Eco Island Sludge River Cullivoe Primary School Shetland

We looked at the updated Eco – Island 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 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 smelly. I wish the river is clean blue. Ethan Peel age 8 You started off as a beautiful crystal river. Now you are all crusty and dirty. I wish were 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 gooey This 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 again Lovely Sparkling and clean Gleaming in the sun We are very proud and glad This river is clean again See this river has changed And you can do the same.   Holly Walker – age 12 

nice but it is sloppy now. i hope it can improve. Crystal River Can 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. 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   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

Please take care of the rivers!!!! Crystal River Gooey slimey and horrible. Squidy cold 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 CRYSTAL RIVER   Slime slime slippery You were clean and blue and now you’re green and brown you naughty people better clean that up! Sarah Thomason - age 7 

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

Sludge River Slippery Slimy Misearable River All horrible now! Amy Walker – age 5 Sludge River Horrible Yucky Sludgy Gooey Slimy Soggy Mushy Smelly Dirty Kyle Williamson – age 7  

Christina Anderson – age 6 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!