Thursday, members of the FPS constructed a tally for three light types. "We have sooo many lights" Matthew (Gd. 5). Matthew highlighted that the lights were always on in the office area. The first two types of light were located in the office area and the third throughout the whole school. Their aim is to replace all lights in these areas so all needed to be counted. Below is a table of the number of lights to be replaced, as conducted by the FPS. Plans are underway to replace these lights now that the audit has been done. All students are excited to contribute to the schools decision making in saving energy.

Lights to be replaced are: Type 1-19, Type 2-24 and Type 3-19

Compost Campaign

After the brainstorm, the Findon Planet Savers decided that each classroom including the staff room needed a compost bin. The two major problem solving issues the FPS recognised is that the compost bins were not successful in previous trials because the bins had no lid. The second issue was that the bucket sizes needed to be a suitable, medium size for the classroom.


Sourcing the buckets proved to be easier than anticipated and came from a local pasta sauce factory, equipped with lids!




On Thursday, the FPS held a meeting to discuss the labels for the compost buckets and how to communicate the new program to the school. One student had the idea of constructing badges to create "Compost Monitors" for each classroom. With the badge making machine available the students began creating badges and decided the leaders would introduce the program at the Friday assembly.




The labels for the compost buckets were simple so that it was easy to read for all year levels. Signs were then created to show what could and could not go in the compost buckets.