Māui – School Journal Level 3 May 2016
The narrator and his sister are on a fishing trip with Dad, but the outing is overshadowed by the fact that their mother is at home with an unspecified illness.
2016
School Journal Level 2 May 2016
Inside this School Journal are two stories (Awarua The Taniwha of Porirua; My Name Is Davy Lowston), there is one poem (Te Marama) and two articles (Night Light; Tunç Tezel: Star Man)
My Name is Davy Lowston – School Journal Level 2 May 2016
This text is a fictionalised recount. Davy Lowston was among a group of sealers set down on the Open Bay Islands (off the west coast of the South Island) in 1810. The ship that was to pick them up sank in a storm, and the men were marooned for four years. Their story is the…
Awarua: The Taniwha of Porirua – School Journal Level 2 May 2016
Rereroa the albatross teaches her friend Awarua, the taniwha, how to fly. In the process, Awarua creates some of the geographical features around the Porirua area, such as the flat top of Mana Island, which was caused when she crash-landed on top of the island, and the valley in Whitireia. Keywords: myths and legends
Te Marama – School Journal Level 2 May 2016
A poem about the moon – Tonight I can’t sleep. Te Marama floods my room with silvery light. Outside, the moana swells high upon the shore – ngā tai a Kupe.
Tunç Tezel: Star Man – School Journal Level 2 May 2016
An interview with astrophotographer Tunç Tezel. His photographs appear in the October 2015 School Journal (Level 2).
Night Light – School Journal Level 2 May 2016
This article presents facts and phenomena about the moon, such as tides and phases of the moon. A companion piece to “Cool Facts about a Hot Place” (School Journal, Level 2, October 2015). Together they provide a great platform for exploring the Planet Earth and Beyond Science strand.
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