Hello,

This is a poem I wrote on Remembrance Day. I hope you like it.

A drop of blood

A seed of death

The men who took their last breath

Here they lay

Here we mourn

Our hearts they have been torn

So many have fought

So many have left

Their death to us was a theft

They left for adventure

They didn’t see the lie

Some of them left, No last good bye

Blood was spilt

Blood was lost

And at a deadly cost

We close our eyes

We see them there

Open again, our life is bare

Remember the people, who were just like us

Remember the ones, Home they did not come

We left them there under the Gallipoli sun

That drop of blood

That seed of death

Now lay in a poppy, were our men rest

All over the world  many people participate in dumpster diving. Also known as freegans these people save money by getting all there food from supermarket bins. This food is then used as there dinners or to feed homeless people.  They do not collect dairy, meat or seafood as not to get food poisoning.  But any food  that can sill be used is Rescued from landfill.

What Freegans are doing is technically illegal in many places. It is normally done in large groups and in the middle of the night. Some people are criticising the Freegans because this is illegal. I think that is like criticising someone who is doing the right thing. this ‘rubbish’ was not going to be used. and as for people saying it is disgusting these people wash and clean all food they find before use.

Freegans are breaking the law currently. but what they are doing I believe is right. They are saving homeless people by providing them meals.  And rescuing perfectly good food from landfill.  The Freegans look bad but have good reasons to be doing this. this is a question from and article I read. I thought it was so good I’m posting it here. also the link. please check this out because it is a great insight to Freegans and Dumpster Diving.

Asher 🙂

“why should dumpster diving feel covert when I’m saving perfectly edible food from landfill?”

https://theconversation.com/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-do-you-have-what-it-takes-to-eat-freegan-food-37117

I love to write poems and I have been making twisted Nursery Rhymes that I have changed.  Here are a couple I have done.

Incy wincy spider climbed up the water spout

When he got to the top I heard a little shout

If you went and took a peak here’s what you’d see

3 little blackbirds staring at me

The mama bird had spider in her mouth

I knew I should never have taken him out of the house

I decided I had to rescue my little friend

By the time I got to him he had to come out the other end.

Pussy cat, pussy cat where have you been,

I’ve been to Londen to visit the queen,

Pussy cat,pussy at did you see her murder there,

Someone pushed her down the stair,

owner, owner, what do you think,

she tried to give me a wash in the sink.

character: I think  I have quite good stamina. I can stay in my “bubble.” But my stamina differs to the topic and what mood I’m in. for instance I would stay in my bubble longer in writing then spelling. I can Self regulate my work and manage my time. I will usually get all my work done at the due date or before. For deeper learning I have really been trying to push  myself instead of just doing something I’m happy with I want to do work  I am proud of. I have really tried hard to do that with my inquiry on cause and effect. And I think  I have accomplished that. with Determination when it is something I’m passionate about I can keep going.  I love when we are set a challenge in learning  and when it is hard I try to push through and finish.

writing: I love my writing and I’m always trying to use expensive words and not boring ones.  It is probably my strongest stamina and I have been making a fractured fairytale with Bree.

maths: In my maths I think my knowledge of fractions is much better. And I have found I love adding and subtracting them.

Reading: Not much has changed with my reading but I need to find some books I love because I have been feeling a bit bored with my stories. I would love to read The hunger games series.

inquiry: I have liked my Inquiry and I’m really happy with what I’ve done. I think I have been thinking deeper and cant wait until our inquiry next term.

I asked a question and didn’t get an answer. Do you know?

There must be a knight wearing knickers in a tomb. Surely that must be wrong, so I asked the whale, he was very honest, he answered half my question, then knocked me over with a splash of his tail. Shall I wait untill Christmas? No, I’ll ask the folk with the lambs. and the wriggling swords.  They were useless, they pointed me in the direction of the gnomes, who waited in the garden, Fishing by the pond, whispered the answer in my ear.

The answer was silent but what was the question?

