Beach clean up - this Wednesday!

The highly anticipated Green Connection Beach Cleanup Extravaganza is coming!
This Wednesday (3rd December), meet at 10am outside the boiler room at college (opposite the gym). We will take the wheeli-bins down to Raumati Beach and cleaning up there. Hopefully Pram will join us! Bring all you mates along, we want a clean beach for the summer!
If your still at school then, your welcome to come, youll just needa return a permission form which you can get from MC.

Seya then!

Minutes from 26 November

DATE
26 November

PRESENT
Nick, Lizzie, Natasha, April, Mark, IF

APOLOGIES
Renee, Akane, Florence, Bella, Olivia

AGENDA

1. Beach Clean Up
a. 3rd Dec 10am at Raumati Beach
b. Meet outside Boiler room at 10am
c. Invited Pram through TIC
d. Paperwork needs to be done and to RP
e. Plan B if MC cant make it
2. MC proposes that this is also our break up party

3. MC needs numbers for 4th December Wellington Secondary Environmental
Youth Forum
a. Full day at Te Papa
b. Free and train reimbursed
c. 5-8 students
d. Florence, Nick, Olivia, Natasha, April, Lizzie
4. Recycling proposal to year level councils\
a. SMT/Deans suggested that each year level council take on a period of
time to be in charge i.e. 8 weeks Start with Yr 13 end with Juniors (this
would educate more students)
b. Deans not keen to be in charge so it was suggested that could a Yr 13
student (who would be a Green Captain) oversee with support of TIC GC
c. Created huge discussion for e.g. an environmental focus for year level
councils and RP offered to approach BOT for funding to support any
initiatives i.e. rubbish, beautifying the environment
d. Requested Green Captain or reps presents to councils next year about
Enviroschools, creative ideas for environmental change in the school and
recycling proposal.
e. GC happy

5. Green Captain job description
a. Catherine has it
b. Please email to MC to update and pass on
6. 1st Dec Charles is coming in to meet with interested staff in TK's
office at 1.30
a. MC to email staff to remind them
b. April and Natasha might be able to come

Melanie Chaytor

Meeting on Monday 24th November cancelled

Our meeting on Monday 24th Nov is cancelled as I now have a Staff meeting
to attend. However we need to still meet on Wed 26th Nov at lunchtime to
discuss several issues including our beach clean up on the 3rd Dec, who
will be attending the Youth Forum on 4th Dec and I need some students to
pop in to our Enviroschools meeting with staff on 1st Dec.
Melanie Chaytor

Minutes for 10th Nov

DATE
10th November

PRESENT
Nick, April, Dermott, Catherine, GJ visited, Mark visited

APOLOGIES

Jordan

AGENDA

1. Plans for next year
a. Discussion about a Year level council taking over recycling

pï V¨ëPros V¨ëCons ð 1Group would meet regularly ð 1They may
not be into it/motivated ð 1Supervised by an adult ð 1 ð 1It would
take pressure off us ð 1 ð 1Would be numbers for roster ð 1 ð 1If
it worked it would work better ð 1 ð 1b. '– '–MC to approach
next years Deans and ask for their feedback

2. GJ gave feedback on seed raising
a. Been planted and at GJ's house
b. Going well
3. Suggested we write a job description for Green Captains
a. Catherine and Nick have started this
4. Finish M block planting
a. Use GJ seedlings
b. Use Hamish Carson's offer of seedlings

5. Update notice board

6. Improve communication and evidence gathering of outside activities
i.e. Technology classes building gardens, INM creating power points,
websites, and meet with them not regularly to get following information
from them
1. What are they exactly doing?
2. Gather "proof" i.e. photos, plans, brainstorms, lesson plans
2. MC to print off old newsletters to show proof of increased publicity

7. We need to review what is required for Silver Award
8. See Jaynie about kowhai tree we were awarded
9. WYSE Nick, April,

Melanie Chaytor
Kapiti College
PO Box 2003
Raumati Beach
Kapiti

ph 04 902 5121
EXT 871

Upcoming Climate Action Festival

Minutes 3rd December

DATE
3rd December

PRESENT
Florence, MC, April, Nick, Olivia, IF

APOLOGIES
Jordan, April, Renee, Natasha, Akane

AGENDA

1. Beach Clean Up
a. Decided to only have one beach clean up.
b. Still on 3rd Dec
c. Still inviting Pram
d. To discuss at another meeting

2. MC proposes that this is also our break up party
3. MC asked Nick if system where people are emailed when blog is updated
can happen
a. Nick to look into
4. 4th December Secondary Environmental Youth Forum
a. Full day
b. Te Papa
c. Free
d. 5-8 students
e. Florence, Nick, Olivia
f. Teacher relief available
5. Offer of help from Charles
a. Facilitating the plans for a event next year

Melanie Chaytor