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Dear Parent,

The waterbottles are made of metal, and, if I am correct, metal does not contain Bisphenol - A.

Regards, Helena

Hi - the water bottle looks so great! Can I ask if they are BPA free?

Dear Parents,

For the Grade 5 exhibition, our group, the turtle habitats group, (Imogen, Carla, Helena and Vibhuti) have decided to do a beach cleanup as well as raise some money for the 'Turtle Conservancy' charity. We thought that a good way to raise money is to create water bottles, keyrings and T-shirts with pictures of turtles and a turtle slogan on them.

The keyrings, water bottles and T-shirts would raise people's awareness whenever someone uses or wears them. The waterbottles would also help to prevent people from using plastic bottles and then throwing them away.

All the profit that we make from selling these items will go towards a charity for saving turtles. We would love it if you could buy some of our products which we designed ourselves. The T-shirts will cost $150, the keyrings will cost $60, the large waterbottles will cost $150 and the small waterbottles will cost $125. Please place your orders on the exhibition days at our booth (Thursday the 12th of May and Friday the 13th of May).

If you or your child are planning on buying something, it would be wonderful if you would bring exact cash to the exhibition.

Thank you for your time, Helena, Imogen, Vibhuti and Carla

Dear Ms. Fung

We will be donating all our profit to the 'Sea Turtle Conservancy' charity.

Regards, Helena

Dear Helena,

That sounds great! I can't wait to see all your products at the Exhibition. Which turtle conservation charity will your group be supporting?

Regards, Kim

Hi Helena, I would like to buy a large water bottle. Many Thanks, Mrs Hand

Dear Teachers,

For the Grade 5 exhibition, our group, the turtle habitats group, (Imogen, Carla, Helena and Vibhuti) have decided to raise some money for turtle conservation charities, as well as doing a beach cleanup. We thought that a good way to raise money would be to create water bottles, keyrings and T-shirts with pictures of turtles and a turtle slogan on them.

The keyrings, water bottles and T-shirts would raise awareness for people whenever they wear or use them and the waterbottles would also help to prevent people from using plastic bottles and then throwing them away.

All the profit that we make from selling these items will go towards a charity for saving turtles. We would love it if you could buy some of our products, we designed them ourselves. The T-shirts will cost $150, the keyrings will cost $60 and, the large waterbottles will cost $150 and the small waterbottles will cost $125.

We would love it if you would buy something and if you could inform your students about what we are doing.

Thank you for your time, Helena, Imogen, Vibhuti and Carla

Dear Anna,

We are an inquiring group of grade five primary students interested in conserving the green sea turtles for the exhibition we are doing in school.

Our action was doing a beach clean up which we have already done. Our other action is to sell water bottles, a T-shirt and a key ring at the exhibition to raise awareness for green sea turtles.

We are also going to take action at school regarding waste/rubbish.

Could you please tell us where all the general rubbish go after collection?

Sincerely, Carla, Imogen, Helena and Vibhuti

Dear Green Sea Turtle Group,

Just a couple of suggestions:

We need to catch a ferry to Lamma Island and it will be easier to meet up at the ferry pier (outlying islands pier in Central) rather than the school.

The ferries run at 8.35 and 10.20 on Sunday the morning. I think the 10.20 one makes the most sense. This is the website for you to check http://www.hkkf.com.hk/index.php?op=timetable&page=sokkwuwan&style=en

The beach is then a bit of a walk from the pier on the other side. You need to allow time for this, around 45 mins. Then time to clean the beach. Then 45 mins back to the ferry.

Also, as Anita mentioned, we need to take thick bin bags, gloves, and anything else we can think of. Another point is what do we actually do with the rubbish afterwards? I am not sure if there are bins at this beach.

Hopefully we will see you all on Sunday.

Nicola

Hi all,

Happy to participate and will try to bring my parents (helena's grandparents) as extra pair of hands :-)

Will we drive there? What do we need to bring? Gloves? Rubbish bags?

See you all on Saturday, Anita

Dear Parents,

We are the turtle habitats group and our action is to try to ban plastic water bottles and do a beach clean up at Sham Wan Beach.

On the 17th of April which is on Sunday, we are going to Sham Wan Beach in Lamma Island to do a clean up. Here are the details of that day:

Time : At 9:00 am we have to be at the HKA school campus and we will leave the beach at 10:30 am Adult Supervisor : Nicola Harris People Participating : Imogen, Helena, Vibhuti, Owen, Isadora (possibly)

If you have any questions feel free to contact us by first class.

