McLibel

We watched the movie McLibel because we are studying rights and responsibilities in term three.
Can you tell me what you think the central message of the film was. In other words, without focusing on McDonalds, what were the main issues? Put in terms we understand from literacy learning - i.e. What was the "author's" intention?

Check out the website from the film. There are links to animal rights sites too.

http://www.mcspotlight.org/issues/animals/index.html

Politics and freedom in NZ

Did you hear the news? There is a general election coming up later this year.

Our electoral system is called MMP. What does it stand for? Can you explain what it really means? Compare it to our old system, which was called First Past the Post. What on earth might that mean? Do politicians run a race to see who gets into power?

There may be a referendum at the next election to see if New Zealanders want to re-consider the value of the MMP system and maybe think about changing it to something else. If you're interested. Share your research findings and opinions here.

:-)

Oh, by the way - who invented democacy? And do we really have a democracy?

By the way - I think Helen Clarke is a great politician who will be remembered as one of our best ever. I'm not so sure Che Guevara is quite the hero that people make him out to be either. This cartoon may not be entirely complimentary to Auntie Helen, and in fact I believe it is inappropriate to make such personal, public put downs about anyone [except Australian and English rugby players or George Bush] but at least in this country we can publish something like this without being executed or locked in prison. Our freedom is seen as a right. Other countries are not as free as ours. Can you name any countries where freedom is limited compared to us?

Politics

Who is MRS GREN?

Do you remember who Mrs Gren is?
Do you remember what she stands for? [clue: acronym]
List what each letter stands for.

http://www.sambal.co.uk/mrsgren.html

Creative Ideas

State your creative assignment ideas here for the organic garden, permaculture, sustainability, worm farming and composting.
Or come up with a clever creative homework assignment to do with behavioural enrichment for the budgies or rats.
Or, suggest something innovative or creative to do with studying the Olympics.
Consider the various "multiple intelligences" or Bloom's Taxonomy when you think about designing a task. What level of task is this? Designing a project would be...?

Steep Learning Curve Ahead

See you tomorrow, Room5ians :-)

Mr Woody caught out...

breaking news:

http://www.nzsportsnews.co.nz/vid.php?id=177534