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There was a time our school organised a program to help reduce waste .

This program was organised to encourage students to help to make a clean and safe environment with no waste .

We had to collect plastic bottles and the first class in the level will be rewarded with a fast pass for Children’s Day . I thought that this program was a good initiative to teach students like us . The school used a reward system to get the students to be more interested. This program definitely encouraged me to participate in more programs about the environment and to reduce waste .

Apart from collecting bottles, our school also organised a program ALP . It helped us learn more about about composting by using wasted food and worms .

Overall , our school organised ALP and Collecting bottles to educate us on reducing waste and how to keep and clean and safe environment.

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My school organised a program called ‘trash to treasure’. We learned that fishes could help with growing plants. We also experienced growing lettuces, it was great fun! I learn that fishes’ waste can be reused as a type of ‘soil’, which can reduce waste. I think that if everyone play a part, we can reduce more waste. Another program that our form teachers have made was a daily roster to clean the classroom. The system was with a timetable. Five students will help out with one role daily and our teacher will check. If the classroom is neat and tidy, our teacher will give us a star-shape sticker for us to place on a reward chart. If the chart is filled, we could go to the playground to play. I want to achieve that faster, so I want to do my part to keep the classroom clean. In conclusion, I think that reducing waste is important. I hope that we can help to reduce, recycle, and reuse.

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Yes,it’s important to reduce waste.This is because reducing waste is important for saving the environment.Singapore has limited resources,especially water.If everyone does their part to save more water,Singapore will have sufficient amount of clean water resources.I also feel that we should save food, electricity,paper and plastic.What would happen if Singapore had no more water and food one day.All the blame would be on Singapore.Thus,I feel that reducing waste is important and necessary.

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I would like to practice reusing kitchen water because every drop counts and water is precious. Water is a limited resource in Singapore so we should cherish it and reuse water.

For example, there was once my mother was washing rice and she was going to pour it the water into the sink. Suddenly, I remembered the lesson I learnt from school which was about reducing waste and one of the examples they talked about was reusing water. I quickly told my mother not to pour the water into the sink because it could be used for watering plants.

I would also like to try composting my waste as it may to save the planet. If we do not compost our waste the Semakau Landfill will be full of waste.

As such, I would like to reduce waste in different ways. I hope that more people will reduce waste more often.

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Yes, my school has organised an Applied Learning program to help us reduce waste and help us learn more about how composting works.

For example, we learnt how to sort waste into different categories and that earthworms can help us to compost waste into fertiliser for plants.

Another way our school teaches us to reduce waste is that they put handmade posters up in the canteen telling us that we could bring our own reusable cutlery to reduce plastic, order less when buying food if we are not hungry.

As such, my school has organised two programs to reduce waste.

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Yes,I think it is important to reduce waste. We will not waste a lot of resources like…Water,Electricity,Plastic and Food.

There was once,my mother was washing the rice.After that,she wanted to pour out the excess water away. I immediately stopped her and suggested that she save the water. She followed my instructions and used a sieve to separate the rice from the water. She then used the water to water the plants.

Saving water is important because Singapore has a limited amount of water.Water is very precious in our land.

As such, I think reducing waste is important because we can save a lot of resources.

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(Emilia and Brigid) Our school has organised a garden composting activity during ALP. ALP is a learning programme that takes place out on February 25th every year. This ALP learning programme was based on composting. My teacher asked ,me and my classmates to bring leftover food for composting. Composting helps the environment by reducing food waste and can help fertiliser plants. I know about this as I have seen poster outside of the school before. I hope that we can live a cleaner environment in the future.

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There was a time our school organised a program to learn about composting .

Composting is a way to reduce waste . It is an action where you take wasted food and transform it into fertiliser for plants and soil .

During this program, we went through the process and steps of composting. We also learnt how worms help with the process of composting.The process starts with putting the wasted food into a cylindrical container with plants we planted around it . During the week of waiting , the wasted food actually helped the plants to grow !

Now we were going through the real process of composting! We took all the food out and started mixing them together . After we were done , we put the wasted food into a composting machine to break down . After another week , it finally got turned into fertiliser! By Arissa , Zhi Ning and Annabelle .

I felt really happy and grateful that I could learn more about the environment and how we can help to make it a good one .

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(Emilia and Brigid) When I was young, my parents and I always used tote bags whenever we go to the supermarket to reduce the use of plastic. When we check out the cashier always asks if we need a plastic bag but we decline the offer as we want to reduce plastic waste as we do not want to harm the environment.

Growing up, I used to have a lot of books that my parents had bought for me. Usually after finishing the book, we will donate unwanted books away to get more storage for new books. There is a library near our house that has a shelf for unneeded book for us to donate. You can also go there to collect books other people had donated.

My parents always cook and after we wash the vegetable we will use the leftover water to water our plants to prevent us from wasting water. We will also use expired food as fertiliser for our plants.

Whenever my parents and I go out, we always switch of the lights as we do not want to waste electricity. During day time, we always switch off the light as the sun is already a source of light.