Global warming has been around forever. We can’t acually stop it. But human activity has been speeding up the process. We create extra green house gas. Our population keeps on growing and we need more energy. But the way we are getting it at the moment is destroying the atmosphere around us. Fossil fuels are made by burning coal. It creates the gas Co2. Co2 makes 99.4% of greenhouse gases. There are other ways of creating  energy like wind turbines and solar panels that don’t create greenhouse gases. But wind turbines are a problem in Australia because our prime minister says they are ugly. The gas his mines are creating are heating up our atmosphere. In the last 160 years  earths average temperature has gone up 1.2 degrees C. And every year oceans rise 2 mm because the polar ice cap is melting. This is also affecting many islands that are at sea leval. When the earth gets to hot our land will become smaller which is not good for a growing population. The gas we create is burning holes in our atmosphere allowing the sun to effect our world more. So with a few “ugly” turbines we could save the world from heat devastaion allowing natural disasters to occur more and become more sevre. And people are starting create wind turbines that sit on the oceans bed that use the currents to make electricity. So there are heaps of things we can do to stop global warming and cool down our earth. So start to help reduce the greenhouse gases we are creating.

The Holucaust was a Nazi reign of humiliation and discrimination to Jewish people.After world war 2 all this was supposed to end. But it is still happening. Racisim to Aboriginal peaple is like the holocaust in so many ways. Adam Goodes is a respectable  AFL player with Aboriginal backround. He is obviously a good player due to his elite leval. So having to leave his workplace because of petty people who cant exept difference is ridiculous. White people will never have to go through the torture we put other people with darker skin through. White people are not superior. Every person is human.  So why are people with a different culture being bullied? Colour, culture? Difference is something we need to celebrate. What is the joy in life if every thing is the same. We are unique. Not one perso ncan change that. The world is a big place. Every person has value. Girl or boy. Black or white. We are Human. Not one person can or will change that. So let’s respect the first people in Australia.

If you havEn’t read then this post has some serious spoilers.

Felix and Zelda have traveled across Poland trying to find somewhere safe during Hitler’s Nazi reign the Holocaust. When Felix first found Zelda outside a burning house with a huge bruise on her head Felix expected her to be a Jew. Until he saw her Locket. Her mother and father had given Zelda a silver locket with a photo of them inside. Her father was wearing Nazi uniform.  When Zelda saw what the Nazi’s were doing to the Jews. Zelda, a stubborn 6 year old, saw the locket as a symbol of hate. But Felix realised that the locket would keep Zelda safe. But she still had a burning hate her parents being Nazi’s she refused to wear it. But when Dov an orphan talked about his family Zelda drew a picture. A picture of her, her Mummy and Daddy dancing with chickens. She told Felix that even though her parents were Nazi’s they still loved her and she loved them. Then she put the locket back on.

The morning when Felix (Wilhelm) woke up Genia and Zelda( Violetta) wished him a happy birthday. His fake I.D card said it was his birthday. Genia and Zelda went into town to buy him a birthday present with Mr Krol ( he too was hiding a jew boy). But Zelda left her locket. Felix ran after them to give the locket to Zelda to keep her safe. But he reached the town square. As the wind blew and their bodies swayed and turned to face him. All Felix felt was hate. And a burning sensation to kill. Destroy the Nazi’s who had destroyed the ones he loved. In Hitler Youth uniform grenades taped to his body. He went to their camp on a suicide mission. But his friend Amon pulled him aside and gave him his birthday present. A gold locket. Zelda’s drawing of a girl and boy. F above the boys head and Z above the girls head.  Felix’s wish to kill stopped and felt a moment of love.

The locket that has raced around the Poland  symbolised the love of her parents.The hate she once felt for them. And the moment she put it back on when she forgave them. And the safety Felix wanted her to have. Zelda then gave Felix a locket after her death. One that held the love she had for him. The love she could have for a brother. The hate he had for the Nazi’s who had killed her. The safety he wanted her to have.

Felix’s(Wilhelm) birthday present

Zelda’s Locket

 We just read the story Once and now we are reading Then. The series is by Morris Glietzmen who is of Jewish background. The series is a real page turner and you are up and down with emotions all the time. We had to do a character map. I’m so sorry for the bad quality photo but my E-mail isn’t working on iPads so I have to do a really complicated thing to make it work.

Our class pet isn’t a bunny, mouse nope we have a spider! Despite the people who want to squash him. Leslie is a huntsman and crawls around the roof of our class. He is also known as Noodle legs.

Leslie the spider