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Hard Rain Schools Project

10 May

I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow: by  Ryan

We are joining Hard Rain in their campaign for realistic solutions to environmental and development problems. We are have discussed Bob Dylan’s song Hard Rain in class and are choosing a line of the song to illustrate. We will then be sending our pictures to the Hard Rain Project who will choose some pictures to be sent to the Prime Minister. Pictures will be exhibited at Westminster in front of political decision makers as well as featuring on a recording of a Bob Dylan’s song in a DVD. Here are some of our ideas so far:

I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world: by Lewis

Want to learn more about the Hard Rain Project? Visit their website.

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Hard Rain is Gonna Fall By Bob Dylan

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son ?
And where have you been my darling young one ?
I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways
I’ve stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I’ve been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I’ve been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

Oh, what did you see, my blue eyed son ?
And what did you see, my darling young one ?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin’
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin’
I saw a white ladder all covered with water
I saw ten thousand takers whose tongues were all broken
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son ?
And what did you hear, my darling young one ?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin’
I heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
I heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin’
I heard ten thousand whisperin’ and nobody listenin’
I heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin’
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

Oh, who did you meet my blue-eyed son ?
Who did you meet, my darling young one ?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded and hatred
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard
And it’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

And what’ll you do now, my blue-eyed son ?
And what’ll you do now my darling young one ?
I’m a-goin’ back out ‘fore the rain starts a-fallin’
I’ll walk to the deepths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are a many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner’s face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I’ll tell and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I’ll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin’
But I’ll know my songs well before I start singin’
And it’s a hard, it’s a hard, it’s a hard, and it’s a hard
It’s a hard rain’s a-gonna fall.

Celebrity Chickens

20 Apr

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Eight of our eggs have hatched and we now have eight chicks, 5 male and 3 female.  They spend most of the day falling asleep on their feet, when they aren’t sleeping they like to look out of the window or peck around for food. Their fame is certainly spreading, yesterday they were photographed for the Clydebank Post and today Real Radio visited to interview us – true celebrity chickens!

Green Flag Success

20 Mar

Congratulations to everyone, but in particular our Eco Committee for working together to achieve our third Eco Schools green flag.

The aim of the Eco-Schools programme is to make environmental awareness and action part of the life and ethos of school for pupils, staff  and  the wider community.

Our Eco-Schools programme has helped us to:

  • Improve the school’s environment
  • Reduce litter and waste
  • Reduce energy and water use
  • Devise efficient was of travelling to and from school
  • Promote healthy lifestyles
  • Encourage active citizenship
  • Build strong partnerships with a variety of community groups
  • Develop international and global links

In P7a we have been focusing on recycling. Here are some of the fun things we have made in our attempt to -Reduce-Reuse-Recycle!