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Art with plastic bags

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One day making art with our recycle object in a canvas or 3d project inspired by Leslie Martinez

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Recycler ses veilles peluches!

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Repair our broken object with the Kintsugi technic (Using glue and gold paint)

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One day ; children brings old clothes such as socks etc.. to make their own small puppet (Doudou) prévoir materiel comme des élastiques, glue gun, boutons, laine, fils, feutres et posca...etc pour décorer et animer leur doudous ! Ainsi que du stuffing pour le doudou.

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Kintsugi : L'art de réparer avec de l'or et sa résonance avec la philosophie du Wabi-Sabi

Visite Kintsugi Workshop

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Kintsugi : L’art de réparer avec de l’or et sa résonance avec la philosophie du Wabi-Sabi

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Introduction à l’art du Kintsugi Kintsugi, traduit littéralement par “jointure en or”, est une forme d’art traditionnelle japonaise qui transforme la cassure et la réparation d’un objet en quelque chose de beau. Il s’agit de réparer la vaisselle en céramique avec de la résine de laque précieuse mélangée à de la poudre

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Circle time :  Hello, Good Morning songs, Storytime...

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Brightwheel: Completing Forms & Contracts (For Parents)

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Making our own puppets with old socks

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Locate and Edit Check-in Code on the App

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Locate and Edit Check-in Code on the App

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All users can locate and edit a check-in code from the mobile app following the guidance below.

1. Log in to brightwheel on the mobile app

2. Tap the three horizontal lines in the top-left hand corner and select Edit profile

3. Scroll down to locate your Check-In Code and tap it

4. Input a new 4-digit check-in code in the popup
🚩 If your code matches that of another staff or parent, a warning message will be shown, you can still save and use that code but it is not recommended

5. Tap Set Code

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Adding Approved Pick Up / Emergency Contact

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Adding Approved Pick Up / Emergency Contact

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Click on "Profile" on the top right corner of your child's page.

Scroll down to "CONTACTS" and click on "+ Add Contact"

On the scrolling menu, click on the kind of contact you would like to add

Enter the information of the contact

Click on "Save"on the top right corner of the page

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Prepare the lunch with your kid, set up a nice table.

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Key concept questions:

What could we do with our leftover objects ?

How to use them further?

How to transform them into a big art project ?

Should we use paint ? Glue ? paint pen ?

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Using sight to orient oneself, to memorize, to observe,

Observing and recognizing real objects and their representations visually,

Recognizing the properties of an object and a collection of objects.

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School Closed

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Recycling/Repurpose

Ask parents in advance to bring broken items from home, broken toys, old clothes (adult or child), items to throw away, recyclable items, trash, etc.

Each child brings:
- One piece of old clothing (child or adult)
- One broken or old toy (large)
- One metal item (recycled)
- One wooden item (recycled)
- One plastic item (recycled)

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Create a giant sculpture

using all our recycling object to create an installation / a totem or a big structure all together

discussion on what materials each child bring and what we have at school

cardboard, plastic, wood, paper, ..

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Idée de sculptures artistiques, création artistiques pour la journée art

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Artiste qui fait de l'art avec des matériaux de récupération : Leslie Martinez 

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Artiste qui fait de l'art avec des matériaux de récupération : Leslie Martinez 

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For me, recycling is about the potential to transform materials. It’s about working with what you have. I think that’s playful, gritty, and determined. It’s about resourcefulness, and responding to and embracing your circumstances.

I wanted to use the stuff of the world, so I gravitated toward materials like fabrics, and rags—things that are ever abundant. I incorporate them in my paintings, alongside my studio work clothes, canvas cutoffs— those pieces left over after you stretch a canvas—as well as hand towels that I use to soak up paint and water.

Sometimes, I’ll crush these up put them in a blender. Basically, I want anything that I use in the process of making my work to get absorbed back into the work.

None of the art-making materials that I bring into the studio get thrown away. It’s hard to achieve a truly zero-waste studio practice: there is waste from things I eat and so on. But I don’t even throw away the dust after sweeping the floor. Everything goes into bins, where bits are organized by size; something might ruminate for months or years. But everything that comes in for the purpose of making art eventually finds its time. That’s because I want to be conscious of my ecological impact, but also because I want to imbue things we discard with value, and make sure nothing gets left behind. Sometimes, I stuff the inside of the formwork with grocery bags, or with those thin plastic films that all your products come inside of. Then, I use color to defamiliarize the recycled materials.

