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marist college north shore
Edition #1
HEMISPHERES MARIST GONE GLOBAL
The Litter Watch How teens treat the world around them Marist Chef
A fun tech based learning project
White Ribbon Day Respecting women everywhere
White Ribbon Day by samuel silcock
White Ribbon Day raises awareness and helps women make a stop to Domestic Violence. Men against Men can stop domestic violence. More than 27,000 domestic violence assaults were reported to police last year in NSW alone, averaging 74 assaults in the state per day, and it’s the reason behind more than 30 per cent of all homicide cases in New South Wales. One in three women in Australia has experienced some sort of violence since the age of 15, around 3.91 million, and indigenous women are 35 times more likely to be affected. One in five Australian women have been stalked in their lifetime. It’s the leading contributor to death, disability and ill-‐health in Australian women aged 15-‐44. We as men need to need to stop all of these statistics. Wearing a White Ribbon on the 25th of November means that you must stand up to all domestic violence and never participate in it. If you witness domestic violence you must: Stand up, don’t be afraid to speak up. Safely challenge the behaviour. alk to the victim about the issue. If you witness physical violence call the police on 131 444 or 000 in an emergency. Lead by example.
MARIST IRON CHEF BY RILEY SANDERS
The technology unit is about the boys learning skills they might not have the chance to otherwise. It is a favourite of the school and the students get a feel of all different aspects of technology. Recently the boys have completed their food technology assignment which involved making their own cooking show. These assignments have given students the opportunity to work on a project which is part of the film industry and incorporate that into another topic, which is food preparation and cooking. The results were fantastic with boys really taking it on board and producing some amazing videos. Ryan Mirabelli, Riley Sanders, Michael Gribben and Kaiya Melbourne were some of the students who made a video based on the popular T.V. cooking show ‘Iron Chef’. This thrilling episode has everything from dazzling special effects to Clive Palmer. What more could you want. To see ‘Marist Iron Chef’ by Ryan Mirabelli, Riley Sandars, Michael Grib-‐ ben and Kaiya Melbourne go to the following url.
http://goo.gl/AuyVYi
LITTER WATCH by samuel silcock
Environmentalists consider litter a nasty side effect of our convenience-‐oriented disposable culture, in other words people of our society today are too lazy to throw away litter, even if it means walking a couple of metres to the garbage bin. Just to highlight the scope of the problem, California alone spends $28 million a year cleaning up and removing litter along its roadways. And once trash gets free, wind and weather move it from streets and highways to parks and waterways. One study found that 18 % of litter ends up in rivers, streams and oceans. The burden of litter cleanup usually falls to local governments or community groups. How-‐ How ever if you bin the rubbish it means that you are preventing rubbish from being spread through the environment, putting it in the bin means that the rubbish will be taken to the same place and disposed of thoughtfully. In Canada, the nonprofit Pitch-‐In Canada (PIC), founded in 1967 by some environmentalists in British Colum-‐ bia, has since evolved into a professionally run national organization with a tough anti-‐litter agenda. Last year 3.5 million Canadians volunteered in PIC’s annual nationwide Cleanup Week. The best thing about Pitch-‐In Canada is that it is a non-‐profit organisation. We as responsible stewards of the earth can follow in the ways of St Francis and love all of nature and care for it lovingly. Doing your part to keep litter to a minimum is easy, but it takes vigilance. Always remember to take your garbage with you or put it in the bin, a couple of metres away. It may seem like you contribute little to the damage that is done to the environment but if everybody in the school doesn’t drop their litter then that is 850 less paper bags from lunch orders or wrappers for your various lunches. This is still a small statistic but I feel that we can lead the charge to gain a litter free and clean environment. Let’s all try and clean up the environment or not dirty it to start with. This is why you should not litter, remember this at all times especially when at school. We all want our schoolyard and grounds to be a good aesthetic and pristine place to live.
Graphic by samuel silcock
Rabbit proof fence sonnets In 2014 year 8 ludovich studied the unit of “the aboriginal experience”. during this unit they watched the movie ‘the rabbit proof fence’ directed by phillip noyce. after seeing the movie the boys wrote sonnets based on it. we have re-‐ cieved several of these sonnests. with entries by james miller and muchael gribben.
the desert by james miller
The heat, the heat, of desert sun The burn, the burn, of desert sun The battle between us and them The day, the day, that burnt away. The fence is long, from coast to coast, My hate is big, too big see. I have to run, to hide and ghost, Through desert heat, and long gone tree. I’m a runner hiding from the law, A fugitive, yet still so small, Avoiding the huge and powerful claw, That fills the land, and kills us all. My story is never to be known, Of the land of which I call my own.
rabbit proof fence by michael gribben
Steadied the car as it shuddered with fear My heart deepen as it received the blow I would ever a wish really to know If it was to ever produce a tear Merely a kid living in town at home I did expect to live very normal Even there was to be a large portal Indeed I knew but not in that new tone If they were to ever proclaim “come dear� Truly I would not think them as a foe Sincerely some of them really I know But not those who give me tears and a fear Many a things I saw upon that night Almost so that they hold my jaded sight
lord of the flies prologue by samuel silcock
The airfield is buzzing with emotion and the hustle and bustle of human activity. A bus travels across the wet tarmac skipping along, as if it is a stone on a lake. The water goes flying as the bus skids to a halt outside a mammoth aeroplane. A hodge-‐podge of school kids pile out in all differ-‐ ent uniforms. A line of kids start piling in, like water rushing into the sea through a tight river, all control by the guards with strict faces is use-‐ less. The children fight and cheat their way to get into the plane first. A car belonging to a person of high position and power pulls up next to the spot where the bus is parked and a man with a curly black moustache and straight, dark brown hair cascading down his forehead. He pulls out a short and rather fat boy wearing glasses, that constantly needs read-‐ justing on his pudgy nose, by the scruff of his neck. The powerful man talks in a rapid fire slur of words. The boy is shoved into the plane and it takes off without a moments hesitation, on the tightest schedule. “Let them fly and arrive safely,” whispers the man of power “God knows we need help in our time of need.” That night the bombs came hard, harder than ever before and England was in a state of crisis. Terror rushed through the blood of every citizen in London, except for the boys on the airplane. Pulling each other’s hair, being airsick and generally misbehaving. All of a sudden the surrounding air was filled with black smoke and fire as the plane goes hurtling down to the ground, crashing and killing the men in the front of the plane.
VIKING SHIP CONTSTRUCTION By michael gribben
Michal has also sent us some hilarious viking jokes! Q. where did they send the viking when he got sick in class? A. to the school norse! q. what did erik the red and smokey the bear have in common? A. They had the same middle name! Q. Why were the british afraid of vikings? A. Because they had big norses on their faces.
POP ART portfolio by oliver grenot
How can you get involved? Thank you for reading the first edition of hemi-� spheres! if you would like to submit your own work to be featured in our half semesterly magazine/student work highlight you can contact mrs durand or one of the following hemisphere members about your submission. James miller michael gribben michaelangelo iera ryan mirabelli samuel silcok maxwell hoare oliver grenot riley sanders isacc choice luca pona
the people featured in this edition were: riley sanders samuel silcock james miller michael gribbe oliver grenot this magazine has been designed and visually produced by ryan mirabelli this project was conceptualised and created by mrs durand