Wooranna Park Primary School
Grade 4 Wakakirri presents... "When Pages Come to Life"
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Frankston Arts Centre
Monday, Aug 5, 2013, 07:15 PM
Davey St, Frankston, VIC, 3199, Australia
Reduce
- Practising without lights on when inside and practising outdoors on basketball courts
- Playing music into mugs to project volume
- Communicated with parents and community about Wakakirri via email
- Buying in bulk to reduce packaging (face paint)
- Only buying items that we needed by conducting a waste audit
- Walked children home from practices instead of getting parents to pick them up
- Students were encouraged to refill water bottles instead of purchasing new ones
- Used mirrors for students to see their performance instead of recording
- All props, costumes and backdrops were transported in one bus
Reuse
- Cardboard boxes were used for props
- Asked parents and school community to donate paint, costuming, props
- Reused costumes, face paint and make up from the Lorax production (2012) and clothes from home
- Reused gate from prep year level
- Material and clothes reused from Op Shops
- Reusing cardboard boxes and plastic bags to store costumes
- Newspaper for a painting dropsheet
- Sheets for dropsheets for changerooms
- Prop supplies from Ringwood Reverse Art Truck
- Sports bench from school used as a prop
- Main characters wearing school uniform
- All cardboard or paper props will be recycled
- Backdrops will be repainted for future performances
- Left over face paint will be used for future productions and dress up days at school
- Clothes racks donated to other year levels to use for dress ups
Recycle
- Any props that are cardboard or paper and are destroyed and cannot be reused will be put in the recycling bin.
- NOTHING WILL BE GOING IN THE GARBAGE BIN!
Wooranna Park Primary School
Phone Number: 9795 2007
Website: http://woorannaparkps.com.au/