Witherlea school’s park pick up

Children from Witherlea School have been helping clean up a popular Blenheim park.

As part of their learning and to help mark New Zealand’s Seaweek, pupils in rooms 3 and 4 went to Harling Park last week for a rubbish hunt. The enthusiastic youngsters picked up two full rubbish bags of litter in their bid to make a difference.

Teacher Amy Lucas says the class have been learning about the ocean’s plastic problem.

“Rooms 3 and 4 have been learning about the ocean’s plastic problem and the impact it is having on marine life.

“Armed with bags and gloves we collected two black rub- bish bags full of waste. That’s two bags full of rubbish that won’t end up in our waterways and out to the ocean.”

“The children collected a variety of waste including cable ties cable ties, glass, bottles, plastic bags and clothing but by far the most common thing we picked up was doggy doo bags.”