The Lent Litter Pick
On Monday 4th
March and Tuesday 5th of March 2019 a litter pick was organised for
Bluecoat Wollaton Secondary School, and with this litter pick came a lot of
strange discoveries.
Miss Freeman told us that
she organised the litter picking event for Lent activities (to pray, too fast
and to give) as well as clean up the school as she believes all the litter is a
major issue.
When asked about what kind affects doing a litter pick
would have we were told that it would raise the awareness of the students that
took part and would eventually reach all of the school. She said the students
who took part would ‘become advocates’ for the school.
Over 2 days the team were able to pick up 8 bags of waste
from our school and even beyond. The items of rubbish that were encountered the
most were: Pasta Pots, sandwich
wrappers and to half-drunk water
bottles- which Miss Freeman said was a waste of liquid as
well as bad for the environment.
We spoke to some of the students who were part of the litter
pick, all of them were affected after taking part in the event. All students
who we asked had a different view on rubbish and litter left around the school.
One suggested that they make posters about all the litter straight after doing
the litter pick.
Courage, year 9, was interviewed. He told us that he took
part in the litter pick to make the school a better place as well as for the
religious reasons. He told us that ‘God looks after us; now we have to look
after his creations.’ He also told us that after doing the litter picking he
thought it would be a good idea to ‘do an assembly about it.’ and that now
after seeing the consequences of littering he wouldn’t even think about
littering anymore but if he saw someone else doing it he’d remind them to put
their waste in the bin.
Tristan, also year 9, spoke to us
about the litter pick as well. He told us that he was happy that he could and
that he thought that the fact that rubbish was in other people’s houses was
terrible. He also was happy he could give back to the always helpful site team.
We, as a school, need to use the bins
more, as well as when to use the recycling bins. Using the bins would make the
school a cleaner, friendlier and a more inviting place.
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