Pollution is part of everyday life.  This topic is covered extensively in our learners’ syllabus and at St Gregory the learners are reminded on a daily basis that littering is not acceptable and that we have to keep our school, town and country clean.

Earth Day on Friday, April 22, served as a platform for the school to step up and become active in preserving our beautiful planet!

St Gregory Primary School has, therefore, decided to start a recycling initiative at school.  The learners will be collecting cool drink cans that will be collected at school, processed and recycled.

This initiative will have a positive effect on our town and the school is happy to become an active part of this process. Learners will collect empty cans during the week and weekends and bring their empty cans to school every Wednesday.

The cans will be counted and collected on the same day. The idea is not to purchase cans, but rather to collect empty ones that have been thrown away or that they have in their homes.

Due to the fact that Wednesday, April 27, was a public holiday, the learners brought their cans to school on Thursday to kick start the process. The learners exceeded everyone’s expectations and went above and beyond to collect cans.

They are clearly excited about the program and positive effect it will have on their surroundings. The school also arranged an extra-mural activity on Monday, April 25, in the form of a chicken parade.

The learners, armed with gloves and refuse bags, picked up litter on the school grounds and surrounding areas. Afterwards, they analysed the contents of the bags to determine which type of litter is the most common.

Nobody was surprised to learn that it was plastic wrappers. Earth Day was a good reminder that each and every one of us must do our bit towards saving the Earth, but it is something that should become a part of our everyday life.

Together we can make a difference in our town!