Junior Journal 54, Level 2, 2017
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Fingerprints
by Iona McNaughton
This article explains how police find and take fingerprints from a crime scene and use them to help solve the crime. The article gives an insight into the work of a fingerprint expert. It includes instructions about how students can take their own fingerprints.
Staying Afloat
by Feana Tu‘akoi
illustrations by Fraser Williamson
This humorous story has a serious message. When Grandad takes Vika and Kele out on his boat, he insists that the children wear life jackets and tells them a story from his childhood in Tonga that explains why.
Zapped! Chapter 3: Fun Time!
by Renata Hopkins
illustrations by Scott Pearson
This is the third of four chapters in a humorous science-fiction story designed to “hook” year 3 students into reading chapter books. In the story so far, twins Tai and Ana have made a robot (Tidy-Bot) for the school science fair, but when the robot is zapped by lightning and comes to life, they face a series of dilemmas.
Life Jackets
by Katy Jordan
This report outlines the history of life jacket development and explains how life jackets help keep people safe.
In the Manawatū
by Alan Bagnall
illustration by Giselle Clarkson
"Have you heard what we do in the Manawatū when forecasters tell us that flooding is due?"
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