Japan

This term we have been learning about Japan. This week I made a little google drawing about Japan with a little bit of information about the country. I didn't have much time to do anything because I got into the class late. I still got a little bit of information down though. Here is the Google drawing I made.

Limericks

Limericks

This week in literacy we have been looking at limericks. A limerick is a 5 lined rhyming poem. The first and second line have to rhyme, then the third and fourth line have to rhyme. The final line has to rhyme with the first and second line. I found this activity pretty easy. I did find it a little bit difficult to make up my own poem though. Here is my google drawing about limericks.

Keeping Ourselves Safe

This Term we have been looking at Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS). First we had to listen to a story and list what we could do in the scenario and how that would effect others. We did about 2 of those activities then yesterday we had Constable Terry come in and talk to us about the different types of abuse (Physical, Emotional, Family, Cyber, Sexual and Neglect). We watched a short video about a boy getting cyber bullied and we had to say what we would do in the situation. Then we got sticky notes with questions we had to answer on them. I think it was a pretty easy activity to do. Here is a screenshot of one of the activities we did. 

Tech Term 4

This term we started doing Tech again. We got to choose what class we wanted to be in. Kristian and I went into the metal room to work with recycled cans. We are planning on making a train out of cans and bottle tops. We got our sketch done to show to the teacher. I think we did a pretty good job planning out our design. Here's a picture of my reflections.

Numeracy Week 7 Term 3

This week I have been working on my workbook for numeracy. I found it quite easy after a bit of practise. There were a few questions that i found a bit tricky to work out but I got there in the end. Here is my work book for this week.

Italian

Italian
This week for languages we have been learning Italian. In the first lesson we had to find Italy on a world map and look for any interesting facts about Italy. The second lesson we learned some basic Italian phrases. We then made a google drawing with the phrases on it. Here is my Google drawing.

Literacy W1 Term 3

 This week for literacy we have been working on arguments. We had to write about whether animals should be kept in zoos. Here is my argument.

Should Animals Be Kept In Zoos?

I strongly believe that animals should NOT be kept in zoos. Firstly, most zoos either mentally or physically abuse their animals. Secondly, zoos can NOT provide enough space for their animals. Thirdly, zoos usually don't help the animals at all.

Did you know that when an animal paces up and downs its cage/enclosure it means they are mentally unwell? Well it’s a true fact and it happens a lot. This can be because of abuse, being separated from family, starvation or being in pain. A polar bear in central park zoo was spotted swimming laps because it was so stressed and it was overheating. I don't know about you but I think that's pretty bad. Also most zoos physically abuse their animals to get them to do tricks, just for fun and because they misbehaved. I think that is is absolutely disgusting that people think it’s okay to do this to their animals because it’s not like the animals have a say in it.

It has been said that tigers and lions have around about 18,000 times less space in zoos than they would in the wild. That is saying zoos can not provide enough space for animals. Imagine being kept in a cage/enclosure, you’d be sad, lonely and depressed. That is exactly how the animals feel being locked up 24/7. They get bored really easy and it’s not like zoos have enough money to be buying them new stuff all the time. This can also cause the animals to grow mentally unwell.

Zoos usually don't help the hurt animals at all. One time a zoo had a goat with highly contagious ringworm and they didn’t treat the animal. This caused the other animals and people to get sick. Some animals will sit in a cage for months on end in pain because the zookeepers cant or wont help them. I think that this revolting. Zoos will often use animals for photos or put them on display and if the animal doesn’t work with them they will starve them. 

I personally don't want to go to zoos anymore knowing that some animals are in pain. So next time you go to a zoo think to yourself about all the animals that could be in pain there.