Waikanae school

Seddon St

Kapiti Coast

Waikanae

Thursday 5 September 2013

Dear room 8

Room 6 are doing a survey on how much power our school are using. We are doing this to see how much power we are using and try and save as much money and power as we can. There are already ways that we know we can save power without doing a survey. The reason we want to save power is that everyone is using so much power that people are building more and more dames to keep up the demand of power. Dames are bad for the environment and building more isn't helping, it is making it worse. Also the money we are spending on power, some of it could be spent on the children's learning. Like a school trip or some new learning gear.

We discovered that over 236 classroom lights and over 123 desktop computer screens and lots of those are left on during morning tea and lunch . There are also the staff room lights and many laptops using power as well. There are also children that go on the computer and play lots of uneducated games like bad ice cream and club penguin. These sorts of games use lots of power and money and do not help us learn. There are also heaters , projectors, sound systems and other things that are being left on during morning tea and lunch time.

There is so much power being wasted over morning tea and lunch that it is not funny. We want to save as much money as we can, so here are some ways you can do your bit for the school to save money. To save money for the school you can turn off the heater before you go out for lunch. Make sure the lights are off,the projector, desk top screens, the sound system and anything that uses electricity. If you have a printer in your room make sure it is on standby before you go out to eat.  After lunch and morning tea you can turn it on and use it again.

Your sincerely

Hannah guy and Drenna Falaniko