What does Sandy Point reveal about how humans live with place, waste, and responsibility? 

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Sandy Point, in walking distance of the Year 2 classroom, is a powerful site for noticing entanglements, water, birds, shorelines, shipping routes, human activity, and discarded materials all co-existing in the same space. Across several visits to the shoreline of Sandy Point, a group of Year 2 children investigated stories of human activity, analysing traces of human presence left behind on the shores of Sandy Point.  

How are our everyday lives connected to what ends on the shores of Sandy Point?  The question ‘why do people litter’, evolved into further debate.  Children collaborated to form theories about the impact of what is left behind on the shores and how this might be shaping Sandy Point for those yet to come.  

Is the Bay worth protecting – why? Who are we protecting it for? 

What (positive) impact can we (as individuals and groups of individuals) make?  

Where does this waste come from, and where does it go?