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Stanmore Bay Beach got a spring clean recently thanks to the efforts of Stanmore Bay Kindergarten’s eco-warriors.
The kindy is a member of the Enviro-School programme, which teaches the children a sense of ownership and connectivity to their local environment.
Head teacher Stacey Sainty says the children are passionate about being great kaitiaki of their special piece of paradise and keeping it pristine.
“The children/tamariki at Stanmore Bay Kindergarten are conscious of protecting the sea creatures and wanted to make sure our community’s waste, including plastic and rubbish, is kept away from the beach and our local environment.” Stacey says.
“Our eco-warriors set out on foot from the kindergarten via D’Oyly reserve with the purpose of collecting all the rubbish they could find along our journey. We were delighted to meet a group of Year 9 students from Whangaparaoa College who were also collecting rubbish – it made us feel really important to be doing the same work as the big kids.”
“We were all overwhelmed by the amount of rubbish that we found. The children were able to identify and decide what was recyclable and re-usable, and would have to go to landfill. We were pleasantly surprised that only a small amount needed to go into the landfill, as most of it could be recycled.
One student remarked, “I wish everyone would take their own rubbish home.”
