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In Australia 2/3rds of the birds are becoming extinct why you ask well I am here to tell you. Birds are becoming because of the lack of water and the lack of food. this is all happening because of the drought. The berries can’t grow because the trees don’t have water to grow so they can’t eat anything because no food is on the dried up trees that is why we ahve to try and save water were not the only ones that are suffering the drought animals are to.

Birds are just as imoportant as trees and plants you might not think so because plants and trees supplie food such as vegetable and fruits but still birds are just as important why am I telling you this because you are proberly watering your garden every day well why aren’t we giving water to the birds aswell why not put not put a water fountain out in your backyard I do’t think that, that would hurt anyone to put a lovely bird bath in your backyard  to save the birds.

I think that we should come up with a solution like for example I’ve got a birdhouse in my backyard with food in it for the birds and surprisingly all sorts of birds come i’ve also got a bird bath so the birds can wash and drink. If enough of us do this like have bird baths and bird houses  then we can save the birds from extinction and we can have them still flying around, chirping and brightening our days.

This morning on BTN there was a story about how the government is funding olympic sports a lot of money every year.

I wasn’t alive back then but in 1976 at montreal the Australians won 0 medals and it wasn’t till after that when the government built the Australian Instatute of Sport. Today 80% of our taxes goes to sports funding. 60 million of that goes to the olympic commitie and 20% goes towards the much less funded footy, cricket, basketball and ect. The argument of this story is that really popular sports that aren’t in the olympics are only getting a small portion of our taxes. The money for the olympics gets spent on accomadating the olympians and to supply them with training grounds back in Australia.

Many people think that if you have a big sporting event held somewhere in your country it will incourage more people to play that perticular sport. It is so important to recieve olympic medals because the more popular we are the more the population increases

This topic was about Code Red which is a new warning system for Bushfires around our country.

Many people around Australia are protecting their property because of the bushfires incase they come back again.

This is very important to all people because they can lose homes, family and and other supplies. It is important to leave early because you have less risk of getting yourself  killed.

The bushfires which happened in Victoria were the worst bushfires Australia has ever had.  There have been many weather reports on the weather to see where the bushfires are coming this summer and making people aware to head out of their area early at the right time.

At Marysville there is nothing. It was burnt in the bushfires and every thing was gone.

Think of all those who have lost their lives in Bushfires and act early.

James Lem

Koalas are famous animals to all people around Australia. People visiting the zoo love cuddling the koalas’ and enjoy playing with them but they all feel sorry about them because all their home have been wrecked by the governments decisions. Koalas are one of the most recognisable animals we have in our Australian population. Many people from companies have made heaps of things to enjoy other people and children like toys, equipment and chocolate for example Cadbury Koalas.

The amount of Koala’s around Australia has dropped massively. Some of the major things about the koala’s is their homes some of their homes have been demolished by clearing. Up to 80 per cent of koalas’ home areas have been cleared for building houses and for roads works. This is extremely important for all koalas because without gumtrees and leaves they will not survive and that is one of the reasons why the population of koalas has gone down.

National threatened species scientific committee to check what number the animals wether there endangered or extinct.

They are making decisions about the koalas at the moment and the decisions will be revealed soon.

James Lem

I bet you have seen a movie about schools in America.  Most people have. But is all you see really reality? In fact most of it is made up. Schools in California are pretty much the same as Australia’s. Apart from the fact that there are Hollywood movie stars everywhere.

California is a state in North America containing cities like Beverly Hills, Hollywood (the capital of entertainment) and Santa Monica.  Since there is Hollywood right next to some schools Movie stars would be walking round the streets which would create a lot of attention.

‘High school shows’. When reality shows aren’t reality. People think that a normal high school is like High School Musical. Busy, packed and usually in chaos.  There are people fighting and people screaming for their lunch money back. There are gangs of ‘emos’ and ‘gangsters’ and ‘nerds’. This stuff is only in big Hollywood movies.

Normal American schools are all pretty much the same as ours they have the same subjects and their corridors are not tunnels of chaos as shown in the movies. Although cheerleading is in fact, is quite popular.

