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Australia, a young nation and a loyal member of the British Empire willingly joined the the war in support of the ‘mother country’.

When Australian and New Zealand soldiers went into battle on the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey on April 25th 1915, their enthusiasm and naivety was soon tested in the reality and the horror of the nine months of struggle known as the Gallipoli campaign.

The ANZAC tradition was born at this campaign. It is tradition that has endured and strengthened.

Do you know what actually happened in Gallipoli? Have you heard of Simpson and his Donkey?

To find out more: http://anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/s_crusading/crusading.html

How would you describe the Anzac legend or spirit?

Why is it considered so important?

Prepare a personal response explaini9ng what you think the anzac legend is and what it means to you, your family and the local community.

What does it mean to Australia as a nation?

Harmony Day began in 1999, it provides Australians with an opportunity to think about:

•  our multicultural society,
• how to be tolerant,
• goodwill and understanding among all groups,
• and say no to racism.

Harmony Day falls on 21 March each year and coincides with the United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Part A        Answer these questions:-

1.  What does Harmony mean to you? -write your answer in one word

2.Do you live in harmony? Do you have harmony in your life? – how

Part B

View the short video from the movie Rabbit Proof Fence, called Mr Neville says No!

(follow the link on the blogroll under News and Views!!)

1.  How did this clip make you feel?

2.  What does Mr. Neville believe?

3.  What would you say to Mr Neville?

Ms Wyatt’s Grade 8 ICT class have been learning about  being communication and internet savvy or  Keeping Safe!

see:    http://ict8sorell.edublogs.org/ or look for the link on the Blogroll.

Check out their Class Blog and the first two posts Ms Wyatt has added – some good advice!

Please read the post titled Keeping Safe and write a comment about what you have learned.

Has anything like that ever happened to you? If so what did you do?

In class we are finding out more about our own wonderful island – TASMANIA?

Tasmania is a naturally beautiful island with loads of things to see and do.

Where have you been in Tassie? 

 What is the best place you have visited?  Why?

What did you do there?

Tell us your story, we would love to hear about your Tasmanian adventure.

The has been an overwhelming response indicating that we need a new look for our blog.

Most people recommended more colour and a bit more trendy.

I will play with our site and you can continue to give your opinion.

If you post your opinion remember that I would like more than one word answers.

Welcome New Bloggers and Old,

Before we can launch into a year of brilliant blogging we need to decide on a design for our class blog.

The design we have at the moment was changed at the end of last year . We may decide to keep it or we can choose a new look and feel.

What do you think? 

Click on comment and let me know which on you think.

Plants and animals are being driven to extinction at an alarming rate, and wild places are coming under increasing pressure from human beings

There are now 41,415 species on the IUCN Red List and 16,306 of them are threatened with extinction, up from 16,118 last year. This includes both endangered animals and endangered plants.

• One in four mammals,
• one in eight birds,
• one third of all amphibians and
• 70% of the world’s assessed plants        on the 2007 IUCN Red List are in jeopardy!!!!!!

In the last 500 years, human activity is known to have forced 820 species to extinction (or extinction in the wild).

Follow the links below to find out more about threatened species.  

What animal would you like to save from extinction?

http://www.bagheera.com/

http://www.dmoz.org/Kids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/Living_Things/Animals/Endangered_Species/

6/7 B  Bloggers                           

As part of your animal project you are required to write a post or a page about your animal.

It will need to include:    

• Some interesting information
• Some pictures/images
• A link/links to good websites about your animal 

You will be assessed on this as part of your literacy/Sose.

P.S Have a look at Ms Wyatt’s class blog and some of the blogs on her blogroll for ideas

In a recent TV documentary a school in England took a vote on whether to ban swearing. The majority of the school supported a total ban!!!!

Would you support a ban?     Do you think swearing is bad?  Do kids swear too much?

And if you think that’s tough, schools in France are considering sending kids to prison if they continually swear and bad-mouth teachers!!

Do you think swearing can be intimidating?     Scary?      

 Can swearing be seen as a form of bullying?

Whether you never swear or know that you swear too much we want to know your opinions on bad language and the impact swearing cna have on those around you.

Have you ever thought why we use different names for animals.

For example why do we call a “Shark – a shark”, and a “Dog, a Dog”?

Scientists like to know exactly what each animal, plant and other organsims are so they have developed a way of identifying each and every one.

With plants and animals scientists use something they called a dichotomas key.

This is a way of looking at the physical characterisitcs of all the animals by using a series of questions.

We looked at the Classification Chart in class, now see if you can correctly identify some animals.

click on the link below to use the dichotomas key

 http://students.ed.qut.edu.au/n2364379/MDB377/DKkoala2.html

First, try the ones in the online actvity then write your own list of animals to classify. But first you will need to find out the scientific name of that animal.