Month: March 2024

I created a table to inform you about the 3 categories of Information that is spread around social media so you know what info to believe and what info to avoid. As you know, since social media has become a big thing now you don’t know what’s true and what’s false. But with the help these 3 types, “Misinformation” “Malinformation” and “Disinformation”, they’ll help you figure out what is indeed a fact or a hoax.

If you want to know about these 3 helpful categories, check out my table below! It also tells you if the category is spread around social media to cause harm or is just false.

Zoo, by Anthony Browne is a story we studied for English. What is the role of a zoo and what is the relationship between man and animals? Below is my recreation of an orangutan enclosure and a diary entry from the POV of an orangutan entering it for the first time.

I step onto the cold grass, amazement hits me with full force as I find myself in a beautiful and healthy environment. My rough feet battle against the sharp but soft blades of grass. Adventuring throughout the enclosure, I find more sceneries to observe. I meet weirdly shaped shadows flying across my head freely from one tree to another. I expect screaming and banging through the window, fighting my ear buds, but no. Silence completely fills the enclosure. How can silence be so quiet but loud at the same time? The fresh scent immediately climbs through my nostrils like a ladder. It attacks my tongue, making the roof of my mouth dry and crusty. I lie down on the now warm grass, it calms me and burns all my worries to ashes. Nothing can irritate me now. I am truly one with nature around me. 

Are you one of those people who’ve never experienced sailing before but have always dreamt about it? Well on Tuesday, the 12th of March, my dreams finally came true! Since the whole of Room 8 were given the opportunity to sail at the Akarana Yacht Club. Did you know that it costs 100$ for each child at Sailing? Luckily it was free for us. 

Once we were divided into 3 groups, we each grabbed a rash shirt, a waterproof jackett, a life jacket and a helmet. Each group was guided to an activity to begin the cycle. The first was the optimist dinghy, second was knot tying. Before the Quest, we played with the toys that were soon surrounded everywhere on the floor. Later on, we packed up everything neatly and played So Makalo while waiting for Kim, the organiser. Later on, we finally went out to the clean ocean on the Quest while splashing others with our water gun. Another thing I enjoyed other than splashing water in other peoples faces was the squishy purple jellyfish floating around like it was dead.

Since the Quest was the last activity, I thought we were all going to clean ourselves up, pack our bags and get ready for the bus. But no. Kim said there was enough time for us to take a swim around. Once I jumped into the water, I swallowed so much water that it left a salty flavour on the roof of both my mouth and throat. The salt also blinded me, so I couldn’t see a thing! Except for everyone else gathering around each other while screaming. Climbing out of the water and I immediately run to my bag to get the spare clothes and quickly get changed. 

I would like to thank Akarana Yacht Club for giving us the opportunity to have a go at sailing for the first time. Or for other people, again. I would also like to give my regards to St Johns Rotary for sponsoring us, meaning we could have fun at sailing for free.

 

Aung San Suu Kyi was a Burmese Politician, diplomat, author. On 8th of August 1988 she became the General Secretary of the NLD, she also served as State Counsellor of Myanmar and Minister of Foreign Affairs throughout 2016 to 2021.

Aung San Suu Kyi won a Nobel Peace Prize for her non violent struggle for human rights and democracy. But before all of this she was involved in protests against the military for killing, imprisoning and attacking innocent people. She was inspired by the actions of Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi. In 2015, after she was released from house arrest she decided to put an end to the civil war between the country’s. Lowering the army’s involvement in politics and courting foreign investment. She vowed to help the Rohingya Muslims who were attacked and mistreated for a long time. On 30th December 2022 she was sentenced to 33 years in prison for corruption, this was reduced to 27 years.