Philosophy

Philosophy is all about 'the truth'. This includes the faculty of wonder. For instance, it is like watching a magic trick. Because we cannot understand how it is done, we ask ourselves and try to think of a solution. This is when philosophy comes in through and arguing and thinking.

Drawings

The Creation of The Camel

I have decided to write about the camel because it is a very interesting animal, so here are some stunning facts that will leave you dazzled!

The hump

• The hump of a camel provides nutrients for the animal at times of dearth and starvation. Camels can live up to three weeks without water, and loose thirty three percent of weight, whereas a humanwould lose eight percent of their weight and die within thirty six hours.

The face

• The eyelashes have an interlocking system, if there is danger they automatically shut. The interlocking eyelashes don’t let any dust particles enter the eyes of the animal.

• The nose and ears are covered in long hairs to protect it from sand.

• Its long neck enables it to reach and feed on leaves three metres above the ground.

The knees and the feet

• The feet are made up of two toes joined with an elastic pad. It allows the animal to firmly grasp the earth and is totally suitable for all kinds of land conditions.

• The toenails protect the feet from potential damage.

• The knees are covered in callus which consists of skin as hard and thick as a horn. When the animal lies down the callus protects it from being injured by the scorching ground.

The Accused

This is a true event when I was wrongly accused, I have fictionalised it and changed the names of the ‘prosecution’.





I crept cautiously up to the head teacher’s office. My knuckles trembling as I knocked on the door.

“Come in!” boomed a vehement voice. I knew who it was, I couldn’t be mistaken; it was the head teacher.

“I have had a complaint about you being nasty to Jane, is this true?”
She always asks you this to make you feel guilty. At this point there were butterflies in my stomach. My palms grew sweaty and my heart beating rapidly.

“I haven’t done anything,” I managed to croak, chicken-heartedly.
Jane smirked at me and I tried not to react but really inside I was overwhelmed by anger and despair.

“You haven’t done anything?” cried the head teacher rhetorically. “If you do anything else I’ll have to speak to your parents.”

And with that she ordered us out of her office.

Swimming Proposals

As part of Bradford’s regeneration programme the council are planning to build a super-sized, mega pool in Bradford’s city centre. But residents think it isn’t a very good idea.

They don’t like the idea because Andy Burnham announced that free admissions will be made available to everybody by 2012, it will be packed and crowded. However, people have been quoted on the regeneration programme and are disgusted by the idea: “ill considered, short-sighted, and damaging” remarked Gerry Sutcliffe after hearing about four other pools being closed down just to make one big one. Another big problem is how will people reach the city centre pool? Apparently the Telegraph and Argos have launched a campaign to “sink” these proposals entitled “save our swimming.”

But consultants argue “there has to be competition standards in order for swimmers to compete in the Olympics.” They point out that Bradford’s regeneration must include an improvement in Cultural and leisure facilities. It will also attract more people to come and live in Bradford, visit and shop in the city centre as well as increasing participation in competitive sports.

I emailed Duncan Thorne a media relation officer regarding this. However, it has been a few days and I haven’t yet received a reply.

Spiderwick sketches

I have sketched some drawings of the main creatures from Spiderwick by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black.









I have sketched some drawings of the main creatures from Spiderwick by Tony Diterlizzi and Holly Black.

Blackpool

I went to Pleasure Beach in Blackpool. Pleasure Beach (amusement park) was packed with loads and loads of people (probably three gzillion) whereas the actual beach had hardly any people and was very quiet (except for sea). Blackpool is known as a seaside resort.
Why?

The Call of The Wild

By Jack London

Buck struggles to adapt to his new life

The story is set in California during the Gold Rushes in 1897. People were selling sled dogs at very high prices. Buck, the protagonist, is a large dog who is kidnapped and sent to Canada to work as a husky dog. Prior to this Buck lead a comfortable life, after all the abduction Buck becomes wilder and free.

But Perrault and Francios Buck’s owners can’t look after the dogs anymore, so they sell them to two men who work for the Canadian Mail Company. The two men are very bad to the dogs; they don’t give them enough food and put to many things into the sledge. Eventually the dogs are too weak to pull the sledge, they are no use to the men anymore, so the men leave the dogs to suffer. Thornton a kind and generous man takes buck in and looks after him. Soon Buck is well enough to hunt and stay by himself.

I enjoyed this book because it is about a dog who adapts to his new life, and human beings can also do the same. I would recommend this book to someone else because it has a very good message the author is trying to tell you.

A Series of Unfortunate Events

This is a summary of my favourite series of books. It is called A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket.

The Bad Beginning

This is about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. It all starts when they hear the miserable news that their parents perished in a fire. From then on they are put in the care of Count Olaf! Their “late uncle” as he says. Lots of terrible things happen to the Baudelaire orphans, such as impossible chores they are forced to do. Sunny gets dangled off a tower in a bird cage and Violet is forced to marry Count Olaf in a role play. But Count Olaf wants to marry her for real just to set his hands on the enormous fortune the Baudelaire parents left behind.

But there is one place where the Baudelaires just forget about the despair they are going through; that is at their next door neighbour’s house. Her name is Justice Strauss, a kind and helpful woman. The author repeatedly tells the reader not to read any more, but that’s just going to make you want to read more!

Our Holiday

This is by my seven year old sister.

Our Holiday

In June we went to Wales for a family holiday. We stayed in a small cottage which was a converted stable. There was a beautiful view from the cottage, the clouds touched the mountains. The village we stayed in was called Bryncrug, in a town called Tywyn. A few days later we went to Barmouth beach and we made a big sandcastle, my sisters and I helped. There were lots of crabs and jellyfish. Finally we went in the sea it was not that deep and we waited for the waves to come and splash us.

We also went to King Arthur’s Labyrinth.

The Solar System

Mercury

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and also the fastest moving. Space probes have revealed that its surface is covered in craters, and looks much like our moon. It is the smallest planet and is a hostile place, with significant atmosphere and temperatures ranging between 400 degrees Celsius by day and 170 degrees Celsius by night. It seems unlikely that anyone will ever want to visit this planet.

Venus

Venus is the size of Earth and is the hottest planet with temperatures reaching 475 degrees Celsius. The reason for this is that the atmosphere consists mainly of Carbon Dioxide (CO2). From planet Earth you may be able to spot planet Venus as it is the brightest star, and can be seen in daylight.

Jupiter

Jupiter is a giant planet; it is three times bigger than any other planet. Jupiter is located beyond Mars and the asteroid belt, and has four moons discovered by Galileo. It is made up of Hydrogen and Helium.

Earth

Earth looks mainly blue as a result of 70% of the planet’s surface being water. It has lots of white due to the clouds. Earth is the only planet known to support life, due to atmosphere and water.

Mars

Mars has similar features as Earth, e.g. atmosphere with clouds. Space probes in the 1970s went to mars, but they only found a barren rocky surface and no trace of water. However, in 2005 the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter was launched and will further explore the planet.

Saturn
Saturn is similar to Jupiter in structure, and is best known for its rings. The rings measure 27000km (170000 miles) and their origin is still a matter of debate.

Uranus
Uranus was discovered by William Herschel. It has black rings and cannot be seen from Earth. The rings were discovered in 1977. It is broadly similar to Saturn and Jupiter in composition.

Neptune
Neptune was named after a mythological sea god. It was discovered in 1846 and has blue and green clouds. Neptune has rings like Uranus.

Pluto
Pluto is no longer identified as a planet. It is now considered the largest member of the Kuiper belt. “Kuiper” rhymes with “wiper”.

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