Geography - Palm oil and soya

In geography, we have continued to look at the causes of deforestation, with farming being a main issue. As well as cattle farming, cutting down trees to make room for palm and soy farms is the main cause of deforestation today. Palm oil and soya are used in many of our day to day products, from shampoo to chocolate and animal feed. We looked at the ingredients of different foods to see if it contained these products. 

We then thought about why this is happening, with the answer being demand. Countries want these products and the countries growing this need money, so trade happens. 

Art - Watercolour

This term, we are looking at watercolours and the ways we can use it to create different effects. We looked at the 'wet-on-wet' technique whereby we put some water on the page first so the paint would bleed out onto the page or into other colours.