Boomerang

Boomerang

For the last two periods of social studies my class and I have been working and designing our boomerangs, we got to choose any aboriginal pattern or design and to transfer onto the peice of wood we where given. 

Today in social studies we had the oppurtunity to see how our boomerangs flew.

The purpose of this activity:

The purpose of this activity was to find out more about the meaning and culture of aboriginal art.

Story behind my boomerang:

My boomerang had two lizards on each side which means to "Be Aware". My boomerang also had some squiggles and dots which symbolises water flow or a river. 

What went well:

Something that went well while creating my boomerang was doing the lines as it was probably the easiest part about painting my boomerang.

This is a photo of the boomerang I was inspired by:

Children of blood and bone

Chapter 22 - Amari

I pause for a moment, aghast at the number of tqhem filling the narrow path. Before today, I caught only glimpses of the laborers brought in to staff the palace—always pleasant, clean, groomed to Mother’s satisfaction. Like Binta, I thought they lived simple lives, safe within the palace walls. I never considered where they came from, where else they might have ended up,

“Skies…” It’s almost too hard to bear the sight. Mostly diviners, the laborers outnumber the villagers by hordes, dressed in nothing but tattered rags. Their dark skin blisters under the scorching sun, marred by the dirt and sand seemingly burned into their beings. Each is hardly more than a walking skeleton.

A message I take from this is that you dont know somebody elses struggles until you witness or ask someone about it.

Chapter 23 - Zélie

Metal gates fly open on the sides of the arena floor, and an endless flow of water rushes in. This has to be a mirage. Yet liter after liter flows in. The water covers the metal ground, crashing with the expanse of a sea.

“How is this possible?” I hiss under my breath, remembering the laborers no more than skin and bone. So many dying for water and they waste it on this?

A message I take from this scene is that they are wasting water on things that arent nessersary when it could be used for peoples survival.

Chapter 49 – Amari
Strike, Amari.
Father’s voice rings in my head, but it’s not his strength I need.
Be brave, Amari. Binta soothes instead.
Be the Lionaire.

A message I take from this is to not always listen to the person who is overpowering but to the person who has treated others better.

Visual Arts

Visual Arts

Why do we look at street art?

Because all the art that around on the streets are showing meaning, of why it is made and what it means.

Why do we stop when we see it?

It can draw our attention towards it, and we stop to see how beautiful it looks and just to look for fun.

What is our reaction?

Our reaction can be like, we like it or not.

Why do we need and use visual symbols around us?

To get our attention to what they could mean, and maybe what they do, for example, mac donalds sign with the Big "M" is selling food from their restaurant. 

What are examples of common visual symbols in our environment?

McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, Dentists, Hornby High School, Hub hornby.

Making Boomerang

Boomerang

The past few weeks we have been working on making a boomerang. First thing we did was look at other boomerang designs and then decided on one that we would like to create and make our own. 

We then put it on paper, and moved the design from the paper to the wood then we cut the boomerang out with a band saw before using a file and sandpaper to fix the edges.

Why are children used in War and how does this take away their Human Rights and Freedom?

Child soldiers are children who are forced to fight in wars because some of the children have lost their homes and families because of war or terrorist attacks, these children are all under the age of 18 and have lost many of there human rights.
Child victims who have been forced or lured into armed groups suffer a broad range of human rights violations and abuses, including their right to life, right to not be subjected to sexual violence or other forms of torture, the right to an education and the right to freedom of thought and religion. For example in Somalia, there are 920 children serving, these children are being abducted from there homes and schools along with their entire classes and are taken to fight in the war but some children serve as combatants, others also serve as porter, messengers, spies and cooks, and some young girls are forced to marry al-Shabab militants or recruited as sexual slaves in brothels. Child soldiers do not have human rights because they are forced into a lifetime of war and slavery.

The reason I have written this is because we are 
learning about child soldiers in the class and are 
learning how to write a seel paragraph.

Solemn-

The meaning of solemn is to be serious.

For example, her facial expression was very solemn

Immense-

The Meaning of immense is large.

For example, they spent an immense amount of time fixing that car

Tumultuous-

The meaning of tumultuous is to be loud or excited.

For example, the children were very tumultuous

Characters-

At the start of this story, we were introduced to the children of the class which were all nine-year-olds and their teacher.

Setting-

classroom at school on planet Venus.

Mood-

The kids were excited an curious about the sun coming out.

Metaphor- 

The sun is a flower, That blooms for just one hour.

Simile-

A coin large enough to buy the world with.

Sensory language-

Hear- Rain

Smell- The rain

See- Wet forest

Taste- The rain

Feel- The Sun

Show not tell- 

The children were really excited we knew this because it told us "the children pressed to each other like so many roses, so many weeds, intermixed peering out to look at the sun.¨

Cloning

Should cloning be used on endangered animals?

I highly agree with this as I think that if there is an endangered animal it would be smart to clone them so that they don't become extinct as that would be upsetting to know that these animals are dying.

Should cloning be used on plants and animals?

Yes, it would be much better for plants to be cloned as well as animals because if apple trees became extinct we would want some more so we would then clone them an have more and same goes for animals because if cow became extinct we would have no milk left.

Cloning should be used on unwell children?

I think it shouldn't be used on children as passing is apart of life.

Cloning should be used to staff our armies?

Yes because it would save other people from going out and getting killed.

Cloning should be used to create organs?

Yes because there are a lot of people in the world waiting for organs and if we were to clone another human for their organs it would speed up the process and save a lot of people.

Cloning should be used to bring influential and famous people?

Yes because some famous people influence others and singers help a lot of people through rough times with their music.