During the Science lesson we saw a short animated film called ‘A Whale’s Tale’. In this film, a whale helps smaller sea creatures that are trapped in plastic waste. On land, a young boy seeks help to clear the sea in his area.

After watching this inspiring film, we became more aware that plastic pollution is a treat to humans and marine animals.

We took part in a brainstorming session of how to reduce plastic waste.

These were some of our ideas:

• Using paper straws
• Using metal cutlery
• Using reusable containers, lunch boxes, water bottles and bags
• Avoiding plastic packaging
• Taking part in beach cleanups
• Washing our teeth with a toothpaste that has no microbeads
• Engaging in plastic free crafts and activities

During the last part of the lesson we took part in a quiz and drew some posters regarding marine plastic pollution.

We all need to give a helping hand to beat this environmental problem.

Year 3.3 Ladybirds