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Easy Peasy
by Bill Nagelkerke
illustrated by Philip Webb
The phrase “easy peasy” appears often in this story about a group of school children who visit a rest home to entertain the residents. Easy Peasy makes strong connections to students’ experiences of performance and of overcoming challenges.
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Rat and Octopus
retold by Tusiata Avia
illustrated by Fraser Williamson
Rat and Octopus, a tale common to many Pacific cultures, is retold here by Samoan writer Tusiata Avia. Students will enjoy finding out why Octopus has black markings on his head and why Rat and Octopus remain enemies to this day.
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Fleeb Makes Scones
by Yvonne Morrison
illustrated by Josh Morgan
When Dad buys a robot to help with the housework, Nate and Rose are very pleased, but Mum thinks a robot is unnecessary. After getting the new robot to make scones, the children and Mum both change their minds!
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Junior Journal 57, Level 2, 2018
PDFs of all the texts in this issue of the Junior Journal are available online as well as teacher support materials (TSM) and audio for the following:
TSM Audio Stories Rātā me te Rākau ✔ ✔ Poems Borrower Play Professor Clever ✔ ✔ Articles Power from the Sun ✔ ✔ Solar Power in Tokelau ✔ ✔ Look inside this issue
Borrower
by Greg O'Connell
illustrated by Fraser Williamson
"I want to borrow the sun and cook a feast with its sparks. I want to borrow the wind and fly the skies with its force."
Power from the Sun
by Maggie Twaddle
This report describes the use of solar panels to make electricity and includes an example of a school that has been using solar power since 2008. Students from the school share what they have learnt about solar power, including the fact that solar power is a form of renewable energy.
Professor Clever
by Trish Puharich
illustrated by Ned Wenlock
In this humorous play, Professor Clever becomes irritated with the mess that trees make when they drop their leaves, so he comes up with an invention to solve the problem. When his children discover his invention, they are shocked and present an opposite point of view.
Rātā me te Rākau
retold by André Ngāpō
illustrated by Andrew Burdan
This is a retelling of the traditional Māori tale of Rātā and his quest to find a tree to make a waka. In his haste, Rātā forgets to ask permission from Tāne-mahuta, the god of the forest, and finds that each time he chops down his chosen tree, it is mysteriously restored the next day.
Solar Power in Tokelau
by Iona McNaughton
This report highlights the world-first achievement of Tokelau in using renewable energy sources (solar energy and coconut oil) for all its electricity. It explains why Tokelau decided to switch from using fossil fuels and includes comments from a Tokelau family that illustrate the impact of the change.
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Borrower
by Greg O'Connell
illustrated by Fraser Williamson
"I want to borrow the sun and cook a feast with its sparks. I want to borrow the wind and fly the skies with its force."
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Power from the Sun
by Maggie Twaddle
This report describes the use of solar panels to make electricity and includes an example of a school that has been using solar power since 2008. Students from the school share what they have learnt about solar power, including the fact that solar power is a form of renewable energy.
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Professor Clever
by Trish Puharich
illustrated by Ned Wenlock
In this humorous play, Professor Clever becomes irritated with the mess that trees make when they drop their leaves, so he comes up with an invention to solve the problem. When his children discover his invention, they are shocked and present an opposite point of view.
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Rātā me te Rākau
retold by André Ngāpō
illustrated by Andrew Burdan
This is a retelling of the traditional Māori tale of Rātā and his quest to find a tree to make a waka. In his haste, Rātā forgets to ask permission from Tāne-mahuta, the god of the forest, and finds that each time he chops down his chosen tree, it is mysteriously restored the next day.
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Solar Power in Tokelau
by Iona McNaughton
This report highlights the world-first achievement of Tokelau in using renewable energy sources (solar energy and coconut oil) for all its electricity. It explains why Tokelau decided to switch from using fossil fuels and includes comments from a Tokelau family that illustrate the impact of the change.
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School Journal Level 2 November 2018
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 Stories A Waste of Space Baskets of Fire ✔ ✔ Poems Plastic Planet Articles Tafoe O! ✔ ✔ The Plastic-free Challenge ✔ Look inside this issue
A Waste of Space
by Simon Cooke
illustrated by Dede Putra
""Warning!” said the ship’s computer. “Impact in –” Bang! Something slammed into the ship. Mia and Tane were thrown across the flight deck."
Baskets of Fire
by Whiti Hereaka
“Baskets of Fire” is a pakiwaitara – a traditional Māori story that explains natural phenomena or why something is the way it is. This pakiwaitara tells how the Ngāti Tūwharetoa explorer Ngātoro-i-rangi discovers Mount Tongariro and wants to claim it for his people.
Plastic Planet
by James Brown
illustrated by Fraser Williamson
"Plastic raincoats, plastic rain. Plastic in our hearts and brains. Long after we’ve come and gone, our plastic footprints will live on."
Tafoe O!
by Hio Kelemete
Every Sunday, a group of Tokelau adults and children meet in Wellington to pass on cultural knowledge. Recently, artist and master carver Paulino Tuwhala guided the group through the task of carving foe (paddles), which they used to perform a tafoe (dance).
The Plastic-free Challenge
by Deanna Ferguson
When the Room 5 students at Motueka South School saw a video about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, they were inspired to take action. There’s a lot of media attention on how plastic is polluting the oceans, and it sometimes seems as if the problem is too big to tackle. These students show that it’s possible to make small changes that lead to big results.
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