Child Labour

Screaming, shouting, crying! Children are doing this nearly all the time, you know why? Because children are getting put into Child Labour! Imagine taking an innocent child away from their families without the parents knowing? Or if you were that little kid how would you feel? Well this is how all the children feel because they get kidnapped to go into Child Labour!

What is child labour? Well child labour is when people use children in businesses illegally or when they kidnap children to work for them. Countries such as Philippines, Mexico, Indonesia, Vietnam, and BRIC countries which stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China perform child labour. About 60% of children are taken and put into child labour to fish, hunt and more.

Children in Ecuador are used to get bananas, in the Ivory Coast they are used to get cocoa beans, in Columbia children are used to cut flowers, in Brazil they are used to gather oranges and in Argentina and Bangladesh they are used to get tea. Children who are in Child Labour don’t get a proper education because they are away working.

How are children protected by these smugglers? Children are protected by smugglers because of their human rights, all children and adults have the right to stand up and say no to child labour. People take children into child labour because they want to make the most money they can.

Some families who are in poor countries that have child labour may depend on child labour just to help support them with the basic needs of life. Children as young as five can be put into child labour to the age of fourteen years. UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) tries to help put an end to child labour, their company was founded in 1947 and they try give kids what they need.

Child labour is wrong and it should not happen to innocent children! I think that we should put an end to child labour and help those poor children in need! You can help UNICEF by donating to them to help stop child labour!

By: Kaydence

Copyright

Copyright:

Copyright is the law that protects people’s original work, if not followed you could face $10,000 and two years in prison.

If you want to use some phrase or want to take some words from a website or even a picture from a book or the internet or even music from youtube you have to put down these things:

• The name of the person who said it or who originally made it
• The name of the place where you found it like a book or a quote etc
• The year it was made or discovered etc
• The source of where you got it like the website link etc
• And last but not least the publisher of the photo or quote etc

For example you wouldn't take something that isn't yours, would you? Take it like this if you were in school or at work and you saw something that you really like that belongs to somebody you don’t know you wouldn’t just walk up to it and take it, right? Copyright is a serious matter now in 2015, if you copyright something it is called plagiarism. What is plagiarism? Well plagiarism is when you take somebody’s words or work and try to make it your own, this is copyright and that is why it is illegal! Copyright is ILLEGAL! Don’t perform copyright because it is against the law and it is taking other people’s ideas that they came up with themselves! Copyright is wrong, so if you want to take a picture from the internet or use a song from youtube you must put down the resource of where you got it or if you want to download or use a song from youtube you must contact the owner or the publisher of the video or the owner of the song!

By: Kaydence

Syrian Exodus

What is happening to Syria? Why are people fleeing from their own country and people? These Syrians are running because their country is in civil war! What is the cause of the civil war? Why can’t other countries don’t even want to help refugees who escape? Their people are fighting their own and taking people away from their families! The Syrian Exodus is happening!  Why? The Isis want power, they want more money, they want more land, they want everything! Is this fair?  Is this right?

Many nations won’t accept these refugees because they are scared that they might be with the ISIS.  Countries in the Western Region might be asked to take in more refugees that escaped Syria from their civil war. The founder of the ISIS is a man named Abu Ayyub al-Masri, the ISIS stands for Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. The ISIS started this civil war partly because they believed in a different god. The ISIS are killing up to 170,00 people which are Christians and Shiites. The ISIS will take people who say they believe in the same god, and tell them to kill themselves and others. The ISIS might want to secretly kill people by sneaking into the groups of refugees.

New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key, is trying to get families all around NZ to pay $81,000 dollars so that we can support the refugees that are trying to come to NZ. Syrian refugees are trying to enter into different countries such Israel, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Bulgaria and more.

3 year old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi and his older brother and mother died because they all drowned trying to cross the shore away from Syria, Aylan’s father Abdullah was the only one to survive. Five minutes into their boat ride the captain of the boat, the one of which the Kurdi’s were riding on left them on their own because of a big wave, the captain died and so did many other people. The Kurdi family paid the captain over two thousand euros, but they did not have enough money to buy life jackets just in case. The captain left the boat because he was scared.Abdullah stated, “Everything I dreamed of is gone”. The Kurdi’s came from Kobani in Syria where civil war is happening.

Syria, the war, the people, the conflict, why is this happening. What do people want? Why should others die just for their own selfishness? We may never know, but I believe that everybody deserves to live a free and happy life, with their families in a civilized world!

By:Kaydence

Rugby World Cup Study

How many countries are participating in the Rugby World Cup 2015?  There are 20 countries

How many flags are there altogether? There are 20 flags altogether

How many flags have blue on them? There are 11 flags that have blue on them

How many flags have red on them? There are 16 flags with red on them

How many flags have orange on them? There is 1 flag with orange on it

How many flags have white on them? There are 19 flags that have white on them

How many flags have black on them? There is only 1 flag that has black on it

How many flags have yellow on them? There are 6 flags that have yellow on them

How many flags have a union jack on them? There are 3 flags that have the union jack on them

How many flags have a symbol on them? All the flags have symbols on them even the ones with stripes, they mean something to other people

How many flags have stripes on them? There are 9 flags that have stripes on them

How many flags have more than three colours? There are 4 flags that have more than 3 colours

How many flags have less than three colours? There are five flags that have less than 3 colours

How many flags have only one colour on them? There are zero flags

How many flags have stars on them? There are 4 flags with stars

How many stars are on the New Zealand flag?  There are 4 stars on the NZ flag

How many stars are there on the Australian flag? There are 6 flags on the Aussie flag

How many stars are on the USA flag? There are 50 stars on the US flag

How many flags have a cross on them? There are 6 flags that have a cross on them

What is my favourite flag and why? My Favourite flag is the Samoan Flag because it is the country where I came from and I love the colours on it!

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Favourite Superheroes of Room 4 Survey

These are the Final Results for our Superhero Survey Of Room 4:
Most Liked Superhero: The Flash
Least Favourite Superhero: Green Lantern
So in conclusion The Flash is the most liked superhero of Room 4 because of his speed and how cool he is!