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Sustainability continues to be at the center of political, economic and social debates. As discussions heat up, so does the planet, and contemporary art has joined the debate through the recycled art movement. Whether they are politically motivated, or simply walking in Duchamp's footsteps, these artists create inspirational and original pieces. By working with recycled materials, these artists encourage their viewers to question the sustainability and ecological impact of the artistic process. Often favoring biodegradable media, their works are both beautiful and ephemeral. Artsper invites you to discover 10 of the best artists working with recycled materials.
1. Vik Muniz

Brazilian artist Vik Muniz is central to the recycled art movement. Discovered by an art dealer in New York in the mid-1980s, he specializes in reproducing masterpieces with recycled materials. His materials range from trash, to shredded magazines, wires, puzzle pieces and even dust. Muniz creates large-scale pieces, whose compositions require them to be digitally projected onto the ground from a height. The documentary "Waste Land" focuses on Muniz's project Jardim Gramacho in Rio de Janeiro, which took place over three years in the world's biggest wasteland.

For this project, Vik Muniz worked with "pickers" who collected waste for the artist and his recycled art projects. The pickers then assembled the pieces into sculptures, which were projected onto the floor inside a warehouse. At the end of the project, the artist sold all the photographs during an auction event, and donated the proceeds to the pickers who participated to the project.

2. Derek Gores

Floridian artist, designer and illustrator Derek Gores has become a master in the art of collage. He creates his works with shredded magazine paper, labels and other recycled materials. Gores starts by organizing his materials by color, and then creates images from them. His art, made from recycled materials, mostly depicts portraits of women or everyday life scenes inspired by the world of fashion and design. Although his works are a mosaic of various objects, they remain strikingly fluid and graceful.

3. Tim Noble and Sue Webster

British artists Tim Noble and Sue Webster met in 1986, while studying fine art in Nottingham. The couple is known for their iconic "shadow sculptures," made from recycled materials and rubbish. They then illuminate these in order to cast shadows on the walls and surrounding ground. At first sight, the piece may look like a pile of rubbish. However, once the light is cast, the shadow of the piece reveals an incredibly detailed and realistic image on the wall.

4. Guerra de la Paz

The Guerra de la Paz collective is a group of Cuban artists founded by Alain Guerra and Neraldo de la Paz. Based in Miami, they work from unconventional materials like recycled clothing, from which they create very colorful sculptures. Their pieces are often interpretations of classic artworks, and frequently convey deeply political messages. Paz's art questions modern consumer society, and the way we blindly use and discard objects that are still in good condition, such as clothes.

5. Nik Gentry

Nick Gentry is a London-based artist whose signature device is to recycle used floppy discs (the ancestor of the USB drive), on which he paints astonishingly futuristic portraits. His work is influenced by the development of consumerism, technology and cyber culture in our society. Gentry also uses used film rolls, VHS disks, and x-rays, which he skillfully integrates into his portraits.

6. Wim Delvoye

Belgian artist Wim Delvoye is famed for his transformation of used objects into spectacular artworks. For his series on tires, Delvoye carved delicate floral and organic patterns into different tires. Although the tires kept their original circular shape, the result looked like it was made from cast metal or carved wood. Delvoye also uses metal, steel caps, or even dump trucks to turn his works into precious lace-like shells.

7. Khalil Chishtee

Creating life-size sculptures out of recycled plastic bags is Pakistani artist Khalil Chishtee's specialty. For the artist, this material is a metaphor for "recycling our identity" and a way to face the obstacles in our lives. Chishtee's work also questions the idea of value in fine art, where bronze, wood or stone are more highly regarded due to their historical context.

8. Subodh Gupta

Indian artist Subodh Gupta lives and works in New Delhi, making large-scale sculptures from everyday materials. He chooses objects that are particularly significant in Indian culture, and then recycles them by adding them in his installations. Gupta's art is therefore deeply rooted in Indian culture, a culture that is rapidly changing due to globalization. The objects he uses for his work already have a story, but Gupta adds another layer of meaning when he integrates them into his pieces.

9. Ptolemy Elrington

"I come across many things which have been abandoned and find something more in them than their intrinsic worthlessness."Ptolemy Elrington is an artist based in the coastal city of Brighton, and his sculptures explore the damage caused by unsustainable resources. In using found objects from manufactured products, such as shopping trolleys or car hub caps, Erlington opens up a vital dialogue about the impact of waste on our environment.

10. Yuken Teruya

Japanese artist Yuken Teruya also explores the dangerous lengths of our rampant consumerist habits. Through his recycled art project, he transforms some of the biggest names in capitalism into mystical forests. Teruya uses the ancient Japanese art of Kirigami, a variation of origami which consists of cutting paper instead of simply folding it. His work is included in the permanent collections of some of the world's most prestigious museums including the MoMA and The Guggenheim in New York, the Charles Saatchi Collection in London and the Mori Art Museum in Japan.

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Ecology is often the focus of political and economic debate- but also of art! Here are 10 artists creating fascinating recycled art...

