GRADE five and six pupils from St Therese Primary School rolled up their sleeves and participated in a beach clean-up on Thursday April 4.<\/p>\n
Teacher Gerard McCarthy said the school organises clean-ups twice a term at Fishos, an initiative supported by St Therese\u2019s grade six environmental leaders.<\/p>\n
On a glorious sunny morning last Thursday, the pupils picked up rubbish near the Torquay Surf Club and along Point Danger.<\/p>\n
Cigarette butts were among the biggest culprits (over 3,500 collected) as well as fishing lines, plastics (both hard and soft), glass and bottle caps.<\/p>\n
One of the two grade six sustainability leaders Eve Francis said it was great to see so many of her peers cleaning up the coast.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we don\u2019t clean up, we are polluting the earth and killing marine animals,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
After collecting the litter, the pupils keep some of the items in glass jars that are stored in the classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GRADE five and six pupils from St Therese Primary School rolled up their sleeves and participated in a beach clean-up on Thursday April 4. Teacher Gerard McCarthy said the school organises clean-ups twice a term at Fishos, an initiative supported by St Therese\u2019s grade six environmental leaders. On a glorious sunny morning last Thursday, the pupils […]<\/p>\n