Today we kick off the one month countdown to our Cardboard Challenge, being held on October 9th this year. Check out last year’s cardboard challenge here, thanks to Mr. Neill; we certainly had a lot of fun.

Below is an approximate schedule of what to expect in the weeks leading to the event.

From now-September 14th-we are all promoting the event, asking children and parents to start collecting things in their home, community or even parents workplace (e.g. ask colleagues to save their toilet rolls/tissue boxes etc)

September 15th-September 18th-Students bring small cardboard items into their classrooms, such as cereal boxes, toothpaste boxes, shoe boxes, granola boxes, tissue boxes etc

Weekly Challenge No 1- September 21st-September 25th

This year we are putting different grade levels together to collect materials. Grade Level Competitions to contribute the most small items into the boxes set up outside the ES Library, there will be giant boxes for these grade groupings: 

Pre K and 4th Grade

K, 1st and 5th Grade

2nd and 3rd Grade 

Between September 21st and September 25th, students will drop off their small cardboard items such as cereal boxes, toothpaste boxes, shoe boxes, granola boxes, tissue boxes in the giant boxes outside the library.

Each Day at 9 am, the items collected will be counted, and a running tally displayed on the wall. The Group with the most items contributed by Friday 9 am will be the winner and a small prize will be given to each student. 

Weekly Challenge No 2- October 5-8th

Stay tuned for details

Friday October 9th

Global Cardboard Challenge

Stay tuned for details

If you’d like to know more about the origins of this challenge, have a look at the Imagination Foundation website here.

While this is an All Elementary Event, we also have an increasing number of helpers and participants from the Middle and High school which adds to the fun and great community feel. Parents and community members are not just welcome, but necessary, so please please e mail me at kimbra.power@saschina.org if you’d like to come along.