Hi ~! Sorry that it has been a while since the last post.
Dont worry. this will be short and really SWEET~!
on the 5-6 of November, be sure to look us up at Suntec City. One of the convention hall perhaps.. we will be setting up our booths on the 4/11 . Hope u support us.

Cya real Soon~!!














HiHi~! looks like we really had to push some people to work with us. Haiz.... T^T but it was fun~!!!! ***in a way*** Before we could even do the workshop, ofcourse there is a need to intro ourselves~!

On 26june *thurs*, the boiis(martyn, waikit, and jerald) presented a speech abt the needs of recycling tetra-paks. By the way, when they mentioned the word tetra-pak, everyone went blank and mummering just filled the parade square. But luckily they explained it immediately. ~phew~^^









so goondo... =x

• - quick, late liao! OMG 12.30 le~!!!!!! **panic panic** (right after sch)
  
• -Faster get ready equipments~!!! bring the pupils upppppp ~!!!! (in the sci lab)

soaking the tetra-paks... actually is washing the tetra-paks.. haha soup anyone??

• -where spooon????? where window screeen??? where this where tat...(also in the lab)
its hard work when you have to scrap away soo much paper by using onli a small blunt spoon... zzzz

• -tear smaller~! tear properly~! (... in the lab...)

mushy...my grp... ^^

• -uh oh... blender getting hot hot hot.... (......."...............)



• -okok pour out slowly on to th window screen.. NONO UR WINDOW SCREEN WRONG SIDE~!
• -alrighty!!! spread the pulp like peanut butter... eeeee... (labbbbbbb)

btw this is done by *Kenneth, Arfian, Joel and Samuel.

and we were left with the cleaning.. haizzz

by **Deon, Hafiz, Zeke, LingHao and WahMeng**

by *Joanne, Chloe and Meihui*

• -eee? still got half an hour larh! scared wat?


• -**yawn** haiyerrr still got 2o min


• - ** prepared equips... ** alamak still got 15min


• -** decorating the infested recycling bin** eehh~! not bad leh.. so nice.. must addd more butterflies! >.<


• -**stretch and yawn** okok.. 1.30 loh. lets race down to get them


• - **** then all the explaining and demo-ing starts **

• -eh? now already 2.45pm . where are they? ** panicking**


• -** walked around but onli found 8** HaIz... T^T


• -did everyting told.

Proposal

Introduction
Around the world, there are disasters like droughts and floods that occurred because of our irresponsible actions. These disasters should not be happening and we can all do our part to prevent these disasters from occurring and also to treasure our Earth (deforestation, wastage of resources). Everyday in our school, there are lots of Tetra-paks being thrown away. These should not be happening as the Tetra-paks can be recycled and made into recycled paper. We should recycle them as they are useful and are able to be made into a lot of things. We want to tell people that everyone can save the Earth, regardless of race, language or religion.

Aims of our Proposal
Our aim is to educate the school and public on the importance of saving the Earth. We want to tell them that we are able to save the Earth if everyone works together and do their part in conserving the Earth. We also want to tell them that not everything has to be thrown away, which is very wasteful. Another important thing is that it is easy to throw away something, but it is not easy to manufacture the thing that is being thrown. Basically, it is to tell them not to waste things and to treasure the Earth.

Our Idea
The first step that we will be taking is to place bins around the canteen to let the students throw the Tetra-paks for recycling. We will be holding a competition called 'Design Your Own Bins'. Each class will have to submit at least 1 bin that the class has designed. The top 5 bins will be chosen to be placed in the canteen and prizes will be given for the most attractive bins and the most supportive class. We want to involve more people in our programme and to make sure that they know the consequences if they continue to waste things that are recyclable.

Another competition that we will be having is to design a poster to be placed on the class noticeboard to remind the class to save the Earth. Each class will have to submit at least 1 poster. All posters collected will be put up on an exhibition held in the concourse. Prizes will be given to the most attractive posters and also the most supportive class. Tetra-paks will be thrown into the specially designed bins. Half of the collected Tetra-paks will be sold to recycling companies. The other half will be made into paper for sale as greeting cards and bookmarks. All money collected will be given to the needy pupil fund. We will be having a workshop called 'Use Your Hands'. Through the workshop, students will be able to make their own paper from Tetra-paks. The students then can take home their own paper and also learn to practise recycling as paper making is a very tedious process.

These are the things needed to make paper from Tetra-paks :
1. Tetra-pak
2. Blender
3. Water
4. Rectangular Basin
5. Spoon
6. Window Screen
7. Towels
8. Iron

Procedure to make paper from Tetra-paks:
1. Flatten the Tetra-pak and soak it in water.
2. Peel or scrape the paper from the aluminium and plastic.
3. Tear the paper into fine pieces.
4. Pour it into a blender and blend it until it turns into pulp.
5. Pour the pulp onto the window screen / permeable material and place it over a basin to collect the water that is filtrated from the window screen.
6. When it is semi-dry, flip the window screen onto a piece of towel. Use a rolling pin and remove the remaining water from it.
7. Leave it to dry for at least 24 hours.
8. Once it is dry, it is ready for use. =)

Other things that we will be hosting
We will also appoint a class each week to stay back after school to separate the Tetra-paks from the plastic and straws. We will talk to the principal to ask if CIP points can be given to classes that stayed back to separate. We are going to make a schedule to inform which class will be staying back each week. We choose to involve more students as these will tell them the importance of saving the Earth and also to give them some hands-on experience.

Future Plans
If the campaigns and the competition that we have for the school succeed, we are going to try to go into the neighbourhood to test out our programme. Like putting recycling bins and posters around the neighbourhood and invite members of the public to come to our school to learn how to recycle paper from Tetra-paks. Hopefully, the students will be able to spread the message to their parents, friends and relatives about our programme and also to tell them how to save the Earth. At the end of the programme, we are going to conduct a survey at the school's learning portal (http://jvs.commontown.net/) for the students and teachers to comment on our programme and how we can improve on it. Hopefully, with the comments, we will be able to educate more people and to make the world a cleaner and better environment.

Conclusion
We think that this project will have a great impact on the members of the public and our schoolmates as this involves them in various hands-on activities like ‘paper recycling’ and designing of recycling bins. Therefore, we will be implementing this project and we hope to make a difference to the environment.



How to make Paper from Tetra-pak?

Materials Needed:

• Tetra-paks
• Blender / Whisk
• Water
• Bucket / Pail
• Big square pan that is at least 8cm deep
• A piece of wndow screen that fits inside pan
• An iron / Rolling pin
• Measuring cup
• Tea towels
  
  

Procedures:

1. Tear the tetra-paks into tiny pieces, then soak them into a pail of hot water for about 30 minutes. Put a handful of the soaked paper into the blender and mix until mushed.

2. Pour the blended pulp into a measuring cup. Pour roughly 3 cubic centimetres of water into the pan. Place the screen into the pan and pour 1 cup of paper pulp onto the screen.

3. Spread the pulp evenly in the water with your fingers. It should feel kind of mushy. Lift the screen and let the water drain.

4. Lay the pulp-covered screen face down on a cloth or in between some newspapers. Lift the screen away, leaving the paper pulp on the cloth. Cover with another cloth and iron it, or use a rolling pin to flatten. Press out excess moisture. Let the pulp dry for at least 24 hours.

5. Once it is dry, it is ready for use.

Source:
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/fun_n_games/printables/activities/assets/science_nature/paper_making.pdfscience_nature/paper_making.pdf