Once there was a bird in the Amazon Forest. He was a sparrow who had very big wings so he could glide three miles. One day when he was chasing an electric eel he got stuck in an underwater cave and couldn’t breathe until he swam up to the dry land. He began to explore the amazing cave system but soon he got completely lost and began to cry miserably for help. A vampire bat flying out of the cave rescued the relieved sparrow.
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Sparrow – Dardo (aged 8)
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The Very Cheeky Mouse – Jemima (aged 7)
In the morning the mouse was in a dark, dark forest. She had pretty pink ears and she wore a black t-shirt, a red bow and black and red pants. When she woke up she had cheese for breakfast. After eating she put on her cheeky clothes and went outside and poked her tongue out at the teachers at school. At night she put on her pyjamas and slept in the very, very dark forest.
Jemima (aged 7)
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Christmas Day – Jack (aged 10)
One snowy Christmas morning at her uncle’s farm a young girl called Karen felt magic in the air as she watched her cousins opening their presents. The adopted ten-year-old girl had never before spent Christmas with a family of her own because her parents were killed in a warzone and her uncle and aunt didn’t even know she existed until two months before. All Christmas day, Karen hoped that someone would remember to give her a gift but all she really wanted to do was spend the day with her new family. After lunch her uncle and aunt asked her to go outside where she saw a pink and yellow float arrive and a beautiful pony trotted out. “Happy Christmas Karen,” exclaimed her uncle and aunt.
by Jacko
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The Elf’s Journey – Steffi (aged 9)
In the North Pole just before Christmas, the eves were busy wrapping presents for big and small children. The smallest elf worked very hard like all the others but he could stretch so that he could stack the highest presents on the very top of the gift mountain. One day he stretched so high, he reached up out of the factory where he saw the world and was interested to find out more. He packed his bags, took a reindeer and sped off across the ice, over the mountains until he reached the edge of Greenland. Instantly he missed all the other elves and wondered if they were thinking about him too.
by Steffani (aged 9)
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The Cat’s Adventure – Arun (aged 7)
Once upon a time in a cave there lived a magic cat whose power was to fly as fast as a spear. The cat had a fluffy tail, black eyes and grey fur. One day a person called Mimi, whose power was mind control, came and wiped out the cat’s memory so he would forget he could fly. The cat was a fast thinker and he remembered his power and so he flew off back to his cave. The magic cat lived happily ever after.
By Arun – aged 7.
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Is It Worth Being A Student Who Plans?
Quite often students begin the year in a casual stride and who is to blame them? After all they have just come off holidays (about 1½ month’s worth). I come from a sports training background and I can tell you that an athlete who wants to perform well will not take two months off their training year. The repercussions are too great as they will lose too much form and have to work way too hard to get back to square one.
A dedicated rugby player will take one month off and during that time will be maintaining his/her aerobic level of fitness with moderate exercise. When January comes around he/she is ready to start full swing on improving their strengths, building on fitness and working on skills. That is how you stay ahead of the pack.
I often wonder why students don’t undertake the same planning when it comes to academic performance. Most students and parents of students are willing to let the achievements of the final months of the previous year disappear through resting the brain after the school year. The brain does not need that much time to recover. In fact that length of time of recovery is detrimental. The last month of knowledge learned prior to exams has been lost and has to be relearned in the first month of the new year!
During long Christmas holidays many students maintained their academic conditioning by attending the Tuition Room at Ferny Hills. They used their academic coach (their tutor) to work on their weaknesses from last year while others used the time to get a head start on the subject matter they knew was coming this year. These guys were staying ahead of the pack. Is it worthwhile? You bet it is. They will go into the new year confident and stress free. They have locked in with their coach who is helping them to perform at their peak
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The Greedy Snail – Abbie (aged 10)
In the winter snow many Russian people were working. The red snail was watching them. Just then a loud scream came when one of the workers found a giant golden nugget. The red snail was so amused he wanted to get that golden nugget. So off he went to get it. When he got there the red snail found the worker had put in on the ground. The red snail tried to move the nugget but he could not move it fast enough. He knew he would not be able to get away without anybody looking, but he tried anyway. When he did move it, it rolled away with him. The man did not know where the nugget was but he finally found it beside a dizzy snail.
Abbie – aged 10
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The Black Mouse – Jack (aged 10)
On a deserted island in the middle of the world lived an old and curious black mouse. He loved to explore but because of his age he was limited from going many places. Determined to put aside his age, he was going to climb the mountain. On his journey up to mountain he knew he was to face many challenges. His first challenge was to climb the staggered ridges, followed by the evil wizard. This mouse had faced all the challenges and for now, his journey was over, as he reached the village.
Jack (aged 10)
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The man who beat the world record – Robby (aged 12)
Back in the 1990’s, a man drove a yellow Lamborghini all around the world to beat a world record. The young man, who wore a yellow beany, was a millionaire because he won the lottery.
Starting at Townsville, he drove to Cape York, then went north to Russia on a private ferry which crossed the Arafura Sea, the Banda Sea, the Celebes Sea, the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and Sea of Okhotsk. The stop at Okhotsk ferry station was where he drove back onto land before going through Russia to Finland in his yellow Lamborghini on the bumpy roads to beat the world record. The man, back in the 1990’s, broke the world record and destroyed the yellow Lamborghini.
Robby (aged 12)
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