The students in America think that we go to school in the middle of the dessert with kangaroos and emus. So everybody has their own opinion of each other. But in movies, most of the stuff is fake.

Going to an American School is basically just wathching t.v  because you get to eat hamburgers have free dress every dayand they do some things you see on t.v  like cheeleading for example.

There are three and more students in an American School in California who are learning to be movie takers and stars so far they have done 5 movies and they have gone world wide their movies are very popular and really good and the best thing is that the whole family can wathch them they are sutible for all ages 0-999.

People in that part of the world meaning America are the worlds the luckiest people I’ve ever seen because I can tell you  now our school does absoloutely nothing that can compare to this thats lucky people in American schools are so lucky we wathched you on btn this is aT.V. show in Australia.maybe you can visit our blog at:ourspace.edublogs.org

Remembrance day is a day to remember the people and animal who fought for our country in war.

In war animals had a major part to help our country. Some of the animals sent messages to other solders and warned them if and introder was coming. Also they shared love and friend ship. Alot of them died to help our country.

Some of the animals were Dogs,Cats,Birds,Horses and Glow Worms.You might ask how would a glow worm help? Well they glow in the dark so that the solders could read important messages.Horses helped carry big heavy stuff over long distances. So you can see they played a major part in war So tomorrow when you have a minute silence just rememer all the brave people and animals  who helped our country.

Many people lost their lives at war. But it wasn’t only people that died, hundreds of animals were killed helping fight for our country.

Hundreds of animals were sent to fight in world war one. They were extremely helpful and have saved a lot of lives. Dogs helped out by sniffing out explosives and guns. They could also sniff out the enemy with their fantastic sense of smell. Cats caught mice and rats which ate the soldiers food. Pigeons were used as messengers sending vital messages which saved soldiers from explosions that were going to happen. A lot of animals saved lives but many died during war. In world war one they took 136,000 horses to war. But with the tough muddy conditions only one horse survived.

These days people think it was pretty unfair to send those poor animals to war when most of the animals died or got injured. But some people think it was a good idea because those animals saved peoples lives and made war seem a little bit more bearable. I think that it was very unfair to send the animals to war when they have feelings and thoughts and to hear that so many animals died its very sad.

This story is about how dogs went over with the troopers and fought in the war. They were used to sniff out the enemy and detect bombs or land mines. They sent over dogs, cats, horses, monkeys and birds.

Remembrance Day commemorates all the people who fought and died in the war for our freedom. All animals had different jobs on the battlefield. For example horses had to carry heavy loads, pigeons carried messages over really long distances and more importantly dogs could detect deadly bombs or the enemy. Glow worms were used as lights at night so they could read things such as maps, or see where they were going. It is to be said that pigeons have saved many thousands of lives by flying messages to generals that tell them to stop fighting or where to go to be evacuated. Animals get rewarded too. There is a medal called the Dicken Medal witch rewards animals for their bravery. The highest level of medal for a person is the Victoria Cross which is a very prestigious award.
There is a story about a cat named Simon and he was captured by the Japanese and was on a boat for 100 days and caught rats to protect the Australian hostages’ food supply. Personally I don’t think animals should be allowed to fight because they don’t get a choice to fight.

This story is about animals who help soldiers in war.  The animals I am talking about are dogs.  They can sense enemies who are about to attack. These dogs are very helpful to the soldiers to find their way and also to protect them.

Unfortunately, dogs are the same as humans thay die at war as well. But to protect them they have knitted masks with something hard to protect them from poison or anything that affects them. A horse in the war was extremely helpful with carrying luggage and first aid kits so after the horse had diedthey put the skin of his head in the War Memorial.

Did you know the Dickens Medal was awarded to pigeons? They were rewarded because they send messages to the soldiers and that helps there spirit or what the soldiers have to do.

I think that it is great help for the soldiers to have animals in the warbecause they can protect them and they can also save your life.

The reason why I don’t think that animals should be in war because they risk their lives for the soldiers and it’s very sad to see them die.

James Lem 6C