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Kara's Music
by Renata Hopkins
illustrated by Scott Pearson
Kara and her family have come from Earth to live on the planet Poktron. This humorous science fiction story explores Kara’s experiences on her first day at her new school.
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Scarlett's Scarf
by Maria Hansen
illustrated by Kat Chadwick
While she is at the market with her mother, Scarlett notices a colourful scarf waving and twirling on one of the stalls. The scarf seems to be waving at her … This is the beginning of a series of unusual events for Scarlett and her friends.
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Big Machine Boogie
by Sally Sutton
illustrations by Jez Tuya
This lively poem captures the excitement and enthusiasm of a class of students who have created their own “big machine boogie”, inspired by the movements of machines at work nearby.
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School Journal Level 2 August 2019
PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the School Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) and audio for the following:
TSM Audio Articles Wētā ✔ Pencarrow: New Zealand’s First Lighthouse ✔ ✔ Poem Ika a Whiro Stories Stealing Maru ✔ Max and Alice ✔ Look inside this issue
Wētā
by Philippa Werry
Many people are scared of wētā. They are big and covered in spikes, they hide in dark places, and they can sometimes jump. You might find one in the garden or in a piece of old wood. There could be one hiding in your letterbox – or even in your shoe!
Ika a Whiro
by Kelly Joseph
Under a moonless sky, two armoured warriors creep from tree burrows, long antennae sensing a challenger nearby.
Stealing Maru
by Maria Samuela; illustrations by Elspeth Alix Batt
Long ago, when the world still believed in magic, there was a majestic maunga, or mountain, on the island of Rarotonga. The maunga was called Maru, which means shade. The maunga stood over the village of Puaikura like a giant guardian.
Pencarrow: New Zealand’s First Lighthouse
by Tricia Glensor
New Zealand’s coastline has always been a dangerous place for ships and boats. Early Māori knew that. Several traditional stories tell of waka being washed onto rocks in storms. Since the 1790s, when the first Pākehā reached New Zealand, more than 2,300 ships have been wrecked in New Zealand waters.
Max and Alice
by Bernard Beckett; illustrations by Sarah Illingworth
On the day of the swimming sports, Max took off his shoes and socks and put them on again three times. Only then was he happy that his socks were lined up exactly the way he liked them.
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School Journal Level 3 August 2019
PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the School Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) for the following:
TSM Stories Checkmate In Colour The Mohawk Trespass ✔ Poem Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground ✔ Play Smash Hit Article Tupaia: Master Navigator ✔ Look inside this issue
Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground
Poem by Lynley Edmeades
In Colour
by Thomasin Sleigh; illustrations by Elspeth Alix Batt
“Grace had a sudden, terrible thought. What if Grandma didn’t get better?”
Tupaia: Master Navigator
by Hanahiva Rose
The story of Tupaia, a navigator and high priest from the island of Rā‘iātea.
The Mohawk
by Sarah Johnson; illustrations by Elliot Elam
“Leo screwed his eyes tighter. He wasn’t ready to look.”
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Wētā
by Philippa Werry
Many people are scared of wētā. They are big and covered in spikes, they hide in dark places, and they can sometimes jump. You might find one in the garden or in a piece of old wood. There could be one hiding in your letterbox – or even in your shoe!
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Pencarrow: New Zealand’s First Lighthouse
by Tricia Glensor
New Zealand’s coastline has always been a dangerous place for ships and boats. Early Māori knew that. Several traditional stories tell of waka being washed onto rocks in storms. Since the 1790s, when the first Pākehā reached New Zealand, more than 2,300 ships have been wrecked in New Zealand waters.
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Max and Alice
by Bernard Beckett; illustrations by Sarah Illingworth
On the day of the swimming sports, Max took off his shoes and socks and put them on again three times. Only then was he happy that his socks were lined up exactly the way he liked them.
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Instructions for Travelling without Touching the Ground
Poem by Lynley Edmeades
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Tupaia: Master Navigator
by Hanahiva Rose
The story of Tupaia, a navigator and high priest from the island of Rā‘iātea.
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