Just before dawn two young explorers were in the jungle walking past a large shrub when they spotted an injured chameleon. They were animal carers so they took the chameleon back to the lab to fix him up and they found out he had a broken back leg. Without bandages, they had to go exploring to find a leaf with a numbing agent called the Squashbugla. Just before the next morning they found the leaves and fixed the chameleon.
Dardo (aged 9)
Filed under Childrens Story, creative writing, Short Story
No student can function well without fuel for the brain. Going to school without breakfast is starting the tank on near empty. The body’s metabolism is slowed until the first meal to break the fast and it is running on reserve supply until then.
“B” could also stand for B vitamins as they help to convert the nutrients of food into energy; and there lies the next problem when developing a better student. How nutritious is the food if breakfast is eaten?
Children and teenagers require quite large amounts of nutrients to supply a growing body. Now I didn’t say they required large amounts of kilojoules, as it is nutrients that build healthy bodies and minds. Poor choices in food quality can lead to delivery of lots of kilojoules with few nutrients. This may lead to the problem of childhood obesity.
Parents play a pivotal role in the development of their children’s eating habits. They do this in their role of parent by not giving into the child’s whims for their favourite snack foods and their position as role model when they lead by example.
The energy requirement of a teenager in growth spurt is only marginally greater than that of pre-teen children and adults but their protective nutrient (protein, vitamins and minerals) per unit of energy consumed is greater. This means a teenager requires high quality nutrient foods to maintain healthy body and mind rather than high energy foods to keep them active.
“The energy needs of teenage athletes are increased, often greatly, if heavy training and competitive sports are involved.” (Human Nutrition and Dietetics – Ninth Edition).
It is important for your child to maintain three quality meals a day with the addition of healthy snacks for morning and afternoon tea. The addition of the afternoon snack is important to fuel the brain for afteroon studies.
Filed under Nutrition & Study, Tuition Tips
Sometimes there just doesn’t seem to be enough hours in a day to fit in what needs to be done, and there seems to be not enough weeks in the year for the school curriculum.
There are forty academic weeks to the Australian school year, little enough time for what needs to be learned. The problem is the school year is not exactly forty weeks. There are a number of public holidays to be removed, and then there are “student free” days also to be taken out. If we remove the school camp that all students seem to be attending these day, sick days and time spent out of school for one reason or another (sports, museums, etc.) then we have a shortened academic year.
This all puts our teachers, and students, under pressure as a larger amount of acquired knowledge is squeezed into a reduced amount of attended time.
“A” initially stood for Academic Year but now I think it should stand for “Attendance”.
So, how do you make a better student? Don’t add to the problem by reducing your student’s school attendance by removing them from school for a week’s holiday because it is more convenient.
Filed under Learning, Tuition Tips, Uncategorized
One night Snowy the chimp squeezed through the bars of the metal of his cage at the zoo. He felt happy because he escaped. As soon as he got to the forest he was climbing up trees very high so he could eat fruit. He made his house at the top of the trees. Snowy the chimp lived in the forest for the rest of his life.
Alex W (aged 8)
Filed under Childrens Story, Student's Story
One sunny Monday, Piper the piglet jumped to read the newspaper which said that the Pigalimpiks were on today.
She told her family that she was going so she jumped over the fence and ran to the Pigalimpiks, where the first competition was Jump the Turtles; the second was Bunny Racing, the third was Catch the Stick, the fourth was Roll in the Mud and last was Jump Over the Fence.
Her first jump was small, her second was a bit tall and her third was really big so she jumped it and the others were stuck.
She saw the score board and it said: Piper: 1. 10 points; 2. 10 points; 3. 9 points; 4. 10 points, 5. 20 points and she screamed “I won!” and she got a very big trophy so she ran home, jumped the fence and had a big celebration. Piper and her family watched the stars and went to bed with the trophy.
Jemima (aged 9)
Filed under Childrens Story, creative writing, Short Story, Student's Story
Not so long ago in a mini flower lived an unexpected bee. He had back stage nerves about dancing. It was almost time and bee thought about it and he danced with his little toes and won. He bought enough food for his poor family. Today he is buying pollen flour to flower his whole life while dancing.
Ella (aged 9)
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Cousteau the wildebeest was walking in a grassy meadow full of daisies, when he saw a brush turkey. He was confused and scared and he began to shiver while his heart began to pound. The brush turkey walked towards him and Cousteau froze. Then he ran into a hole and became stuck as footsteps came closer and closer. Cousteau remembered the call that would bring his herd towards him and he opened his mouth and bellowed. When they came to help him they were quite unkind about his courage.
Geoffrey (aged 10)
Filed under Childrens Story, creative writing, Student's Story
One dark cold winter, a baby polar bear named Amy was born. She had a silvery coat that everyone loved and she had a beautiful flower in her ear. One afternoon the baby polar bear ran away and saw a hunter kill a penguin and she was so scared that she ran back home. The next day she saw the same hunter again and he was going to kill her Mum. The little polar bear Amy bit him so hard that he cried and she saved her mum and they went home.
Jemima (aged 8)
Filed under Childrens Story, creative writing, Student's Story, Uncategorized
One morning when all the people had gone to work and school, the fruit people popped out to play. Little Apple and Little Pear, who everyone thought were not smart, looked and saw a glass they knew not to touch, but they did. They dropped it and they cried, “How can we fix this glass?” The Apple and Pear glued it together and the other fruit people said “Sorry, we said you were dumb” and “Thank you for fixing it.” When the people came home they slept all night.
Jemima (aged 8)
Filed under Childrens Story, creative writing, Short Story, Student's Story
In the middle of the ocean there was a pirate named Red Beard. He was alone. It was a stormy night when lightning struck and it hit the boat which sunk. Red Beard had a red beard and was feeling unsafe. He thought to himself “I should go home.” Because of the storm, his boat sank so he tried to swim. The tide was too rough for the pirate to swim.
Andy (aged 6)
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