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Guerra de la paz, recyclage de vêtements

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Recycled Clothing Art by Guerra De La Paz

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The Sims Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) is a state-of-the-art, 11-acre recycling facility along the waterfront. Opened in December 2013 the facility is the anchor of New York City's curbside collection program, processing all plastic, metal, and glass collected by the Department of Sanitation. However, the location's technological features extend beyond just the recycling process itself - the building and site incorporate many sustainable elements. Here are 10 fun facts we learned on a behind-the-scenes visit!
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Each month, the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility processes 25,000 tons of residential metal, glass, and paper picked up by the New York City Department of Sanitation (commercial waste is not handled by the city). The metal, glass, and plastic (referred to as MGP) arrive completely mixed together. The materials first enter a place known as the tipping floor, shown above, where a front-end loader pushes the recyclables onto a conveyor belt. The conveyor feeds up into a "Liberator Shredder," a slow-speed shredder with large gaps between the teeth that is used to open up the plastic bags that the recyclables come in. The recyclables fall through along with the ripped-open bags.

2. The Recycling Facility Receives 30 Tons of Plastic Bags a Day

The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility receives 30 tons of plastic bags a day. Doing the math, this means on a 30-day month, the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility receives 900 tons of plastic bags or 5% of its total monthly intake. Our guide, Eadaoin Quinn, Education Coordinator for Sims Municipal Recycling, tells us that while most of the products distilled from the collections are sold on the east coast and in Canada, there are no buyers for plastic bags in the United States.

3. Material Arrives and Leaves by Barge, Rail and Truck

The collected materials are dropped off by both barge and truck (
about 60% by barge). Materials from Queens and the Bronx mostly arrive by barge, and material from Brooklyn arrives directly by truck. Processed materials leave by truck, rail, and barge float.
Fun fact: All tin cans leave the facility by rail. Approximately once a week, New York New Jersey Rail picks up 2 to 4 rail cars full of cans crushed into cubes. It then pulls those cars down through Sunset Park to 65th Street Railyard, where it puts those cars onto a "car float" (basically, a barge with tracks on the deck). The car float is pulled by a tugboat to a railhead in Jersey City, NJ, where the cars are taken off and sent on their way to points west.

4. Only 50% of NYC's Residential Recyclables are Captured

Sims estimates that only 50% of New York City's residential recyclables are actually captured, meaning New Yorkers are recycling only half of what they could be. Sims is ready to take your stuff, but here's the full list of what is and is not accepted.

5. 40% of What is Received is Glass, But There is Little Demand for The Material

When glass arrives to the facility, much of it is already crushed and in small pieces. This makes the material less valuable than glass that's picked up whole by manufacturers from grocery stores. In the last few years, there has been a large decline in the number of glass melters in the United States, and "not a lot of companies are investing in glass recycling," Quinn told us. The glass that is collected goes out to Sims' Jersey City Recycling Center. Clear glass has more value than colored glass, and gets pulled out of the mix using scanners. Later, some of it will become glass pellets, used below construction roadways like the New Jersey turnpike.

6. The Facility Uses a Combination of People and Technology

While the priority is always towards more automation, the Sims facility uses a combination of people and technology with 100 full-time employees working there. The facility is open 24 hours a day, 6 days a week with processing occurring 16 hours of those days. The operating equipment processes materials at a speed of about 60 tons per hour. Human sorting is the necessary and last step in the process to identify items that may have been missed in the multi-step automated process.

7. The Many Steps of the Recycling Sorting Process

After the material goes through the liberator shredder, it goes towards disc screens that jostle the items while pushing them forward. The glass shatters, falls through the cracks and is collected to be sent to the facility in New Jersey. Then, the rest of the items pass over a drum magnet which pulls all the ferrous metals (metal that contains iron).

Next, the plastics are sorted primarily using 16 optical sorters (the orange boxes you see in the photographs) which are set to look for particular types of plastics and papers using infrared light. When the type is detected, an air jet is triggered at the end of the belt that shoots the item onto the next conveyor belt.

At this point, most of the plastic, glass and ferrous metal has been removed from the stream, and what's left passes over an eddy current separator, a reverse magnet that charges metals that aren't naturally magnetic. Metals like aluminum (the most common material removed using the eddy current), copper, brass, etc. will be repelled. Then, the remaining materials go through a trommel to remove the final unwanted pieces, and the final sort is done by hand.

Each of the separated products are then stored in a large bunker. When those bunkers are full, they will unload onto a conveyor and be sent to the balers. Through a large amount of the force, the balers compress the plastic or aluminum into bales that way about 1,000 pounds each. About 30 to 40 bales can be loaded onto a truck and sent to Sims customers, while other bales leave by rail and barge float.

