Why we NEED to STOP Child Abuse

What if I told you that kids just like you and me hide from their parents because they are so terrified of what their parents will do to them for just a simple thing like forgetting to unload the dishwasher or coming home from school a few minutes late. Imagine if you were walking home from school and all you could think about was what awaited you, and you were so terrified that as soon as you opened the door when you saw your mum or dad you bolted to your room and locked your door so they could not get to you.


Child abuse is when adults take advantage of their children and do really mean things to them. Normally these children don’t have anyone to comfort them. We need to stop this big frightening problem.



Firstly, No one gets any thing from child abuse,arguments or feuds, whatever you want to call them they are horrible and no child deserves to be treated this way. Child abuse is like bullying but worse. The bully or parent might feel good when they are making the person hurt both physically and mentally, but are they actually happy? Do they really feel good about making someone feel bad?
Secondly, it is really bad that some children are forced to keep it a secret and if they tell someone they will be threatened that something really horrible will be done to them so they keep quiet. Sometimes when they are around teachers, friends, relatives etc the parents are nice to their children but when alone are super unpleasant.

Last of all, you might actually know someone who is going through this and it can be really hard for them, remember that quiet girl in the corner who never talks to anyone and always looks scared? Yes, the one you and your friends laugh at, maybe go over to her see if she’s okay, ask her if she would like help and just be kind about it.

In conclusion no one gets anything from child abuse, some children are forced to keep quiet about their problems and children are teased for having no friends because of their problems. This is a big problem and we need to help these children to stand up to their parents and speak out. WE NEED TO STOP CHILD ABUSE!!!!!

St Peters Orchestra

On Wednesday the St Peters College Orchestra came to our school. They were absolutely amazing. There was the strings and also the orchestra. First the strings performed and they were really good, after that the orchestra played and they played some really entertaining songs. Two of my favourite instruments were the drums and the saxophone. Overall I was really glad that they could come and perform for us and I hope I might get to here them perform again.

Order Up Maths Activity

Today we did a maths activity called order up. What we had to do was answer the question and the tab that started with the answer was the next question. This activity was all around decimals. I had lots of fun doing this and learnt some things I did not know. I hope we do something like this again. 

Beaks Science Project

Today we did a science project about working out which kind of bird beaks can pick up different things better. We also did it in a group. My group was Jemima, Seihara, Bella, Eli and Riley.  The tweezers were named after numbers. Jemima had type 01, Riley had 02, Bella had 03, I had 05, Seihara had 06 and Eli had 08. The types of things we were picking up was ripped up pieces of paper, gummy worms and skittles. 01 was the best for paper, 06 for the gummy worms and 08 for the skittles.  I had lots of fun doing this project and hope I get to do another. 

Headless Chickens Old Band Ticket

In inquiry we are doing a passport. The topic is New Zealand music, this is one of the activities I did. The activity was to make a band ticket for a band\singer from the past. I did mine for the Headless Chickens. I ripped it a bit and coloured it a bit to make it look like it was old. I had lots of fun doing this and it was interesting to learn about the band Headless Chickens. And I think they have a cool name.

Comics

In class we all did comics. This is my comic 'Vegetables', it is about a girl called Emily who won't eat her veges but when she is told she will never grow she eats all the veg she can and then at the end turned into a giant. We learnt that comics can be funny but they have to make sense. We also learnt that a comics need to have a beginning, middle and end. I had tons of fun learning about comics and how to write them, I hope I will get to do this again.

St Joan of Arc

In R.E we did research on a saint. I did mine on St Joan of Arc. She was fun to do because I learnt a lot of stuff that I didn't know about her, for example that her birthday was on May the 30th. St Joan of Arc's parents were Isabelle Romee and Jacques d'Arc. She is the patron saint of France and her French name is Jeanne d'Arc.  I had lots of fun learning about her and I hope you do too.

Bat-Eared Fox Poster

In reading we have been doing posters on animals that move during the night. As you can see my poster is on bat-eared foxes. Bat-eared foxes are interesting animals because of their enormous ears. Their ears are good for two reasons, 1. To let them hear the slightest sound from many metres away and 2. For helping the heat from their body to get out and cool them down. Bat-eared foxes live in desert and are one of the biggest animals there!! I really liked doing this poster because I found it really fun.