All About Mirrors

In our classroom we have learnt about mirrors and light.

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People and Protest-Joan of Arc

I weaved through the huge crowd of lords and ladies cloaked in purple garments and decked with fine riches. All of their noses were in the air, like there was a bad smell in the great hall of the Vaucouleurs stronghold. With a gasp I realised that I was the “bad smell”. As a peasant I didn’t have enough money, especially as I had to get new garments.I needed to clothe myself in men clothes so I could pass as a man and demand an audience with Prince Charles of Valois. I have tried many a times as a teenage girl, but was sadly, yet predictably, turned down.

I felt like I was playing a “spot the difference” game with my four siblings in our shabby little cottage. I needed to find a weak, but quite powerful man dressed in gold, amongst the proud selfish and vain individuals. As I tried to look for the him, I saw a man in the middle right of the crowd and abruptly stopped in my tracks. He was wearing a white fur coat with striped fur like a grey tiger and sleeves as blue as the deep ocean. He had white skinny leggings, orange elf shoes and a metallic brown crown with bent at the top to make a family crest. I smiled and walked with confidence towards him.

“Prince Charles of Valois. I wish to have a sword and a small army. Give me this and I shall drive away the English who have unrightfully taken over our country.” I said with as much bravado as I could muster.

“You have found me faster than I have expected.” Prince Charles said with awe and a hint of respect. “And why would you do such a thing? You are merely a countryman. Has someone commanded you to do so?”

“God has commanded me so.” I stated.

“I admire your bravery and courage young countryman. I shall grant your wish. Fetch me my sword!” He bellowed.

Guards rushed closer to the prince blocking out the guests as two servants gave the prince his sword. I bent down on one knee as the dauphin presented to me his silver sword. Advisors tried in vain to persuade the prince to do otherwise.

With retorts such as, ‘You are sending an untrained man to war? He will get killed! Beheaded! Slaughtered!”

I shivered as I pictured a gruesome image of myself getting slaughtered by the English soldiers. But the prince ignored their protests with a wave of his hand. The sword glinted in the sunlight. It’s glow filled me with hope as I grabbed the hilt of the sword tightly and bowed my head in thanks. In that moment I knew that I will be able to do anything as long as I had God alongside me.

“Are you afraid?” Charles whispered worriedly. As I wondered why he was worrying for me, I realised that he had put all of his faith in me.

“I..I am not afraid...I was born to do this!” I declared.

By Estelle

People and Protest

In our class we were learning about scale drawings, decimal points, measurement and enlarging. We were also learning about Catholic Social Justice in our Religious Education. For our inquiry we have been researching inspiring historical people for our focus “People and Protest.” (Our intention is to enter the Elsie Locke Writing Competition). The first part of our inquiry was teacher led where we found out about Saint Oscar Romero. It was also a math activity. We had to scale and ratio a copy of the painting and enlarge it so that it could be put onto our class wall. (This image is as big as I am!) This came from the site:Truly Love thy Neighbour. My self directed inquiry is on St. Joan of Arc.

Here is a link to my report on Oscar Romero: https://goo.gl/JJlTZY

World Refugee Day Slideshow

Report on Saint Oscar Romero-A protestor

Oscar Romero

Oscar Romero was born on August 15th 1917 in Ciudad Barrios, El Salvador. El Salvador was an unfair country, where people with more power could torture those without. He was born into a large family with 7 other siblings. His parents were Guadalupe de Jesus Galdamez, and Santos Romero. His family were neither rich nor poor, they were wealthier than most of their neighbours, but the children had to sleep on the floor. Oscar was determined to become a priest, so when he was 14 he entered the seminary. 11 years later, at the age of 25, he became a priest in 1942. On the 12th of March 1977 Oscar Romero became an Archbishop. Soon after his friend Rutilio Grande assassinated. When he had heard this news he was deeply affected. He realised that what the government was doing to the poor was very bad, and that someone had to stick up for those without voice against those with too much power.

At that point he decided that he would be the one to stick up for others, especially the poor. Oscar then visited the outskirts of El Salvador where a lot of poor people lived without the necessities of life. He assured and helped them, so that they knew that someone was there. He gave them hope. Oscar Romero even made radio broadcasts to proclaim his Sunday sermons, made public protests and organised peace marches against poverty. These public announcements made the government angry because they didn’t want people to know about the Christian message, particularly their soldiers.

Since the government didn’t want Archbishop Romero to continue ex-mayor General Roberto D-aubuisson ordered his death. Oscar’s last sermon was to the soldiers saying that they shouldn’t kill people for we are all the same. On the 24th of March 1980, Oscar Romero was saying mass in the Church of Divine Providence. While he was consecrating the Eucharist, a gunman pulled up infront of the Church, took aim, and shot Romero in the heart. A huge crowd gathered for Archbishop Romero’s funeral. Snipers hiding in the rooftops, killed 40 people and injured several. He was declared a martyr on the 3rd of February 2015 by Pope Francis, and he was beatified on the 23rd of May 2015.

References:

-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93scar_Romero

-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPMJ9UgkBgQ

-http://www.caritas.org.au/docs/primary-school-resources/oscar-romero-biography.docx

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Jaheelot

Jaheelot

The Jaheelot has a tail of a Jaguar, legs of a cheetah, and a head of an Ocelot, and lives in dry, grassy plains. It can run away and escape from predators quickly. It is one of it’s survival features. It runs 70 kms per hour just like a cheetah. When trying to catch it’s prey, it’ll pounce and jump on it, until the prey is out of breath. The Jaheelot may hunt larger animals than it’s own size, like, gazelle’s, zebra’s, and deer. Sometime’s it would also hunt down hare’s, rabbit’s and guinea pigs. It’d be rare to find a Jaheelot being picky about it’s food. As long as there is food in it’s stomach, the Jaheelot’s happy. It eats fish, meat and plants,for it’s an omnivore. Survival is what the Jaheelot is good at. It’ll kill it fast, then devour it nastily.

But do not be fooled by it’s innocent features.