8. First Large Commercial Wind Turbine in NYC is Here

The Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility is partially powered by renewable energy: 5% comes from the 100kw wind turbine, the first large commercial wind turbine in New York City, and 15% comes from solar panels on the building, one of the largest solar power installations in the city.

The facility is a joint project between Sims, DSNY, the Department of Small Business Services (SBS), and the NYCEDC, who have invested more than $110 million in the development of the facility. As requirement of the Request for Proposals (RFP) was that an architectural firm needed to be involved. Selldorf Architects, known for luxury galleries and apartment buildings, won the RFP, creating a building made of prefabricated pieces of almost entirely recycled steel. Selldorf subsequently won the 2010 Award for Excellence in Design from the Public Design Commission.

9. There are Three Artificial Reefs

The shoreline in front of the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility had to be dredged to allow for barge transportation, so to mitigate the effects, the City constructed three artificial reefs to create intertidal habitats for marine and bird life. Where the facility sits at the Marine Terminal used to be an NYPD impoundment lot.

10. The Site Was Elevated with Rock from the Second Avenue Subway Construction

Before Hurricane Sandy, Sims decided to build the facility above the FEMA 100-year flood level requirements, elevating portions of the site by four feet, including all buildings, high voltage electrical gear, scales, and recycling equipment. As a result, there was no damage during Hurricane Sandy, apart from nonessential equipment that had moved around. The material used to raise the level of the site included both recycled glass and crushed rock from the construction of the Second Avenue subway line. In addition, stormwater is managed on-site, with a gravity-based stormwater system using landscape features, bio-swales, and a retention pond.

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The Sunset Park recycling facility in Brooklyn is the anchor to NYC's curbside collection program. Go behind the scenes!

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In preparation for this week, prepare a box/carton per class where teachers can keep items to recycle and reuse, such as plastic bottles, cans, toilet paper rolls, broken classroom toys, leftover colored paper or other items, newspapers, and various other materials.

Materials for the week (provided by the school):
- Glue gun + refill
- Rubber bands (various sizes)
- Stuffing material / foam
- Gold paint
- Scotch tape of all kinds, craft tape, masking tape, etc.
- Sewing thread, yarn, and thread of all kinds
- Buttons, assemblies, bottle caps, etc.
- Pipe cleaner
- Needles
- Rolls of metal wire
- Scissors and glue for children

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Parents must keep their child(ren) home from Camp if they have any of the following symptoms to prevent other children from becoming sick:

• Fever within the past 24-36 hours (temperature over 100.4° Fahrenheit (F) or 38° Celsius (C) )

• Vomiting within the past 24-36 hours

• Coughing

• Excessive runny nose/sneezing

• Sore throat

• Diarrhea

• Draining rash or wound

• Eye discharge or pink eye

• Fatigue that prevents participation in regular activities

• Open wounds, unless properly covered

• Lice and scabies

Parents of children who come to the Camp sick or become ill during the day will be contacted to come and pick them up.

Before returning to the Camp children must be free of fever and symptoms for at least 24 hours without the use of medication.

Children can be readmitted after medical diagnosis to rule out bacterial or viral infection or after 24 hours have passed since starting antibiotic treatment with a note from a medical practitioner.

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Drop off is at 9 am in the morning

Pick up is at 3 pm in the afternoon

Please check in/ check out in the morning / afternoon on Brightwheel.

Parents must stay outside for drop-off and pick-up. No parent will be permitted inside the school.

At this time, we will not allow stroller, bike or scooter inside the school.  You are welcome to leave scooters or small folded strollers outside the school at your own risk.

Any adult picking up a child, must be listed on the students authorized pick up list and use the brightwheel app to sign in and out the student. If a person is coming for pick up who is not on the list, parents must notify the school via email or phone call with the persons information, cell phone number and a picture ID shall also be required.

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Forms:

Please print AND upload all forms to Brightwheel as soon as possible.

You will find the medical form, a form for contact details, and an emergency authorization. Please fill out these forms by your first day of school or we will not be able to accept your child.

Supplies (please label):

Inside shoes (crocs or similar comfortable shoes without laces; your child should be able to put them on on his/her own)

Your child's "Doudou" (Lovey) or an object that reminds them of you/home to help them separate on their first day of school. No toys at school please.

Two full sets of a change of clothes in a labeled Ziploc bag

Summer Hats & Sunscreen. Bug spray unless you agree to use our own school supply (see over the counter form on brightwheel).

A blanket if your child is napping at school ( and diapers if needed)

Lunch in a labeled container

1 Fruit to share for snack times, unpeeled and uncut.

All small fruits like grapes or blueberries but also cherry tomatoes must be pre-cut or will not be served (chocking hazard).

Please no nuts, no peanut butter, no almonds, etc… we are a nut-free school.

No Juice and no popcorn 🙏.