Earth Day
Aaryan Amar, Year 6
In the month of April, the week before all the students went on
their Term break, Beacon Academy celebrated Earth Day. Earth is
the only planet that supports living things and Beacon Academy
celebrated Earth Day so that students would become aware of
what is happening to the planet they live in and how they can
protect it.
Year One to Year Three students began their celebration by using
recycled materials to make an astonishing upcycled candleholder.
At the same time, the Year 4s and 5s made frames that were
nature-themed, displaying a lot of creativity. Up in the VART room,
Middle School students created a colourful mural that used circles
to represent the shape of the Earth.
Photo Gallery
The choir led by Mr Mark Lai preformed ‘Riversong’. All the vocal
talents of the choir students appealed to all the students and
teachers’ ears. Each and every one of his or her unique sounds
together delivered a fantastic performance. After that, Zubin Amar
who won The Voice competition in December preformed ‘Colours
of The Wind’ from Disney’s Pocahontas. He gave the audiences
high notes and ‘wow’ moments. “I was really happy to do this to
help send a message to everyone to save the Earth and I think
the lyrics of this amazing song really does that,” says Zubin after
performing.
The week before, at the House meetings, the Houses discussed
their plans for a DRY Garden Design Competition that was to be
held the following week. Throughout the week students brought
plants, pebbles and the House of Water even brought fish. Finally,
when Friday came after the great performances, Air and Fire
gathered all their things to decorate their gardens while Water and
Earth got to listen to a wonderful story that was also melodiously
read by Ms Katie. The story was ‘The Lorax’ by Dr. Seuss.
Video
All the students, entertained and learning something at the same
time, listened eagerly to the story. Meanwhile, Fire and Air were
working hard, getting their vision onto the ground using plants and
pebbles. Back in the Commons, Ms Katie had the Lorax’s
moustache for the excited students and they took pictures with
them until the Fires and Airs came back and the tables were
turned.
Once the gardening decorating competition and The Lorax
reading aloud were over, every House was satisfied with their
garden and was filled with appreciation for the Earth. Then, Ms
Anna presented every House with a quote about the Earth that
inspired all the students, which was followed with Ms Maggie
announcing that Fire had won the garden decorating competition.
The House of Fire chanted their cheer and the House Captains
distributed their prize - pencils to the happy students, which
concluded the 2014 Earth Day event. That day everyone left
Beacon Academy with a newfound passion to help the Earth.
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