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A Letter to Our Mayor

                                                    Wednesday 16th September, 2015

                                                                                 Dinjerra Primary School

                                                                                44 South Rd, Braybrook

                                                                                                 Victoria, 3019

Dear Nam Quach,

 

My name is Mai and I am a student from Dinjerra Primary School. Today I want to talk to you about something that I think is important.

 

Braybrook is a place where people share things and care for each other. So, what about the other people who are waiting for someone to help them? These people are not only in Melbourne, but also around Australia. I think we can support these refugees and the asylum seekers by donating money through fundraising. We can have food banks for them, teach them English or find them houses…But is that all we can do?

 

We should help them get a job, help their children have education like the other kids. But now, the government is turning the refugees/asylum seekers boats around. By looking at these boat I can see that they are not safe to sit in. They travel a long, dangerous journey to here. The government shouldn’t just turn boats around like that. It’s not right.

 

Now I have a question for you, Mayor. Do you ever care about these people who need your help? I hope so. So now, I want you think about this. Can you help us make a difference by supporting the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre? They need donations of food, clothing and money. So could you please spread the word around the council that ASRC need help to help the refugees?

 

Once again, I’m Mai, a student from Dinjerra Primary School. Thank you for reading my letter.

                                                              

                                                                     Mai

                                                                 Grade: 6

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A Letter To Our New PM

                                                                                          Date: 16.9.15

Dear: Malcolm Turnbull

 

Hello, My name is Biak and I’m from Dinjerra primary school. Dinjerra primary school is in Braybrook in Victoria.

Today I write you a letter because I would like you to know about refugees.

 

I really disagree with Tony Abbott turning the refugee boats away. I think that it is unacceptable that he was turning the boats away because it really hard being a refugee.

 

Being in a refugee boat is not easy and sometimes the boat is very small so the people have to squish inside the boat. I think it is very dangerous and unsafe! They take months to come to Australia and sometimes they run out of food.

 

I think that we should be very proud that people from other countries come to Australia because we can learn about their culture and make more new friends. I think that you should make the refugees come through. 

 

 I also believe that the Government should help the Asylum Seekers Resource Centre (ASRC). The ASRC is located in Footscray and they help the people that don’t have enough clothes to wear and don’t have enough food to eat. They even help people that need a doctor because the don’t have money to pay for the medicine.

 

So I think that you should really help the ASRC and allow the boats to come to Australia.

 

Name: Biak

School: Dinjerra primary school

Grade: 6

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Welcome to Dinjerra 456B Class Blog

Hello World!

Welcome to our class blog. We look forward to sharing our thinking, learning and ideas with you through this blog. We are a class of inquisitive learners who love sharing with others. You can also follow our daily learning with our Twitter and Instagram accounts.

This term we are learning about ‘Closing the Gap’ we hope to be able to share with you some of our beliefs and ideas related to this topic.

We hope that our posts will begin a conversation about what we can all do to help ‘close the gap’ within our world, country and community.

I’m wondering what the students in the 456 area are keen to learn more about and if they too are looking forward to sharing their ideas through blogging.

 

Please leave a comment below for the following:

1. What are you keen to learn more about with the topic ‘Closing the Gap’?

2. Are you looking forward to sharing your ideas through blogging? Why/why not?

 

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