The Starfish Poem - Social Studies

 What is the main message of this poem? That even the smallest change can make a difference. 

Give evidence: The last sentence saying "it made a difference for that one"

Include an image:

THE  STARFISH  POEM

Once upon a time, there was a wise man 

who used to go to the ocean 

to do his writing. 

He had a habit of walking 

on the beach 

before he began his work. 

One day he was walking along 

the shore. 

As he looked down the beach, 

he saw a human 

figure moving like a dancer. 

He smiled to himself to think 

of someone who would 

dance to the day. 

So he began to walk faster 

to catch up. 

As he got closer, he saw 

that it was a young man 

and the young man wasn't dancing, 

but instead, he was reaching 

down to the shore, 

picking up something 

and very gently throwing it 

into the ocean. 

As he got closer he called out, 

"Good morning! What are you doing?" 

The young man paused, 

looked up and replied, 

"Throwing starfish in the ocean." 

"I guess I should have asked, 

why are you throwing starfish in the ocean?" 

"The sun is up and the tide is going out. 

And if I don't throw them in they'll die." 

"But, young man, don't you realize that 

there are miles and miles of beach 

and starfish all along with it. 

You can't possibly make a difference!" 

The young man listened politely. 

Then bent down, picked up another starfish 

and threw it into the sea, 

past the breaking waves and said- 

"It made a difference for that one."

Newspaper Article - Social Studies

 Hi there,

Today in Social Studies, we have been creating our own Articles about the topic we are learning this term, GPGP (The Great Pacific Garbage Patch). We had to give an explanation about what the garbage patch is, how it is affecting the world as well as us humans, along with some more information. I have created my article on Canva. I hope you like it and learned something new. 

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Hi there,

In Term 2 in Social Studies, we are focusing on the ocean of how it is polluted with garbage and plastics. We are mainly looking at GPGP which stands for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch". We were assigned to create a slideshow about GPGP along with some question answering, information about it and as always sharing it on our blogs. Here is my work and I hope you learn something new from this.

All Summer in a Day - English

 A Summer in a Day by Ray Bradbury

Find 3 words you don't know the meaning of. Look them up and write the definitions.

1. Solemn - Formal and Dignified. 

2. Dimly - With a faint light: not brightly.

3. Tumultuously - Making a uproar or loud, confused noise. 

Discuss the Exposition in the story - What are the characters, setting and mood. 

Characters: Margot, William and Children 

Setting: Planet Venus

Mood: Rain, Sadness, Stagnant and Depressive   

List and label one Metaphor, one Simile, and one example of Sensory language from the story.

Metaphor - I think the sun is a flower, that blooms for just one hour.

Simile - They stood as if someone has driven them, like so many stakes, into the floor.

Sensory Language - "It was as if, in the midst of a film concerning an avalanche, a tornado, a hurricane, a volcanic eruption, something had, first, gone wrong with the sound apparatus, thus muffling and finally cutting off all noise, all of the blasts and repercussions and thunders, and then, second, ripped the film from the projector and inserted in its place a beautiful tropical slide which did not move or tremor."

List and label an example of show not tell from the story.

"And once, a month ago, she had refused to shower in the school shower rooms, had clutched her hands to her ears and over her head, screaming the water mustn’t touch her head."

"The children lay out, laughing, on the jungle mattress, and heard it sigh and squeak under them resilient and alive. "

Image:

Live Aid - Social Studies

Choose a song from Live Aid: Radio Ga Ga by Queen

Why do you think the artist used this song for their performance?

In my opinion they chose this song for their performance because it was a worldwide single success for the band, that everyone enjoyed and loved. The song reached number one in 19 countries, number two in the UK Singles Chart and the Australian Kent Music Report and number 16 on the US billboard Hot 100.   

Do you think Artists now could start a similar concert in 2021?

Yes because music in these days are very popular and I think if a famous artist today did a fundraiser concert like back then in the 1983-1985, it would really help the world become better with everything that is happening now.  Such as Racism Black lives matter and Asian live matter. 

Include a video link to your favourite song from either Wembley or Philadelphia.

How significant is music and musicians today in affecting change in the world. (Include Examples)

Music and Musicians today is affecting the change in the world by the style and language. In today's music there is too much violent choreography and swearing which is not good for young children to experience. This is important so we can influence the young ones to know that this is not something to learn from.

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Making Salt 2 - Science

Aim: To produce copper sulfate salt by reacting copper oxide with an acid. 

Equipment: Copper oxide powder, dilute sulfate acid, 50 mL measuring cylinder, two 100 mL beakers, Bunsen burner, tripod, gauze mat, funnel, filter paper, thermometer, spatula, evaporating basin, stirring rod.  

Method:

1. Add 20 mL of sulfuric acid to a 100 mL beaker. Heat the acid until it reaches 70°C. Turn off your Bunsen burner. 

2. Once heated, use a spatula to add pea-sized portions of copper oxide to the beaker. Stir the mixture for 30 seconds.

3. Repeat step 2 until no more will dissolve. Allow the beaker to cool.

4. Fold the filter paper and place it in the funnel. Place the filter funnel into the second beaker. 

5. Make sure the beaker is cool enough to hold at the top. The contents should still be hot. You may need your teacher to complete this step. 

6. Gently swirl the contents of the beaker to mix, and then pour into the filter paper in the funnel. Allow to filter through. 

7. Rinse the beaker you used to heat the mixture previously, and place it back on top of your tripod filled with 50-60 mL of water. 

8. Place the evaporating basin on top of the beaker and carefully pour some of the solution from the beaker into the evaporating basin.   

9. Gently heat the beaker until the solution in the evaporating basin has reduced by half.

10. Leave the evaporating basin to cool. Once cool, move the evaporating basin to a warm place where it will not be disturbed and observe over the next few days. Blue copper sulfate crystals should form. 

Observations: Bubbles and blue acid appeared as we added the copper acid into the sulfate acid, using a funnel and filter paper. 

Photos:

Art: Michael Mew

 Hi there,

In this blog post I will be writing about what I have been working on in Art. We combined a photo montage with drawing and painting, this art was inspired by Micheal Mew. We had to cut pieces that really caught our eyes, out of an magazine that we liked. Once we had enough images, we got a plain sheet of paper to organise our images on and create variety of different montages, and find out which one would be our final product. Later we drew thumbnail sketches of our montage to think of ideas to add onto our art, to make it more creative and appealing. 

Photos of my artwork:

Before

After