Welcome to 2014, which means that 7 Aqua is no longer 7 Aqua – we’re in Year 8 now, and we’re going to get blogging again soon, but I have been meaning to post the amazing work from the students’ environmental campaign projects from Term 4 last year. Following our study of a range of…
This term in class we have been learning about the environment and all the issues involving it. To expand our knowledge Miss Edwards gave us a group assignment where we have to focus on a certain problem ( aka. Pollution, deforestation) and make a petition, video, poster or something else involving the internet like a…
The issue I chose to base my campaign on was air pollution. I selected it because I believe if it were to be reduced, so many other bad aspects would be too, creating something along the lines of a domino effect. Elizabeth and I have started a website called Gray Clouds which is targeted at…
Christine and I have embarked on a mission of raising awareness and hopefully sparking a change in energy usage in the world. We are particularly focusing on the impacts of the current energy usage and alternative energy sources to create a healthy, sustainable future. This environmental issue is important to me because I believe that…
In class, Christelle, Priya and I have decided to do “Animal cruelty” for our assignment. I chose this topic because I believe that if we continue to ignore animal cruelty, our whole lives while be affected because the food we eat was not treated carefully, therefore affecting our health. Our campaign is called Out of…
Over the past weeks, we have been doing an assignment in class to make an environmental campaign. We all had to choose an environmental issue so we could present it to the class. I chose air pollution because it is a serious health issue to the world. I think it is important and we should…
For my class project I have chosen to do the topic of deforestation. I find deforestation a very very important topic as it is leading to global warming. As you know global warming is heating up the planet, the polar ice caps are melting from global warming, temperatures are rising and so on. Soon it…
During my time as a student in 7 Aqua at Bossley Park High School, I have reflected on the teachings, lessons and topics learnt, and what is most apparent, the ‘blogging’ unit our teacher Mrs Edwards implemented in term 4 has taught us fundamental life lessons and skills. Our class has been given the opportunity to…
For my environmental campaign, I chose to do one based on nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. I chose this issue because, in this day and age, we are looking for more renewable sources of energy as we are starting to run out of fossil fuels, and in this time of crisis, we have turned to…
With climate change becoming an ever increasing problem in today’s world, I believe it is about time Australians came together to make their opinions heard. A not-for-profit, independent organisation called ‘GetUp!’ , which promotes action in Australia for important causes, fortunately thinks this, too. As a way of demanding the Australian Government’s attention, the GetUp!…
Lately in class, we have been creating a campaign in order to raise awareness for the environment. My group and I have chosen animal cruelty because we believe animals are living things too and deserve respect just like humans. This issue is important to me because animals deserve a life free from abuse and pain.…
The issue that I have chosen to campaign about is water pollution or marine pollution. I believe that this is an issue that has been spoken about for way too long now and that a minority of our population is even trying to make a difference. Also, I believe that water pollution is a base…
Our class, 7 Aqua, has recently read the play Lockie Leonard Scumbuster by Garry Fry, adapted from the novel by Tim Winton. Lockie Leonard, the heartbroken 13 year old surfer dude and his friend Geoff Eggleston (aka Egg) the metal head, noticed something fishy in the harbour, and it wasn’t a fish! The factories are pumping out…
The play Lockie Leonard Scumbuster in my view is not a must absolutely see play. Also in my view, plays and/or musicals aren’t my cup of tea. If had to choose to either watch 30 holes of golf and be a part of the crowd when they do their famous golf clap, or watch Lockie…
‘Lockie Leonard Scumbuster’ the play, is a remake of the novel by Tim Winton. Lockie Leonard is a 15 year surfer, whose mission is to save the harbour from the horrific smell and make the harbour safe to surf again. With help from friends and family, Lockie creates a protest to stand up to the…
Students in 7 Aqua are currently working on group project tasks – each group is creating an environmental campaign based around an environmental issue that they have chosen. 7 Aqua, our next blog post, to be completed next Monday 2 December, is a piece in which you should reflect on your group’s progress in the…
Recently, our English class has finished reading ‘Lockie Leonard-Scumbuster the play’ written by Garry Fry which he adapted from the story by Tim Winton in 1993. The play was really confusing and not exactly my cup of tea. Lockie Leonard is a 13 year old boy going through puberty and discovering the ups and downs of…
Recently my class has read the play adapted from Tim Winton, by Gary Fry, Lockie Leonard Scumbuster. This play is educational with a bit of humour to keep it interesting. Revolving around the life of a young teenage boy, Lockie and his best friend Egg, you experience a handful of first world problems Lockie encounters…
The Lockie Leonard Scumbuster play is a book mainly based concerning the environment. It tells the readers that we should do something about the world we live in today. Personally, I find the book boring at times, but with a little dry humor in it. I’ll recommend this book to people who like a little dry humor,…
Recently in class, we have been reading the ‘Lockie Leonard Scumbuster’ play, by Garry Fry, based on the novel by Tim Winton. At first glance, I thought this book was not my type. The story line was quite confusing and I often found myself reading a paragraph over and over again. It would be a…
Year 9 English @ Bossley Park High 