Last year, my school organised a garden composting activity during ALP. ALP is a learning programme that takes place at 25th of February every year. This ALP learning programme was based on composting. My teacher asked me and my classmates to bring leftover food to our school for composting.

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One example is related to our ALP programme last year.We threw compost into a compost bin and it is made into a liquid for fertilising the plants.

Second example is related to reusing of water.After washing your rice,we can use that water to wash clothes and water the plants.

Third example is related to donating old books.After reading the books,we should not throw it away but we should sell or donate the books.

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Saving water and electricity.

I save water by reusing kitchen water to water the plants and save it by offing the tap when I brush my teeth.

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Don’t waste food

Using reusable bags instead of plastic bags

Don’t over order

Takeaway food if not able to finish

Use washing machine water to flush the toilet

Give away old books to orphanages

Save electricity when switching off the light

On the fan instead of the aircon

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Reusing bags.

When my family goes to the super market weekly to buy our utilities, we always bring a reusable bag as we can save money and reduce our usage of plastic bags.

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1.During Children’s Day this year we are supposed to throw our recyclable bottles in the bloo bin.

2.Last year during ALP, we sorted food from waste and made the food into fertiliser for composting.

3. Our teacher always reminds us to switch off the lights and fans before leaving the classroom to save electricity.

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1. ALP

2. Making craft work with recycled materials such as paper.

3. My grandmother always keeps used plastic bags in a cupboard and when needed, she will just take a plastic bag out and reuse it.

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Use a cup when brushing your teeth

Use trash and leftover bottles to make useful crafts

Bring your own containers and cutlery when going to a hawker centre

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1. Composting in the garden

There was once my mother and I did composting in our garden.She taught how to compost and the importance of composting. My mother also told me that earthworms help with composting because they eat the uncomposted food and it comes out of them as waste. This acts as fertiliser for plants.

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using your own bags instead of plastic bags when going out for example, grocery shopping, bringing your own lunchbox for take aways.

Using rough papers opportunity arts spans craft.(saving paper)

Donating things that u don’t need.

Switching off tap water when not in use( showering, brushing your teeth)

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Donating

Determined

Thoughtful

Saving the earth

Picking up litter

Harvesting

Hard work

Tidying up

Reduce

Reuse

Recycle

ALP

Not littering

Respect for the environment

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Helpful

Clean and green

Donations

Water plant with rice water

Bring your own reusable bags

Smelly fertiliser

Every drop of water counts

Saving electricity

Less pollution

Fresh air

Happy smiles when donating books

Saving the ocean

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Reduce reuse recycle

Clean environment

Reduce pollution

Less waste

Posters around neighbourhood

Encourage people

Blue bin

Save water,electricity,paper

Donation

Reuse for craft

Spick and span

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1. Donation

2. Old but still in good condition

3. Reusing water

4. Composting

5. Saving electricity

6. One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

7. Bloo bin

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(Emilia and Brigid)

-sparkling clean

-reduce waste

-save the environment

-better neighbourhood

-pick up trash around us

-compost

-reuse plastic bags

-use leftover water for plants

-turn on light switch when not in use

-donate away unwanted items

-hand me downs

-use of electricity

-reuse paper eg. fold art and crafts with them, use the other side of the paper

-use unneeded newspaper when doing art

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1. Reduce waste

2. Three “R”s (Reuse, Reduce, Recycle)

3. Save the earth

4. Pollution

5. Reusable bags

6. Cut down trees

7. Saving water

8. ALP

9. Compost

10. Fertiliser

11. Electricity

12. Global warming

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-Recycling , reusing, reducing amount of waste

-Keeping the environment clean

-Litter free

- Less pollution

-Cockroaches and pests

-Save water

-Use the item again

-For another purpose

-Recycle unwanted items

-Using reusable bags

-Say no to plastic bags

-Compsting food waste

-Save electricity

-Donare unwanted books to charity

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Reduce, reuse and recycle

Earthworms

Compost boxes

Donation

Dusty

Scraps

Reusable

Saving water

Smaller portions of food

Hand me downs

break down

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1.Water

2.Bring your own bag

3.Electricity

4.Reduce waste

5.Donation

6.Compost

7.Fertilise plants

8.Recycle

9.Reuse

10.Reduce

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(c) Do you think it is important to reduce waste? Why?

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(b) What are some activities or programs your school has organised to reduce waste?

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(a) Look at the picture. Which one of these would you practise to reduce waste? Why?

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Extension - If you finish earlier, find a related piece of news online that can be relevant for the topic of conserving the environment.

Post it below.

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[BRAINSTORMING] 10 min

Look at the stimulus on pg 18.

What is the topic here?

What Qs will they ask?

Write down some vocabulary phrases you think might be useful in Section A.

Write down some examples you know of in your life (from the news / personal experience) that can be related to the topic in Section B.

[AREAL Practice] 15 min

Answer your assigned questions.

Come up with a group response using AREAL.

Then, post your audio to the question.

Extension

If you finish earlier, find related news online that can be relevant for the topic of conserving the environment