My term 4 asttle writing

This is my asttle writing:

My CV

Below are three videos of some of the things that we did in class, as well as pictures of the fun day.

Julie "smoking"

This is a picture of Julie "smoking." Julie put a tube into a clear, plastic bottle and then put a cigarette partly into the tube, outside the bottle. Julie would then squash the bottle, and then let go again so that it represents someone smoking. In a matter of seconds, the bottle was so cloudy that you couldn't see through it.

I can not believe that that is what happens to humans lungs when someone smokes. It was really frightening, and I don't EVER want to smoke!

Words of Wisdom

below are three of my favourite words of wisdom:


'Yesterday was history, tomorrow is a mystery. But today is a gift, that's why it's called the present.'

I like this because it is basically telling you to enjoy everyday as it comes, and not to worry what is going to happen tomorrow.


'Success is a journey, not a destination.'

I like this because you should work on, and enjoy what you have now, instead of wait for the future.


'A strong man stands up for himself, but a stronger man stands up for others.'

I like this because it has a lot of meaning behind it. It is basically telling you that you need to be strong to stand up for yourself; and if you stand up for others you are even stronger.

DARE

For three weeks, Constable Julie came into our classroom for part of the day teaching us about drugs, relationships and a lot more.

Before we started, I already knew a bit about drugs and I thought that I knew most things that I needed to know. Turns out that there is a lot more to learn! What really helped me, was to hear real stories, about real people. Even though I got freaked out, it really helped me realies just how dangerous drugs can be.

I really enjoyed playing all of the games that Julie played with us. It wasn't only fun, but it also really helped me get all of the information into my head, because I could get a break between all of the facts and rather scary, but interesting stories.

Thanks to the DARE programme, I have a better understanding about drugs and the horrible affects that they can have on you. Because of this, I am going to me extra careful with drugs and make sure that I never use drugs that will be harmful to my body.

Corporal Punishment

Corporal Punishment

Imagine, you are sitting in class, terrified, the teacher’s eyes on fire, while she asks you to go outside. You were only asking your friend for a pen; and now you are going to get the strap.

I believe that corporal punishment is horrible and should be banned in all countries. Corporal punishment, is when physical punishment is used to make children behave and learn from their mistakes. I believe that there are better ways to discipline children and that corporal punishment should no longer be used in any school.

When children know that they will get beaten; once they do ANYTHING wrong, they will soon be too scared to ask questions, and can therefore not learn as much as they should be able to. To learn, you need to ask questions, and then find the answer. However, if you are too scared to even ask questions, then how are you supposed to learn? It is proven that children that are brought up with corporal punishment have an increased risk of mental illnesses, such as depression; and decreased physical health.

Leading expert, Prof Ramon Lewis, said that corporal punishment does not work; and researchers agree as only very limited evidence shows that corporal punishment has ANY positive outcomes. As well as that, simply telling the children that they have no right to interfere with other peoples learning works better than the strap.

There are many alternative ways to discipline children, without using corporal punishment. For example, making children stay inside at morning tea or lunch to write an apology letter, not only annoys them because they can’t play outside, but it also makes them think about what they have done, allowing them to learn from their mistakes. Otherwise, you could make them write lines, do some chores or go to the principal. Those are only some of the ways that you can use to discipline children without using corporal punishment. As well as not having to hit the children, it works better as well.

Some people might say that corporal punishment should be used as the last option; in case nothing else works. Although it seems like a good idea at first, I believe that there will always be a better way to discipline children. Maybe we just need to be more creative, or maybe something else is going on in that child’s home. In that case it would be best if the teachers would just talk to him/her to find out what is really happening.

As you can see, corporal punishment is not the answer. There are many different ways to discipline children. As well as that, children are more likely to achieve their full potential when they don’t have to fear the strap. We want the future generation to be the best that they can be, don’t we? Well, in that case, the best thing we can do for our children is to abolish corporal punishment completely.

By Carlotta

DARE work

These are my favourite pages:

The first page is a mind map with things about myself, my favourite food etc. The page beside that, is a list of all the things that are cool about being our age.

The third page is, as you can see, the words of wisdom page. On this page are different quotes that Julie gave us that have something to do with what we are learning.

The last page is where we made a poster, asking for new friends, and we had to write down the qualities that we are looking for.

DARE mind map

This is a mind map of some of the things that I have learned in the DARE programme.

My Voki