March against Climate Change
Last Friday Te Waka Ako was part of something huge. We had decided to join in the student march against climate change. This was a huge effort and boy did the students do us proud! We have been looking at the causes and impact that climate change will have on our planet. We had realised through our inquiry that if we don't change our ways, then the next generation will pay.
We started by listening to Greta Thunberg's speech that she gave at the UN Climate Change COP24 Conference. She was so inspiring and showed the students that their voices matter. We then made placards with slogans that the students found themselves.
On Friday we all put on our orange beanies and jumped on the bus for our adventure on Queen St. The bus dropped us off on Mayoral Drive and we walked into Aotea Square chanting "Hey Ho, Climate change has got to go!" Mrs Jones was waiting for us in the square and she said seeing us coming in gave her goosebumps and she felt so proud.
We created a lot of media attention as we were the only primary school to come out in force, and our flouro orange beanies marked us out as a big group. The organisers practised some chants with us and we sang some of our school favourites, which earned us some great applause. After a few speeches we were off down Queens St. At the major intersections the cry "Lie Down" would ripple up through the crowd and we all lay down on the road to portray the 'Lie down to WAKE UP' message the students were sending to the government. We did this a few times on our way down the street. There was a big crowd and it was an incredible event to be a part of.
On the way back to school we had some very sleepy kids with raspy voices. Here are a few photos and a link to the Stuff article where we feature. I have never been so proud to be a teacher at Waikowhai.
Article in Stuff
We started by listening to Greta Thunberg's speech that she gave at the UN Climate Change COP24 Conference. She was so inspiring and showed the students that their voices matter. We then made placards with slogans that the students found themselves.
On Friday we all put on our orange beanies and jumped on the bus for our adventure on Queen St. The bus dropped us off on Mayoral Drive and we walked into Aotea Square chanting "Hey Ho, Climate change has got to go!" Mrs Jones was waiting for us in the square and she said seeing us coming in gave her goosebumps and she felt so proud.
We created a lot of media attention as we were the only primary school to come out in force, and our flouro orange beanies marked us out as a big group. The organisers practised some chants with us and we sang some of our school favourites, which earned us some great applause. After a few speeches we were off down Queens St. At the major intersections the cry "Lie Down" would ripple up through the crowd and we all lay down on the road to portray the 'Lie down to WAKE UP' message the students were sending to the government. We did this a few times on our way down the street. There was a big crowd and it was an incredible event to be a part of.
On the way back to school we had some very sleepy kids with raspy voices. Here are a few photos and a link to the Stuff article where we feature. I have never been so proud to be a teacher at Waikowhai.
Article in Stuff
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