Sincerely, Imogen, Carla, Helena and Vibhuti

Dear Helena, Imogen, Carla and Vibhuti,

Thank you for your email. We are sorry that our school visit programme mainly focus on corals, overfishing and green seafood etc but not Green Sea Turtles. To know more details about this species, we suggest you to get information from Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

Thank you for your attention.

Hoi Ha Marine Life Centre

Dear Helena, Imogen Carla and Vibhuti,

I am very pleased to hear about your interest in green turtles. It is very important that we protect these animals and their habitat.

Unfortunately we do not conduct research on sea turtle, but the AFCD, Hong Kong Government do have a conservation programme for sea turtle (see https://hkucc1.hku.hk/owa/redir.aspx?C=a0ae9cbab2aa4b7792f6378759880ed6&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.afcd.gov.hk%2fenglish%2fconservation%2fcon_fau%2fcon_fau_sea%2fcon_fau_sea_bas%2fcon_fau_sea_bas.html), and WWF Hong Kong also have a turtle programme (https://hkucc1.hku.hk/owa/redir.aspx?C=a0ae9cbab2aa4b7792f6378759880ed6&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wwf.org.hk%2fen%2fwhatwedo%2fconservation%2fspecies%2fgreenturtle%2f), perhaps you could contact them.

Good luck.

Yours sincerely, Prof. Gray Williams, Hon. Director

Dear Swire Institute of Marine Science,

We are an inquiring group of grade five primary students from Hong Kong Academy (an international school in Kennedy Town) interested in conserving the green sea turtles in Hong Kong for the exhibition we are doing in school.

We are interested in saving the turtles because we think people are unaware that they are a dying species and that their habitat is being inadvertently destroyed.

We would like to take action on the issue of habitat loss and were wondering if we could come on a field trip to your campus and help save the sea turtles there. If we can come there would be at least one adult with us. If this is possible, what are some days that would suit your schedule?

If this is not possible, do you know of any places in Hong Kong where we could possibly take action?

Looking forward to hearing from you, Sincerely,

Helena, Imogen Carla and Vibhuti

Dear AFCD,

We are an inquiring group of grade five primary students from Hong Kong Academy (an international school in Kennedy Town) interested in conserving the green sea turtles in Hong Kong for the exhibition we are doing in school.

We are interested in saving the turtles because we think people are unaware that they are a dying species and that their habitat is being inadvertently destroyed.

We would like to take action on the issue of habitat loss and are wondering if you know of any ways that we could help save sea turtles and their natural habitats.

Looking forward to hearing from you, Sincerely,

Helena, Imogen, Carla and Vibhuti

Dear World Wildlife Fund,

We are an inquiring group of grade five primary students from Hong Kong Academy (an international school in Kennedy Town) interested in conserving the green sea turtles in Hong Kong for the exhibition we are doing in school.

We are interested in saving the turtles because we think people are unaware that they are a dying species and that their habitat is being inadvertently destroyed.

We are also interested in learning more about why this is happening. About who is doing it and why they are doing it.

Do you know of any places where we could do some on-site research on who, why and when people destroy (purposely or inadvertantly) the habitats of green sea turtles? If so could you please inform us of them?

We would like to take action on the issue of habitat loss and were wondering if you know of any ways with which we could help save the green sea turtles.

Sincerely, Vibhuti, Carla, Helena and Imogen

Dear Ms.Virginia,

Thank you so much for your reply!

Would it be possible for you to meet every Thursday during this time?

Sincerely, Helena, Imogen, Vibhuti and Carla

Dear Turtle Habitats Group,

Yes, I did go to the Sevens and my son Gabriel played which was very exciting.

I can meet with you from 8:30- 9:00am as I have an open house to attend. I am also free later in the day. I have Cc:d Angie in as she keeps my calendar.

I am looking forward to working with all of you.

Best, Virginia

Dear Virginia, I hope you had a good weekend, did you go to the rugby sevens? We were wondering if you would be available March 31st (Thursday) at 8:30 to 9:20 for a mentor meeting. If you are only free for a portion of that time that is also great.

Sincerely, The Turtle Habitats Group; Imogen, Carla, Vibhuti and Helena

Dear Ms. Virginia Hunt,

The turtles habitat group would like to thank you for volunteering your time to support us through our exhibition process.

We are very keen to get started working with you and are looking for a time when we can meet with you each week. Could you please send us any times that are convenient for you to meet with us. On the second last page of the mentor handbook you will see our schedule, we will not be available during the blacked out times as they are our specialist times.

We look forward to hearing from you soon and working with you next week.

Regards, Vibhuti, Helena, Imogen, Carla