Thursday, October 6, 2016

Rubish, Rubish Everywhere


While out on duty Tuesday and Wednesday I noted that there was a large amount of rubbish around the school.  So Room 15 had an Emu Parade (I have always had Tidy Kiwi clean ups until I learnt the Northern Territory version which is an Emu Parade definition below). 

We thought as leaders of the school it would be great to role model an Emu Parade and pick up the rubbish that maybe surfacing due to wind, Melita our gardner away on leave or just plain not getting the rubbish to the bin.

Our investigations unfolded juice box straw wrappers and mini chocolate bar wrappers e.g. dairy milk, milky way etc, being the biggest culprits.

We put a message out to staff to PLEASE keep an eye out on the rubbish that gets away on us and to share our findings with their students. 



Emu parade



Australian Slang:

1. (military) parade to clean up an area by emu-bobbing; 2. picking up of litter in a camping area, school playground, etc., by a group of people organised for this purpose; 3. (police) combing of an area for clues, suspects, e

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