On Saturday morning, Room 8 joined a beach clean-up at Ōrewa. The students collected bottles, fishing line, and small pieces of plastic from the sand. Their teacher reminded them to sort the rubbish carefully so it could be recycled or disposed of safely. By lunchtime, the group had filled six large bags. Some students said they were surprised by how much rubbish had washed up overnight. Others noticed that the shoreline looked cleaner and that more seabirds were returning to the area.