Term 4: Global Focus
Mahatma Gandhi once said “We must be the change we want to see in the world”. How will YOU be the change? What will your global focus be?
Term 3 Update:
We have gathered enough classroom tickets to buy a goat! We have been working towards this since the beginning of Term 2, so well done on this achievement! Check out the link to see what an amazing difference this will make to a community in need. Well done 5NR!
Term 1 Update:
We have gathered enough classroom tickets to buy a packet of seeds for a Sri Lankan family and a chicken for a family in South Africa! These gifts provide great assistance to communities in need. To find out more information about the gifts we’ve bought, and the other things we might look at donating this year, check out the Oxfam Unwrapped site! This is where we’ve been getting our information. Next term we will need to decide what our focus will be!
Well done 5NR, we’ve made an amazing start to the year!
Mrs Robson
Dear Mrs. Robson,
Hi! For the home-learning task of posting a comment, I’m here typing.
I chose this topic because it’s interesting, to see that prodigious difference between my [our] life and Rosie’s. It’s not just Rosie’s life though, that suffers those circumstances. Over 100,000 people have to deal with dirty water and small portions of food. I believe that everyone should get a chance to live in a nice, clean home. Unfortunately, that doesn’t happen. It’s not just in places like Africa or India, it’s everywhere. 100,000 is just the amount of people I estimate live like that.
For me, homelessness is a feeling depending on your living circumstances. By this, I mean that if I randomly had my life switched with someone who had grown up without a proper HOME, just a small house, I would feel so horrified, bored and tired from all the working and sleeping conditions. The person I switched with would be feeling odd, for they don’t know what all that stuff is. They would think that those things that weren’t accessible in their country were weird and interesting.
They wouldn’t understand the same ways we do on how to use everything. One example is the laptop I’m writing on. There is no wi-fi, no phones or laptops where they come from. If there was, I wouldn’t have switched my life with someone who has all that. What do you think about this? Reply!
Thanks for reading,
SH
Dear SH,
I can’t believe how lucky we are to have all these appliances and how we should step up and make a difference. I totally agree! We all should appreciate our homes,families,conditions,friends and so much more! And it would be awkward and devastating if we swap lives. All the walking, heat, dirt, work, hazards are making one day feel like one century!
I hope one day, we’ll all make a difference and help those in need.
We all are so lucky,
RA
Dear Mrs Robson,
Thanks for sharing the post about our incursion ‘Just Like Me.’
I thoroughly enjoyed this incursion – it really showed me how life was like for people in other countries, just like Rosie! I agree with SH’s blog post, many people have to live in unstable places, where they are sometimes treated in poverty and short food and money supplies. These people don’t have the clean homes we have, in fact, many don’t have proper homes at all, so we should be grateful for what we have. There are companies that are working on helping these countries though, so hopefully they will soon be restored. Oxfam is also a great site, since there are multiple choices on what you can buy, and the best thing of all is that you are helping people to survive.
What do you think of all this?
Thanks for reading,
TH
Hello world,
The ‘Just Like Me’ video about Rosie was fascinating to watch and I bet everyone was absorbed into watching it. But it wasn’t all about being exciting or exotic, it was about the characteristics between our lives and what makes us individual. Nobody deserves to live a dreadful life with risks appearing in their way. But I believe that no matter how much you try, there will also be blessings in your way and you’ll have hope by your side.
While I heard all about poverty, I just wanted to burst into tears! But as I said before, there is always a shimmer in the shadows that will approach your way and if you don’t believe me, just be patient and you’ll see if I am right. Did you know that Barack Obama was part of poverty when he was young? It’s true! But now, he is the president of the USA because he always believed in himself and never gave up. But why do lives have to be so complicated? Not enough food, money, water, shelter, temperature, rights and more!
Do you agree with my reflection/opinion on how life is? Do you have something to say? Go down below and share your ideas!
Thanks for reading,
RA
Dear world,
I really enjoyed looking at this video because it is explaining how lucky we are that we have a big house and we are safe.
I believe that all the kids who are all angry about helping their mum or eating something they don’t like, should look at this video and will see actually how lucky they are when they eat or help their parents a bit. They will see that in some families all girls have to clean every day and every night almost non stop.
I strongly believe that Rosie’s life shouldn’t be like this and it is very unfortunate that it is.
I think everyone should donate to some kind of charity to help everyone that is going through this disastrous experience and believe it is very sad that kids are even going through this horrible thing. Would you like your kid being sad and hungry every day? If you don’t I would think you would be on a website right now donating to these type of families.
My grade 5NR are always having a goal to donate as much as we can with whatever we can to help these families. So far we have donated a chicken and a packet of seeds this year to a sad (maybe now happy) family. Don’t you think it’s time to start giving them what we have, money, food and even a larger more safe home?
Of course you do! So what are you waiting for? Do what you’re supposed to do and get on any donating website and start donating.
From JK
To JK,
I happily agree with everything you say. Imagine if we lived in poor conditions with hardly any protective gear on, that would be perilous! But why can’t everyone live in a secure and comfortable area with their mates like we do? Is that how life is meant to be?
Many diseases have be spread out in those critical areas and there were hardly and professional doctors around to save them. Sitting here and typing on my laptop, I am sick but I have access to the hospital and I have my family making sure that I am 100% safe and healthy. But does that happen to poor people when they are sick?
I am glad you came up with the terrific idea about stepping up and donating.
And when we were donating to give a packet of seeds and a chicken, we all were very excited about it and donated it all in one day!
I hope there is something to stop this disastrous poverty,
RA
Dear Mrs Robson,
I enjoy learning about others lives, especially Zafir’s. I would like to learn more about Syria or other countries and the bombings. And how we can help: donations. Sorry this post was short but I hope you liked it.
Thank you for listening.
From ET
Dear world,
I think it’s great to put ourselves in someone else’s shoes to know what it’s like to be them. When we were reading Zafir and Naveed I imagined what it would be like to be them. Having two serves of dinner would be considered lucky. Girls get an unfair disadvantage and not many people have a dad. Here in australia we have democracy and rights, we live the dream of many people like Zafir and Naveed, so we should help others live their dream by donating.
HJ
Dear 5NR,
I really enjoyed this incursion too. It let you experience different people’s lifestyles and cultures.my favourite part was when you carried a bucket of water on top of your head. This was a great experience because we don’t carry buckets of water on our heads for many kilometres, we just walk to the tap and simply turn it on. This incursion made me think more about how tough some people’s lives are. Did you enjoy this incursion?
KH