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In Annie and Maeve Are Definitely Not Friends by Olivia Muscat, Maeve loves using her fancy-pants dictionary to look up words. In this activity sheet for ages 12+, students solve the clues and then search for words. For more teaching ideas, why not try: Download our free teaching notes for more ideas on how to […]
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Rather than focusing on loud or dramatic acts of bravery, Fearless by Kelly Canby explores quieter, everyday moments of courage, such as trying something new or facing uncertainty. In this new, free teaching activity, students can reflect on two things that they fear, and two ways that they can become less fearful of them. Just […]
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Bring the special anniversary edition of In Flanders Fields by Norman Jorgensen and Brian Harrison-Lever to life with a hands-on activity that explores how soldiers stayed safe in the trenches. Students will use two empty milk cartons and two small mirrors to create their own periscopes and understand how they work. With free teaching notes […]
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Bring the new edition of Lighthouse Girl by Dianne Wolfer (illustrated by Brian Simmonds) to life with a hands-on activity inspired by the way people once communicated across distances: semaphore. In this free activity, students will make their own pair of flags, learn the semaphore alphabet and use it to send messages to a partner. […]
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In the picture book Catalpa by Mike Lefroy and Joy Lefroy, a daring rescue mission is set in motion to free a group of Irish political prisoners from Fremantle Prison. Enter the high seas of the 1870s and learn the meaning behind words like ‘scrimshaw’, ‘gaol’ and ‘whaleboat’. Where does each word connect to the […]
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Looking for a rich springboard into text types and visual literacy? A New World Rises: Tales of a LEGO® Future is loaded with engaging and interactive text types that invite students to explore how writers shape meaning across different formats. Author Cristy Burne, who wrote the text for A New World Rises based on the […]
A foal is born at midnight, on the homestead side of the river. Coal black. Star ablaze. Moonlight in her eyes … Let imaginations run wild with this new activity sheet based on Midnight by Mark Greenwood and Frané Lessac. Midnight is a unique-looking horse, and students are invited to create their own horse by […]
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Bring self-love and reflection into the classroom with a teaching activity inspired by the new edition of I Love Me by Sally Morgan and Ambelin Kwaymullina. In the I Love Me self-portrait, have students draw a picture of themselves and label everything they love about being who they are and what makes them unique. Continue […]
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Get kids drawing and giggling with a new hands-on activity inspired by the new picture book The Midnight Chew by Sally Morgan and Karen Blair. This activity will have kids imagining the stinky things dogs like Boofa Boy Jones and Skippy Gillespie might find delightful. Draw the objects, label and colour them, then describe the […]
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Dive into breathtaking Ningaloo, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and home to a diverse range of biodiversity. In these teaching activities, inspired by the captivating Ningaloo by Tim Winton and Cindy Lane, invite your students to become marine scientists. Investigate the fascinating creatures that call Ningaloo home, and spark a conversation about conservation and ocean […]
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Step into the future and think visually in two new free teaching activities inspired by A New World Rises by Alex Towler, Jackson Harvey and Cristy Burne! In activity one, students can draw their own futuristic scene with bricks and minifigures, complete with an eye-catching headline worthy of the Post-Human Times. In activity two, have […]
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Pygmy Possum is so small! All the other animals think she’s too little to go out on her own in Katie Stewart’s new picture book, You’re Too Little. In this new activity, students will research the pygmy possum and other Australian animals, document their sizes, then colour them in. Free teaching notes are also available […]
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CHUGGA-SPLOOSH! Mighty mining machines make lots of noise. In this activity, inspired by Crunch! Kaboom!, students match the sound to the machine. Check out our free teaching notes for more activities like:
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Chickensaurus is the fourth children’s graphic novel in the S.Tinker Inc. series and available now! The series follows the world’s foremost inventor under twelve, Sally Tinker, as she navigates through some sticky situations with her friends and baby brother by her side. The Escape the Hedge Maze activity sheet is a great resource for improving […]
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Could you imagine being stuck underground in a dark, flooded mine? Well, this was the reality for one Bonnie Vale miner in 1907. Trapped! is a true story by Julia Lawrinson, told entirely in verse and through the eyes of the trapped miner’s son, Joe. In this activity based on the book, have students think […]
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The Hope Diamond may have brought misfortune to anyone who possessed it, but luckily that isn’t the case with our new activity sheets! Based on the engaging and mysterious tale in The Deadly Diamond by Mark Greenwood, students can put their geography skills to the test and track the diamond’s journey around the world. In […]
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In Mark Greenwood’s latest history mystery, The Wonder Horse, delve deep into the legend of the racehorse Phar Lap. In our free teaching activities based on the book, students can create their own poster about some of Phar Lap’s victories and major milestones, then research and draw other legendary animals who deserve a place in […]
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Have you ever wanted to enlarge something to enormous proportions? Now you can with the latest teaching activity for James Foley’s Dungzilla! Have students choose an animal and draw it large enough to loom over a city, then get them to research some facts about their chosen animal. Other teachable activities for Dungzilla include: Download […]
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In the first activity, ask your students to colour in each sheep, then count them. In the second activity, encourage students to find the rhyming words by drawing a line between the matching word pairs. Keep the fun going with other teaching activities and have students: You can download the activity sheet here, and for […]
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Tick or sticker each bedtime activity in this practical calendar as your child does their evening routine. Or use our colouring sheets to get little ones imagining their dream pyjamas and making their very own door hanger. You can download the activity sheets here and here, and for more teaching activities, download the free teaching […]
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How did the Bigfoots and the Yetis become mortal enemies? In this activity, students will create their own comic about what they think happened before the events in James Foley’s new book Bigfoot vs Yeti. Other teaching activities for Bigfoot vs Yeti include: You can download the activity sheet here, and for more teaching activities, […]
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Follow Robin Miller’s journey as she pursues her dream of being a flying nurse. In this fun crossword, students will visit pivotal moments in Robin’s life and some of the places she flew to across Western Australia – and beyond! Complement the activity with our teaching resources, and encourage students to: You can download the […]
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Reading Australia, created by the not-for-profit Copyright Agency, have released its curriculum for 2024, and Fremantle Press author Sally Morgan is among the list of contributors for 2024 with her book Sister Heart. The Reading Australia curriculum champions rich literary history and presents stimulating and thought-provoking literature for all educators – including early childhood, primary, extracurricular […]
Chosen as Apple’s Book of the Month in April, one reviewer described Brigid’s book, A Year of Loving Kindness to Myself, and Other Essays, as ‘an exquisitely unembellished Zen lesson in the art of attention’. As Brigid explains below, cultivating that attention can be a key source of inspiration for students in creative writing. Lists […]