This document outlines plans for a community park cleanup event organized by a school. The event will take place on September 25th from 12:30-2:00pm at Hawthorne Park, where students, parents, staff and community members will work together to clean up garbage and recyclables from the park to help care for the environment. The document discusses the goals, logistics, activities and follow up plans for the event.
This document outlines plans for a community park cleanup event organized by a school. The event will take place on September 25th from 12:30-2:00pm at Hawthorne Park, where students, parents, staff and community members will work together to clean up garbage and recyclables from the park to help care for the environment. The document discusses the goals, logistics, activities and follow up plans for the event.
This document outlines plans for a community park cleanup event organized by a school. The event will take place on September 25th from 12:30-2:00pm at Hawthorne Park, where students, parents, staff and community members will work together to clean up garbage and recyclables from the park to help care for the environment. The document discusses the goals, logistics, activities and follow up plans for the event.
This document outlines plans for a community park cleanup event organized by a school. The event will take place on September 25th from 12:30-2:00pm at Hawthorne Park, where students, parents, staff and community members will work together to clean up garbage and recyclables from the park to help care for the environment. The document discusses the goals, logistics, activities and follow up plans for the event.
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A Community Learning Event
Local Park Cleanup
This is a school-wide event that I would organize, along with some help from my colleagues. I would require the administration to help promote the event and post it on the school website and in the newsletter.
What: An afternoon to bring the community together and clean-up a local park in the community. The park chosen for this event is one familiar to the students and visited by many local schools. It is an enormous space, equipped with a water park, playground, multiple ponds, walking trails, and huge grass space.
Who: Students, parents, staff and members of the local community surrounding the park area.
When: 12:30 to 2:00pm on Wednesday September 25th, 2019.
Where: Hawthorne park located at 10513 144 St, Surrey, BC.
Why: This event has been planned in an effort to bring awareness to the impact of our footprint on the world. Having talked about ways in which our lifestyles and decision affect our local community, this is an opportunity to help take care of the planet we live on. After focusing on garbage clean-up at our own school, students will have the opportunity to clean-up a park in the local area, one that is visited by many of our students throughout the year. In an effort to making this world a better place to live, we will collect garbage and also focus our efforts towards recycling various materials found in the park.
How: This event will take place on the afternoon of September 25, 2019. The park is about a 10-minute walk from the school and will be reached on foot by students, parents, staff and community volunteers.
Leading up to the event, students will engage in discussions about how, we as a
community, can take care of our planet. Cleaning up garbage and recycling will be some of the ways discussed on how we can take care of our planet. Preparation will begin days leading up to the event, wherein I would be coordinating with community volunteers and acquiring all the supplies necessary. As I will be leading the event, I will have my students create awareness posters that will be displayed around the school, as well as have them circulate to the classrooms, to introduce the event. As per my peers’ suggestions, I will also help organize a “Green Team” planning committee, consisting of students and staff that will help promote and organize the event!
On the day of the event, teachers will remind students of the purpose and benefits of our plan. Once at the park, students, parents and volunteers will be equipped with gloves, tongs, biodegradable bags and bins to collect recycling. Not only will we focus on cleaning up garbage found in the park, but also draw attention to the many things we can recycle. Bins will be set up to organize recyclable materials. Materials such as bottles and cans will be gathered to bring to the local bottle depot and money collected will be donated to Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada, as a way to help with shoreline clean-ups, education for communities and schools, as well as solutions for collected plastics.
Organization: Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada https://plasticoceans.ca/
Day of the event
8:30 to 9:30 Students will enter school and take part in classroom activities, highlighting the importance of cleaning up and recycling. These activities will be geared towards specific grade levels and lead by the teacher.
9:30 Snack time
9:30 to 10:00 Recess
10:00 to 11:00 Teachers will discuss the importance of the event and highlight the details of the afternoon. Each classroom will be given gloves and tongs (to pick up garbage), biodegradable bags and a bin to organize recyclable materials.
11:00 to 11:30 Lunchtime and recess
11:30 to 12:00 Students will be organized into their groups and an adult will be assigned to supervise that group (a staff member or parent volunteer). 12:00 Classes will begin walking down to the park.
12:30 to 2:00 Classes are to clean up the park in their designated areas. These will be highlighted on a map for the teachers and parent volunteers and given out ahead of time.
2:00 Classes begin walking back to the school.
2:30 Students are dismissed for the day.
Possible challenges: Students need to be informed of the possible hazardous materials they may find in the park, including drug paraphernalia and needles. They will be reminded NOT to touch any of these substances. Classes will be divided into small groups, accompanied by an adult, to help supervise with the clean-up. Too many people in one area! Although the park is big, it is important that classes are given sections to focus on, to help cover the entirety of the park and avoid too many people in one location. A map, with highlighted areas of where they will be cleaning up, will be given to teachers in advanced, and passed out to other staff members and adults on the day of the event.
Follow-Up activities:
Bringing the recyclables to the local bottle depot and collecting money to be donated to the Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada. This would be done by myself and other colleagues. Reviewing the event and asking the students what their thoughts and impressions were. Organizing a school-wide assembly to discuss the impact of the event! This may include how much garbage was cleaned-up, how much money was donated to the Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada and the contribution made by students and staff at the event. As per my peers’ suggestions, I will also help plan and facilitate a bottle drive for families who would not be able to participate in the day’s event! This would be an opportunity for them to help contribute and the money collected would also be donated to the Plastic Oceans Foundation Canada.
