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Thursday, 15 March 2018
THE SECOND SET OF SPRING SNOW COULD BE COMING TO THE IOW! by Syd and Ashton
The people of the IOW are waiting to see if the forecast
could be nice to us twice in one month! For years Britain has been documented
false forecasts getting the hopes of million of people nationally to an all-time
high but… more snow is predicted for the 18th of March giving a late winter
feel to this spring ready country. Here on the IOW we are seeing what school
teachers are thinking and what plans are in place if we get another snow day.
Mrs Davie, teacher at Christ the King College told us: “I think another snow
day is very unlikely as we live on the Isle of Wight. She added that:
“Hopefully, if there is another ‘snow day’, the Island’s headteachers will call
it early so that people don’t take unnecessary risks getting to work / school.”
As crashes, school bus queries and truanting students all took place last snow
day, it will be interesting to see what actions will be put in place to prevent
any unneeded stress brought by the snow and ice.
We also interviewed a student at Christ the King college
called Caspar that had told us her thoughts on the apparent “snow weather forecast
“that is due to be next Sunday/Monday.
We asked her what her thoughts on the snow weather forecast and
what she would be doing. She replied that she doesn't like snow but liked the
idea of having a day of school this links with the low attendance when snow is
due to fall and students reactions to this. we also asked her what is her dream
snow day ad she replied: that a dream is throwing snow at her cousin on the Isle of Wight and having a “fab” time” this was food to hear and useful for
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How social media affects us, by Shannon and Olivia
With social media becoming a bigger part of our
lives each day sometimes we can’t see how it is affecting our lives.
The NHS News states: The
survey asked 1,479 young people aged 14-24 to score popular social media apps
on issues such as anxiety, depression, loneliness, bullying, body image and
"fear of missing out"., Instagram was ranked first.
These issues can be caused because
what we see online isn’t always real, sometimes images can be edited or
airbrushed to look better, in their opinion, or enhance their features. In
a survey it was said that 68% of the adults they interviewed admitted to
photoshopping/editing their photos.
But, do we ever think about how
this can affect young people? And how young people don’t always think before
they post or send.
We asked students if they knew
that if they sent/take indecent images it is illegal for them to be in
possession of these images even if they are both under 18. And their parents/
guardian become responsible for the image and the actions that their child
takes.
Young people sometimes send
indecent images to fit in to society. They often feel pressured to do so, or
are pressured by one person or a group of people.
We interviewed some students at
our school on this
When we asked a group of 4 year
7’s if they used social media only ½ of them, said yes. However when we
interviewed older people in year 10, all of them said yes.
Only one of the year 7s used
instagram, where as all of the year 10’s we asked used it. Snapchat was most
popular with both year 7s and year 10’s, all of them saying they used it to
connect with friends.
We asked some students if they
would photoshop their images to feel more comfortable online, here’s some of
their responses;
“I wouldn’t because anyone who
sees me online and sees me photoshopped and then they see me in real life it’d
be like “you don’t look like that”” -Lily, year 10.
“I used photoshop just to touch up
my pictures, i used to be scared to meet new people in real life in fear that i
looked different, I hated it. So now i don’t do it.”- Agnes, year 10
“I edit some of my photos”-
Anonymous (girl), year 7
We also asked people if social media made them feel
self conscious;
“It sort of
makes me feel self conscious cus’ other people they look a lot better and it
makes you feel like you’re just… nothing”-anonymous (boy), year 7
“I only post photos that i'm comfortable and happy
with”-Charlotte, year 10
“It might destroy your confidence because you might
see photoshopped images and think they’re real.” - Lily, year 10.
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