Wangbin Primary School Celebrate World Environment Day

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Wangbin Primary School Tabubil, Western Province, today celebrated World Environment Day with activities that lasted the whole day.

The students and teachers were out in full force with activities such as Poem reading, environmental song performance, poster and drawing displays and so forth.


















Here are lyrics of a song that was sung at the occasion by the grade 5 pupils. It is called Environment and was written by Mr Neville Unduko, an expressive arts teacher.

Song: Environment

Verse 1



Tree in the highlands, trees in the lowlands

Trees here and there and tress everywhere

Grow them for us and take care of them

Our Motherland, make PNG Pride



Chorus

Our country, our habitat

Our land of beautiful environment

Our souls and minds of our people

My land, my life my all



Verse 2

The plants on the tress, insects alike

Butterflies, bees and beetles and bugs

Grow them for us and take care of them

Our motherland, make PNG Pride



Written by Mr Neville Unduko

I thoroughly enjoyed being amongst these kids and I think more emphasis should be put in by parents and community elders to educate children on the importance of caring for our environment especially at a time like these where there is a boom with regard to our extracting our natural resources for the sake of development.

OK Tedi Mining Limited’s presence was there through Rehab. & Mine Closure Officer from the Environment Department, Dexter. Wagambie.


Mr Wagambie outlined the importance of the theme & how these many species affect the livelihood of everyone in the communities and also the environmental responsibility the company has. He also outlined what they could do to care and preserve the environment.

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