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  • The anzac button cover.

    The Anzac Button

    L2 cover image feb2012.

    by Judy Raymond

    This is the story of a button that was sewn onto the jacket of a First World War soldier. After the war, the soldier returns to New Zealand and wears the jacket to annual Anzac Day parades. Many years later, Ella, the soldier’s great-granddaughter, discovers the jacket. She sews the button onto a ribbon and proudly wears it to another Anzac Day parade. The story ends with a factual note about the meaning of Anzac Day.

    Series: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 4

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Topics: button, First World War, soldier,war, New Zealand, Anzac Day, parades

    In: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Publication date: February 2012

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  • Dawn service cover.

    Dawn Service

    School Journal L4 June 2014.

    by Ashleigh Young

    Series: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 4

    Reading year level: 7

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: Anzacs, memorial, grandfathers, poetry, pilots, poem

    In: School Journal Level 4 June 2014

    Publication date: June 2014

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  • Nz at war cover.

    New Zealand at War

    School Journal L3 June 2014.

    A timeline of the First World War

    Series: School Journal Level 3 June 2014

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 6

    Category: Non-fiction

    Topics: World War I, war, soldiers, Anzac, Anzac Day, Gallipoli, conscription, Battle of Somme

    In: School Journal Level 3 June 2014

    Publication date: June 2014

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  • Chunuk bair cover.

    Chunuk Bair

    School Journal L3 June 2014.

    by Robert Sullivan

    Series: School Journal Level 3 June 2014

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 3

    Reading year level: 5

    Category: Fiction

    Topics: Chunuk Bair, First World War, Anzac, soldiers, Gallipoli, poetry

    In: School Journal Level 3 June 2014

    Publication date: June 2014

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  • Sj level 2 feb 2012 cover.

    School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Teacher support materials (TSM) and audio are available for the following texts in this issue of the School Journal:

        TSM Audio
    Stories The Anzac Button
    Articles Flying Fungi
    Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira  

    Series: School Journal

    Publication date: February 2012

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    Flying fungi cover.

    Flying Fungi

    L2 cover image feb2012.

    by Jill MacGregor

    The discovery of a strange object on the beach sets three friends off on an investigation that involves their whole class. Using questions from the class as a catalyst, the article recounts information they find about bracket fungi from their own observations, research, and experiments.

    Series: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Learning area: English, Science

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Topics: beach, investigation, questions, bracket fungi, observations, research, experiments

    In: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Publication date: February 2012

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    Katerina te heikoko mataria cover.

    Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira

    L2 cover image feb2012.

    by Oho Kaa

    This article about the writer Kāterina Mataira was written in the first person as a form of eulogy after her passing in July 2011. The article shares aspects of her life and highlights the importance of her culture. 

    Series: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Topics: Kāterina Mataira, eulogy, culture, Te reo Māori, poroporoaki

    In: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Publication date: February 2012

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    The anzac button cover.

    The Anzac Button

    L2 cover image feb2012.

    by Judy Raymond

    This is the story of a button that was sewn onto the jacket of a First World War soldier. After the war, the soldier returns to New Zealand and wears the jacket to annual Anzac Day parades. Many years later, Ella, the soldier’s great-granddaughter, discovers the jacket. She sews the button onto a ribbon and proudly wears it to another Anzac Day parade. The story ends with a factual note about the meaning of Anzac Day.

    Series: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 4

    Category: Fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Topics: button, First World War, soldier,war, New Zealand, Anzac Day, parades

    In: School Journal Level 2, February 2012

    Publication date: February 2012

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  • War memorial at night.

    In Memory: First World War Memorials

    War memorial at night.

    by Jock Phillips

    This article explains the purpose of war memorials and, in particular, memorials created at the end of the First World War. It provides examples of different types of memorials, from obelisks, statues, arches, and gates to monuments that use features in the natural environment.

    Series: School Journal Level 2 August 2018

    Learning area: English, Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Topics: Anzac Day, carillon, civic pride, citizenship, community, First World War, honour, inscriptions, memorials, monuments, national memorial, nurses, obelisks, Pukeahu National War Memorial Park, remembering, respect, soldiers, World War 1

    In: School Journal Level 2 August 2018

    Publication date: August 2018

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  • Dawn parade.

    Dawn Parade

    by Philippa Werry

    illustrated by Jennifer Cooper

    This book presents a moving account of a child’s first experience of a dawn service. With his dad, Leo watches the marchers with their medals glinting, listens to the speeches and the “Last Post”, and joins in singing the national anthem. After the service, Leo and Dad leave poppies on the war memorial and read the names of those who have died. Keyword: Anzac

    #LFH

    Series: Ready to Read Colour Wheel

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Category: Fiction

    Shared texts

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Publication date: January 2014

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  • First world war mascots cover.

    First World War Mascots

    School Journal L2 June 2014.

    by Philippa Werry

    Many students will be familiar with the use of mascots by sports teams, but they may be surprised to learn that mascots have also been used in wars. This text describes mascots used by New Zealand soldiers in the First World War. Students may have some awareness of the First World War through Anzac Day commemorations and from events to mark its centenary in 2014. 

    Series: School Journal Level 2 June 2014

    Learning area: Social Sciences

    Curriculum level: 2

    Reading year level: 4

    Category: Non-fiction

    Related titles: Listed in TSM

    Topics: First World War, dogs, animals, mascots, history, war, soldiers, army

    In: School Journal Level 2 June 2014

    Publication date: June 2014

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