Because it is International Year of the Forest, stage two are learning about all kinds of environmental concerns that threaten the planet, and what we can all do to help. We are calling our study about this, “Stage 2 Saves The World!” because we are learning how we can make a difference in the things we do every day.

At the moment S2 Kandinsky are focusing on what is happening to threaten and protect the land. First we looked at the problems of dumping and pollution. We agreed to make sure we always put our litter in the bin and to sort garbage from recycling.

We make sure we always separate paper into our recycling box in the classroom, and we made our workbooks for this subject out of recycled paper too!

We also made paper beads out of old road maps as an art activity. It was a bit tricky, but don’t they look cool?

This week we have been learning about energy and where it comes from. Did you know that non-renewable resources will not only run out one day, but do all kinds of horrid things to the environment now? We studied coal, oil and gas which release greenhouse gases and pollute land, water and air. They are also a reason for strip mining which brings us to our next topic – deforestation and soil erosion. We looked at good alternative energy sources too. There are so many – Wind power, hydroelectricity, biofuels, solar power and geothermal energy that comes from the heat within the earth!

We are all trying to use energy more wisely at school and home.