Listen Up!
This week Naomi and Anthony (Year 10) from Thornlie Senior High School joined K
ate on the Millennium Kids Corner! We talked about Thornlie and the surrounding suburbs as well as what it is like to live in the area. They said that although their school had a bad stigma attached to it, it isn't as bad as everyone thinks it is. "There are great things about Thornlie, our school, sporting facilities, public transport, and good places to hang out with their friends." said Anthony.
ate on the Millennium Kids Corner! We talked about Thornlie and the surrounding suburbs as well as what it is like to live in the area. They said that although their school had a bad stigma attached to it, it isn't as bad as everyone thinks it is. "There are great things about Thornlie, our school, sporting facilities, public transport, and good places to hang out with their friends." said Anthony.Naomi said "Unfortunately, there are people around in Thornlie who hang around in gangs and make us locals feel uncomfortable." Anthony and Naomi said that they would like to see more art facilities in their area and would like to feel safer when they walk around the neighbourhood. 
When the Millennium Kids Corner visited Thornlie SHS to run a Hip Hop battle, the students wrote songs about the dangers of smoking, being themselves, and the importance of staying in school. Anthony and Naomi said that the message in their song - being yourself - was important to get out into the community because they find that people become unhappy when they think they are not as people think they should be.
The students are excited that their songs have gone into the draw to be professionally produced and played on HypeFM!!
Jonathan Beninca also visited the MK Corner this week! He has been travelling all over the 
Perth metro area this week talking to kids about the dangers of playing on the rainlines. 10 Years ago Jonathon lost his arm, leg and two fingers after being run over by a train at the end of a big night out on the town. Every year there is a staggering amount of people that are involved in accidents on Australian train lines due to risk taking behavior like trespassing. Something as simple as taking a short cut across the train tracks, jumping off the platform to pick up your newspaper or sunglasses or as dangerous as playing on the tracks with your friends can all lead to serious consequences. For some people the result of this risk taking behavior is death as a train may hit them. But for the lucky ones they are left to live with the scars of their past mistakes. If you would like Jonathan to come and speak about keeping safe on public transport you can visit the Right Track website http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/
Perth metro area this week talking to kids about the dangers of playing on the rainlines. 10 Years ago Jonathon lost his arm, leg and two fingers after being run over by a train at the end of a big night out on the town. Every year there is a staggering amount of people that are involved in accidents on Australian train lines due to risk taking behavior like trespassing. Something as simple as taking a short cut across the train tracks, jumping off the platform to pick up your newspaper or sunglasses or as dangerous as playing on the tracks with your friends can all lead to serious consequences. For some people the result of this risk taking behavior is death as a train may hit them. But for the lucky ones they are left to live with the scars of their past mistakes. If you would like Jonathan to come and speak about keeping safe on public transport you can visit the Right Track website http://www.righttrack.wa.gov.au/ 
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