1. Insoll Avenue
School has a
problem
A presentation by the Praying
Mantis
writing group.

2. Over the past 6 days, Room
One has carried out a
statistical investigation.

3. The Issue

4. Students of Insoll
Avenue School are
dropping their
rubbish. They are
not using the bins
provided!!!

5. Room 1 doesn’t like picking
up other peoples rubbish!

6. It This
wastes rubbish
our stinks
time

7. Its It is
yuck and very
frustrating,
germy as there are
rubbish bins
found all
around our
school.

8. Rubbish attracts unwanted
pests such as rats, cockroaches,
flies and ants.

9. We Cockroaches
have seen are in our
a rat in
the large classrooms.
red bin!

10. If we have rubbish
everywhere...

11. People will
think we are
dirty

12. Visitors
will judge
us

13. Parents
might
complain!

14. The past six days
we have been
picking up your
rubbish and
recording
information in a
tally chart.

15. Here is a graph showing the
amount of rubbish picked up, in
one day, just from the courts
and the playground in front of
room 1 and 2.

16. Rubbish Picked by Room 1 on 30/7/09
Key: Plastic Paper Food Scraps Other
100
90
80
Number of rubbish
picked up 70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Before School After Interval After lunch

17. In just one day Insoll Avenue
School dropped
150 pieces of plastic
70 bits of paper
91 food scraps
and 6 other items
on just a small area of our school.
In total that is
317 bits of rubbish

18. Here is what we
have to say
about it!

20. Room 1 doesn’t like
picking up rubbish.

21. Its
Its annoying
disgusting

22. The praying mantis writing group are:
Wesley
Kiriwera
Oceanie
Deon
Zachary
Rkeisha
Jalesha

23. We are learning to:
carry out a
identify a
purpose for statistical
an exposition investigation
draw a bar graph write an exposition
collect data
report results of an investigation
add a graph to our keynote
add video footage to our keynote

24. We were able to complete our
presentation by
working
together as agreeing
a team
thinking to solve problems
sharing ideas
helping
each taking turns
other.