Eco IslandSludge River

Cullivoe Primary SchoolShetland

• We looked at the updated Eco – Island. The children were horrified at some of the areas. We chose to look at Sludge River as it was rated as ‘Dire’.

• To start, we explored sludge…….

• We felt inside the mystery bins and wrote down words we thought of! It was very gooey!!

• But, we came up with some fantastic language.

• So, what were we feeling?

Two different buckets:

one had wallpaper paste

the other had shredded paper and water mixed.

• We looked at all the words we had gathered on the posters and thought about how Sludge River would be if it felt like that.

• We took our fantastic language and wrote some brilliant river shaped poems.

• We hope you enjoy reading through them.

Once the river was nice and clean Now it is sludgy and soggy and fish are dying and it’s brown and smelly. I wish the river is clean and blue.

Ethan Peel age 8

You started off as a beautiful crystal river. Now you are all crusty and dirty. I wish you were beautiful and clean.Lana Williamson age 6

Crystal River

The river is now mushy, The river is now slimy, It used to be good, But now it’s bad. It is full of rubbish, And full of sludge, I felt sad that the Animals will die It is very dark Please improve it As it is very stinky and horrible   Billy Walker Age 7  

The destruction of Crystal river Oozing slowly down

Smelly, slippery and gooeyThis river was crystal clear But we have polluted it oh dear Horrible, sticky and wet

Mushy, Slimy,

cold dirty and sludgy We are making you better

and crystal clear againLovely

Sparkling and clean

Gleaming in the sun We are very proud

and gladThis river is clean again

See this river has changedAnd you can do the same. Holly Walker – age 12 

CRYSTAL RIVER 

Rivers should Be nice. but people make

them bad. Now it is mushy and it should

be shiny.

Why is it so

Slimey? and you can

see brown sludge. it was

nice but it is sloppy now.

i hope it can improve.

 Jack Walker – age 9

  

Crystal RiverCan you see yourself, sludgy river?

See you gushing rushing

and pushing all the way

down. But now look at you!!!

Can’t people see we need to stop? Stop you

going black and blue.

Something must be done to make you

sparkle as you used to.

But now look at you!!! You’re terribly

gooey mushy

and grungy. I really hope

one day People will take

my advice to make our rivers clean!

And make you all a pretty green!MING SANDFORD – Age 8

CRYSTAL RIVER Slime slime slippery slime   You were clean and blue and now you’re green and brown you naughty naughty people you better clean that  

up! Sarah Thomason - age 7 

Crystal River Gooey slimey

and horrible.

Squidy cold and wet.

It makes me feel sad about

all the animals

that have died in you. You are not

improving at all. ou are

so smelly that no one

ever goes near you. You ooze

down so slowly because

you are all horrible and sludgy.

  Please take care of the rivers!!!!

 SOPHIE KENNERLEY – age 10 

River Poem

Your green and yuck Creping down

The hill You’re gloomy

A Disgrace

Your water is all  

Gungy Your going

Dark blue Your starting To look Like smooth

Velvet The fish are

Hopping On your tummy Your clean There’s nothing

Wrong

Louise Thomason – age 9    

Save our Rivers

Slippery slimy goo Look

what we have done to you You were once so beautiful and clean

Now you are

smelly and green I can’t believe

how stinky you are Like rotten old tar

I’m going to Save you

But every one will need to help to…

Save

Our Rivers!

   

By Brodie Lawson – age 10

Sludge River

Horrible Yucky Sludgy Gooey Slimy Soggy Mushy Smelly Dirty

Kyle Williamson – age 7    

Sludge River

Slippery SlimyMisearable

River

All horrible now!

Amy Walker – age 5

Sludge River

It is gooey and slimey and brown I wish it was blue!

Christina Anderson – age 6    

Sludge River

River pollution is repulsive as can be!

All sticky and gooey!The river should be clean as can

be!

I hope sometime you take my advice instead of dumping your waste in it.

Brown and green’s not nice to see in a river.

It smells like poo and toxic waste.

Please turn Crystal River into what it looked like before.

Calvin Brown – age 10    

We hope you enjoyed reading our poems!