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  • Deoxyribonucleic Acid.

    Deoxyribonucleic Acid

    by Tim Upperton; illustration by Paul Beavis

    I look at my dad’s chin. His chins. Are those chins in my future?  I worry about my genes. Is my throat getting soft? A little flaccid? I pinch it. I’m not too sure. Those chins might be in my DNA, which is a lot easier to say than deoxyribonucleic acid.

    Series: School Journal Level 3 June 2022

    Learning area: English

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Topics: ancestors, bodies, DNA, humour, poetry, tūpuna

    In: School Journal Level 3 June 2022

    Publication date: June 2022

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  • Sunday Hero.

    Sunday Hero

    by Annaleese Jochems; illustrations by Lucy Han

    There are too many keys in Grandma’s tin …

    When I got home from football, Oma was in the kitchen, chopping vegetables. “Are you making soup?” I asked. Oma looked at the celery. “Yes.” “Green soup?” “Yes.” She put down the knife and waited. I was confusing her, but I’d started now.

    Series: School Journal Level 3 June 2022

    Learning area: English

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Topics: ancestors, family, grandparents, horses, labour, lost, memories, memory loss, Netherlands, parents, remembering, rights, stories, tūpuna, work

    In: School Journal Level 3 June 2022

    Publication date: June 2022

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  • Kaitiakitanga.

    Kaitiakitanga

    by Susan Paris and Daniel Hikuroa

    Most people think of a kaitiaki as someone who guards or protects the natural world. Maybe they look after a stream or beach, a native species under threat, or a local reserve. The term kaitiakitanga (the act of being a kaitiaki) comes from te ao Māori. It can mean each generation teaches the next about protecting taonga tuku iho – precious resources passed on by the ancestors.

    Series: School Journal Level 4 November 2022

    Learning area: Science, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 6

    Topics: activists, ancestors, artist, biodiversity, climate change, environment, farming, Greta Thunberg, Hāwera, history, identity, jeweller, kaitiaki, kaitiakitanga, Māori knowledge, Mātauranga Māori, Mitzi Jonelle Tan, museums, Papatūānuku, pounamu, Ranginui, regenerating bush, taonga, Taranaki, tikanga, tīpuna, tradition, tūpuna, Wairoa, wetland, whānau

    In: School Journal Level 4 November 2022

    Publication date: November 2022

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  • The matriarch's tale cover image.

    The Matriarch's Tale

    School journal level 3 november 2017 cover image.

    written and illustrated by Meshack Asare

    "Once, somewhere in Africa, a small herd of elephants disappeared suddenly, without trace. It was a long time ago, but some people still remember this story. They believe that descendants from those elephants live among us."

    Series: School Journal Level 3 November 2017

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: Africa, elephants, fables, legends, matriarch, myths, storytellers, traditional stories

    In: School Journal Level 3 November 2017

    Publication date: November 2017

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  • Te Pokohiwi-o-Kupe: Aotearoa’s first settlement.

    Te Pokohiwi-o-Kupe: Aotearoa’s first settlement

    An interview with Dr Peter Meihana (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa, Ngāi Tahu) by Isaac Snoswell

    Wairau Bar is one of the earliest settlement sites in Aotearoa New Zealand. Seven hundred years ago, it was home to at least two hundred people, serving as a hub for trade, celebrations, ceremony, and community. This interview with Dr Peter Meihana explores who lived there, when they arrived, where they came from, what the settlement was used for, and how we know this.

    Series: Connected 2022 Level 3 – Ka ora kāinga rua | A new beginning

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Category: Non-fiction

    Topics: archaeology, arrival, artefacts, burial, interview, koiwi tangata, museum, repatriation, settlement, South Island, tūpuna

    In: Connected 2022 Level 3 – Ka ora kāinga rua | A new beginning

    Publication date: October 2022

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  • Valley of the Whales.

    Valley of the Whales

    by Bill Morris

    The Valley of the Whales in North Otago tells the story of the evolution of whales in the Southern Ocean. In the foothills of the valley, thousands of hectares of limestone contain an impressive number of marine fossils formed over millions of years.

    Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2023

    Learning area: Mathematics and Statistics, Science, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 6

    Related titles: See TSM

    Topics: Antarctic Circumpolar Current, baleen, dolphins, Duntroon, evolution, fossils, history, krill, limestone, Maerewhenua River, Otago, palaeontology, penguins, plankton, quarry, scientists, Southern Ocean, species, whales

    In: School Journal Level 4 June 2023

    Publication date: June 2023

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