Inside this School Journal is one comic (Tōku Anō Takiwā | In my own time and place), one essay (Carrier Pigeon), two articles (Through a Māori Lens – The Photographs of Te Rawhitiroa Bosch; The Kuranui Waka and the Story of Te Pakakohi), one story (Running Wild), one play (The Money or the Goat?) and…
A play based on a famous mathematical brain-teaser – the Monty Hall problem.
Two stories in one, based on the life of Frank Worsley and his adventures as a navigator for Ernest Shackleton. Keywords: Akaroa, Antarctica, Elephant Island, Endurance, Ernest Shackleton, expedition, Frank Worsley, history, navigation, ocean, polar explorers, relationships, sailing, siblings, the Southern Ocean, South Georgia, sea
A student writer explores her growing Samoan identity over time (poetry).
An ancient waka discovered on the banks of the Kuranui Stream, near Pātea, tells the story of the people who once owned it and their experience after the New Zealand wars. Keywords: ancestors, colonisation, community, confiscation, conservator, culture, Kuranui, New Zealand Wars, Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāwaka Taurua, Pātea, peace, Taranaki, Te Pakakohi, Tītokowaru, tūpuna, waka, whakapapa,…
Te Rawhitiroa Bosch takes photos of te ao Māori. He wants his work to uplift his people, portraying them in a truthful, positive light.
An essay about life as an identical twin. Keywords: communication, disabilities, diversity, family, friends, identical twins, identity, independence, relationships, school, siblings, twins, whānau, wheelchairs
A graphic novel – in the form of a memoir – about life with Autism. Keywords: ancestors, autism, autistic, behaviours, creativity, drawing, family, identity, illustration, masking, neurodivergent, takiwātanga, tūpuna, whānau
We can learn a lot about the past when we look at a colour photo.
Inside this School Journal are three articles (Ayda Bang and the William Pike Challenge; Worms are Wonderful; Five People), two stories (The Duel – The Next Generation; Burnt Toast), one poem (Swimming), one essay (Superhero) and one example of student writing (My Family). Five texts in this issue share the theme of identity.
Leki Jackson-Bourke was a shy, insecure kid who grew up feeling like “a minority within a minority”. In this essay, he shares how he finally came to claim his identity as Niuean New Zealander.
A girl contemplates her ancestors and place in the world as she swims in the sea.
Meet five people, of all different ages, as they share what’s important to them and the ways in which their identities have changed and been shaped.
William Pike believes personal growth often comes when we’re pushed outside our comfort zone. Recently, 12-year-old Ayda Bang took part in the challenge. Keywords: challenge, community, disabilities, Down syndrome, family, hobbies, identity, outdoor activities, rafting, sports, volunteering, whānau, William Pike, sport
A quirky poem by a ten-year-old student writer, imagining her family’s alternate identities as mammals.
Stan’s little sister, Astra, has always been sick – and sometimes it’s not so easy for Stan. A sensitive story about personal growth and empathy.
The third story in the Grandpa Sid/Baron von Spanner series, continuing the saga of good versus evil.
A poem about great-Nan packing up her house and the things she chooses to take with her.
Inside this Junior Journal there are three articles (Getting Around; Taking Off; Up in the Air), one story (Rahi and Tiara), one activity (Paper Planes) and one play (The Island). The texts in Junior Journal 68 have themes of transport and flight; They can be used to build literacy skills and content knowledge across the…
A humorous play about three geckos who need help to fly to an island to find big, juicy berries and bugs.
This pūrākau describes the dramatic quest by Rahi to rescue his wife Tiara from Te Puhuru, who is an expert in casting spells. The story is said to have led to the invention of the game of kī-o-rahi. Keywords: eruptions, family, giant eagle, hōkioi, kidnapping, kī-o-rahi, kites, lizards, Māori, mauri, pūrākau, spells, special power, taniwha,…
This procedural text provides instructions for making paper planes and for conducting an experiment to investigate whether using different materials can make planes fly further.
Read about three ways of being up in the air – flying kites, hang-gliding, and riding in a hot-air balloon.
These days, people can fly almost anywhere in the world, but it has taken many inventions over hundreds of years to be able to do this. Keywords: aeroplanes, air currents, airplanes, climate change, electricity, electric plane, engineering, engines, environment, flight, flying, fuel, George Bolt, George Cayley, gliders, history, hot-air balloons, inventions, inventors, Jean Batten, jumbo…
Inside this School Journal are four articles (Digging for Kauri Gum; Telling Stories through Art; Bringing the Past to Life; Search Dog), two stories (Ngā Kiri Kāpia; The Sleepover), and one example of student writing (Why honey bees are important). Four texts in this issue share the theme of uncovering the past.
There are lots of different types of bees, but we wouldn’t be alive without honey bees.
When Taylor is invited to a sleepover at Min’s house, she wonders what she will eat. And what if she has to talk to a family member she hasn’t met before?
Two cousins meet a family of gum diggers on the gum fields in Te Tai Tokerau in the early 1900s.
Roxy is learning how to be a search-and-rescue dog.
Thousands of people went to the gum fields in Northland in the 1800s and early 1900s to dig for kauri gum. The gum trade was even more popular than the trade in gold and wool.
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