Junior reporters write about our environment, classics tales, and PTSD
This week, Dubbo Photo News is featuring more stories written by budding local writers from Dubbo South Public School.
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Dump yourself into Dubbo By Emily Lousick, Year 6
IS Dubbo a sustainable city? Dubbo is a growing city that flourishes with life. It has many places to visit and explore, such as parks, malls and the Macquarie
River. Currently, the Dubbo community is a stable and happy community.
However, we are not a sustainable city! Now is the time for residents to find out why, and see what simple things they can to help.
Did you know that 15 per cent of the children in Dubbo go to school without lunch at least one day a week? That’s right, the amount of food us Dubbo citizens waste and throw out into the red bins could have been what that 15 per cent of children could’ve had for lunch.
If you didn’t know, Dubbo’s river water was one of the most pristine water sources in the whole world! That’s great, but the problem is that it “was”. Now it has been polluted by all the Dubbo residents like yourself, these residents pollute the water with all kinds of things like plastic bottles, rubbish bags and even tyres!
This is what can be found near the outskirts of the Macquarie River.
The city of Dubbo is also not free from poverty either! 11.5 per cent of the residents that live in Dubbo, live with significant economic disadvantages, and around 4500 residents live in complete poverty.
Well, the good thing is, that there are some simple things that the people of Dubbo can do to help, which means that you can help too!
To help sustain the water and food of Dubbo, try to have showers instead of baths, as they generally use less water. Remember to turn off the tap when you are brushing your teeth, as well as if you have leftovers put them into a container that you freeze to eat later, or maybe even invest in composting, by using the green bins, or even start making a compost area in your own garden or backyard.
To help sustain electricity, turn off any electronic devices or lights no-one is using, and you could install some solar panels to help to produce more electricity, as well as save money.
These are just some of the simple things you can do to help the society of Dubbo.
If you take what you have read to heart, I hope you will try and make a difference to help everyone in the community of Dubbo.
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Reading between the lines of Little Red Riding Hood By Sienna Mcconnell, Year 4
IT can be inferred that the character of Little Red Riding Hood is wondrous, wild and friendly. It would be deduced that she is fearless and adventurous because Little
Red Riding Hood skips through the spooky forest. A clue in the story suggests Little Red Riding Hood is honest because she told the wolf the truth. Using evidence from the text it can be assumed that she is gentle because she does not fight the world and when she talks to the wolf, she is not mean, “I am going to see my grandmother.” •••
Jack’s Story (I need a better title) By Daniel Leary, Year 6
JACK was a firefighter, he was friendly, sporty, caring, loyal and competitive, but five years ago that all changed when he was found unconscious after rescuing people from a fire at a school.
Jack is still himself, but he will never be exactly the same. Jack is still a friendly, caring, loyal and thoughtful man in his 30s.
Jack still enjoys sport and is still very competitive, in fact last year he won the men’s 100 and 500 races in the paralympics.
When Jack tells people his story, he tells it like this: “Thomas, who was my best friend at the time (it was his job to inform the firefighters about fires) informed me about a school fire.
‘Anyone I know?’ I asked absently as I was going to get the rest of the people on my firefighting team. ‘Not as far as I know,’ replied Thom.
When I arrived, I went straight into the building to help get the kids out of the school buildings. I got most of the kids out and the firefighters from other teams got the rest of the kids out eventually. When I went back into the building, I was going around a fire when I tripped over, my arm fell into the fire and I was knocked out.
Three days later I woke up in hospital and soon saw that I no longer had a right arm. Later I was told that my right leg was damaged and that I wouldn’t be able to walk again.
Jack now spends most of his time reading when he is not working.
Jack is a therapist for PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Specifically for fires.
Jack still lives a good life, overall not much about him has changed except that he is more quiet and cautious now that he is disabled. Though he admits he definitely would have preferred to keep his arm and ability to walk.