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Rainforest Rumours Newsletter Dec 2011

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Rainforest Rumours Newsletter Dec 2011

Marlborough Primary School

admin — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 10:22:45 +0000

After visiting Marlborough Primary School in May 2011, it wasn’t hard to see their dedication and enthusiasm for orangutans! The class room had orangutan memorabilia everywhere!

All of the kids were dressed in Orange and had been working hard raising money and awareness for the orangutans, becoming involved with Scholastic and AOP education’s joint program “Save a Tree – Save Me”. Marlborough Primary School has an Indonesian sister school and so their dedication to help orangutans will always be obvious in their classroom.

Please follow the link below to an article by local Leader newspaper on Marlborough Primary School.

Keep up the great work Marlborough Primary School!

Link to news story

Poynter Primary WA Fundraising

KrisD — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:10:24 +0000

On Tuesday, 2nd of November, Poynter Primary WA held a ‘Go Orange’ fundraising Day. The Year 5′s from Room 12 helped raise almost $500 for the save orangutan program. We now get to adopt seven orangutans and the money will pay for their food, supplies and to find a safe place for them to get released.

For all the activities they raised $285- dress up orange, $136- orange cupcakes, $29- colouring in competition, $16 peel an orange and $30- bowl an orange. To keep with the theme we also planted some orange trees.

The names of the orphan orangutans we are adopting are Beda, Bulan, Ugo Blanco, Jarot, Miriam, Carlos and Carmen. The orangutans get the money for 12 months to provide water, food, a quarantine center, shelter and a place to get released to.

The orange cupcakes were amazing and almost all of them were bought! I also think that people loved to dress up because we raised about $285 for that!

So I feel amazed and happy how orangutan day went so well. Thank you to all those that donated any money it really helped.

By Deni B (Yr 5)

Victor Harbor High Fundraising

KrisD — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:06:51 +0000

On the 9^th of September Victor Harbor High School conducted a Colour it orange day, to help raise money for the Orangutans in Indonesia. We had a stall selling 200 orange cupcakes, selling at $1 each. The students at school came dressed in orange, and payed a 50 cent donation. We had 100 wrist bands that sold out by the end of the day, the students loved them.

To make the day more entertaining we hired a monkey to represent the orangutan and had a student in a green lycra suit with leafs attached to represent a palm oil tree, so the students knew what they were donating towards. All students at our school enjoyed the day and it was a great opportunity to get students involved in helping the orangutans. Victor Harbor High School managed to raise up to $370, and every bit helps.

Orange day pictures – Victor Harbor High School

Orange Day a Success

KrisD — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 07:04:04 +0000

The Student Representative Council of Marton PS decided to hold an “Orange Day” to raise awareness and funds for the Australian Orangutan Project. All children were asked to wear orange for the day and bring in a coin donation.

We were very proud to raise a total of $414! We hope that this in some way helps the orangutans to live better and happier lives.

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SoZo — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:24:07 +0000

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Scholastic Fundraising Achievement

SoZo — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:41:27 +0000

Scholastic Book Clubs are very pleased to announce they have raised a grand total of $25,000 for the Australian Orangutan Project.

This money was raised through the sale of ‘Save the Orangutan’ wristbands and posters. This proves that schools and students around Australia really care for the orangutan and were keen to get behind Scholastic and the AOP’s initiatives.

Mayfield West Demonstration school go all ORANGE for the orangutan

KrisD — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:39:38 +0000

Mayfield West Demonstration school had a fantastic day wearing orange (and some green and brown) to help raise money for the Australian Orangutan Project. The whole school go involved and went “Wild about Orangutans” They drew a large tree on the floor and placed their money around the outline. They have also enjoyed having their classroom “Pongos” come to explore the playground each day and take them home for sleepover visits at the students’ homes. Pongo’s Diary is very eventful! All round it has been a wonderful learning experience.

Fiona Miller
Classroom Teacher
Mayfield West Demonstration School
Gregson Ave
Mayfield West NSW 2304

A Man in the Forest

KrisD — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 09:39:07 +0000

A Man in the Forest

Story by 8 year old Finn Ball

Parry Raines – Climate Girl

KrisD — Wed, 26 May 2010 09:11:44 +0000

Meet Parry Raines – Australian Representative for the International Youth Accord on Biodiversity

I spend most my time in the great outdoors and I also like to make documentaries. My production company is called Munchkin Productions. When I was 10 years old I came up with the idea of using film to teach kids about the environment and climate change. I decided to use film as a way of communicating to other kids about what they can do in their own lives that will help the environment.

On my travels for my environment work I always take the opportunity to interview kids on their thoughts about the environment and how it will affect their future, or if it has already. The film ”Children of the World and Climate Change” is a collection of statements from kids from around the world about their thoughts on climate change. I put this short documentary together for WWF’s People’s Orb that travelled to Copenhagen for the Climate Change Conference in December 2009. I, along with the Lord Mayor of Sydney were the first custodians of the Orb.

Click on Parry’s website below and to learn more about Biodiversity matters.

http://www.climategirl.com.au/

http://biodiversitymatters.com