Author: Joseph

Dear Mr President,

Congratulations on becoming president, I hope Champ and Major are settling in well to life in the White House.

I am 11 years old, and I live in Scotland. As I am not an American citizen, you might wonder why I am writing to you. I think the climate emergency is a global issue; therefore, needs to be met with a global response. Drilling for oil in Alaska will affect my country and have a catastrophic impact on the Alaskan National Park.

I think you should invest in more research and renewable energy trials (Solar, Hydro and Wind) in the Arctic, rather than giving more licences for drilling oil in the Arctic circle. Drilling and extracting oil are having an adverse effect on the environment and already struggling communities in the Arctic. Here are some of the ways it has a negative effect on the region:

1. It causes the displacement of wildlife.
2. It causes pollution of often previously pristine environments.
3. The consumption of oil adds to climate change and global warming.
4. It also affects indigenous people’s ability to hunt and live in traditional ways.

Drilling for oil might provide more money and jobs for communities for a temporary amount of time. However, I believe renewable energy can do this in a more economical, environmental, and socially sustainable way.

Yours sincerely,

Joe.

 

Dear Mr President,

Congratulations on becoming president, I hope Champ and Major are settling in well to life in the White House.

I am writing to you to say that I think you should invest in more research and trials of renewable energy (Solar, Hydro and Wind) in the Arctic, rather than giving more licences for drilling oil in the Arctic circle.

Drilling and extracting oil are having an adverse effect on the environment and already struggling communities in the Arctic. Here are some of the ways it has a negative effect on the region:

1. It causes displacement of wildlife.
2. It causes pollution of often previously pristine environments.
3. The consumption of oil adds to climate change.
4. It also affects indigenous people’s ability to hunt and live in traditional ways.

Drilling for oil might provide more money and jobs for communities for a temporary amount of time. However, I believe renewable energy can do this in a more economical, environmental and socially sustainable option.

Yours sincerely,

Joe.

 

Hi Everybody,

This week is as well as national storytelling week is children metal wellbeing week, so I’ve doing mental health friendly activities during lockdown. Here are some of the things I’m doing that are connected to the 5 ways to wellbeing:

• Connect with others: I have a call with some of my best friends every week, we play games and use filters to make each other laugh.
• Be active: I do ring fit (a fitness game) every other day as well as dog walking everyday.
• Take note/mindfulness: I do mindfulness in the mornings. we have been using an app called Headspace and we do one of their guided mediations for kids. but sometimes I fall asleep in them
• Learn: I school work every week day (even if i don’t want to)
• Give: I have been baking cakes and treats for the neighbours (they love them).

I have also been thinking about what makes me feel happy and one of the things that I enjoy is drawing and this month I have been taking part in Febcreate – run by a local art group I am part of,  they give you a prompt work every day and you have to do a drawing of it. All the prompts are Scottish words so sometime I have to google them first but it links to ‘Bad Broonie’. Anyone can take part so you can join in if you want to

Bye

Joe🧠🖌🎨😋

 

 

Here are my drawing so far:

1. Wee

2. Muckle

3. Tattie-bogle

4. Glisk

Bonus picture:

Here is my happy picture for today: The day I met Beans my dog who is my best friend.

 

Hi everyone,

it is 1,800 miles from Dumfries to Svalbard and it takes the geese 36 hours to fly the route. we worked out what it would take if I did the journey. we did this in 2 different ways.

I need 1,800 calories  per day as a 11 year old boy. so if I travelled for 36hours would need 2700 calories….or …..

• 8.43 slices of peperoni pizza
• 28.42 fredo frogs
• 48.6 falafels
• 87.09 red peppers

That would be if I caught a plane for 36 hours. But if I ran 1,800 miles and burnt an average of 100 calories per mile I would need 180,000 calories.

• 562.5 slices of peperoni pizza
• 1894.73 fredo frogs
• 3243.24 falafels
• 5806.45 red peppers

I think I’ll catch a plane.

BY JOE!!!😑🍕🧆🍫🐸

 

Hi Everybody,

Today I have read the word document about Barnacle Geese,

here are my quiz answers:

1.  They spend the summer in Svalbard.
2. 1,800miles
3.  300 birds.
4.  2kg
5.  Branta leucopsis.
6.  Bear island.
7. 36 hours.
8.  Before climate change geese laid there eggs on the ground on islands now they lay there eggs on cliffs so polar bears don’t get them.
9. 4 Months.
10. By putting coloured darvic rings on some individuals to show how far they fly each year.

By Joe 🦆😀

 

Hi everybody,

At the weekend I did the we did the RSPB garden bird count were you count all the sightings of birds that land in your garden. Here’s a picture of us doing it.

Yesterday I went on my regular dog walk and took these photos of things I found interesting.

Hi,

I’ve done task 4 tourism in the Arctic tourism one. I hope you like my power point below about how to make tourism in the Arctic circle better.

I’ve added more info in my power point on Mrs Armstrong’s suggestion.

Arctic Tourism2

 

By Joe.

Name: captain Fred

Captains log: 7945G

Date: 10/7/2997

mission day 38 of exploration beyond our solar system.

Planet: Diana4

Moons: Chiron, Semele

Suns: 2 blue Titans.

Body cam footage classified.

Name: Captain Fred

Captains log: 1394G

Date: 2/7/2997

Mission day 26 of exploration beyond our solar system.

Planet: Juno7

Moons: Typhon, Echidna.

Sun: 1 Red dwarf

Body cam footage lost.

Hi Everybody,

Here is some Inuit inspired art that I did I hope you like it!

I have done a picture of a family narwhales in the bottom left, a polar bear with Inuit style tattoos on it’s body, in the bottom right, an Orca that’s in the style the indigenous people of Northwest America in the top right corner and a styled picture of a Inuit hunting for polar bears in the top left corner.

I got the inspiration from looking at Inuit art online. Lots of their pictures were of animals from the artic that they hunt or them hunting animals. My favourite picture was the polar bear I did because I like the patterns.

See you soon,

Joe.