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February 2013 A great tool to www.ozkids.com.au improve literacy in schools! Print Post Approved Cover design by Marc McBride P.P. 334553/00001 TO STUDENTS IN PRIMARY OR FRee entry SECONDARY SCHOOLS Proudly supported by the Australian Government 2013 YOUNG AUSTRALIAN ART AWARDS www.YoungAtArt.com.au The YoungAtArt website and the Young Australian Art Awards are an initiative of the Children’s Charity Network. All entrants must be no older than 18 years of age or attending either a primary or secondary college. There are 4 categories: Painting, Drawing, Photography, Computer Art. There are three age groups: Junior (Prep to Grade 4), Middle (Grade 5 to Year 8), Senior (Year 9 to Year 12). To enter your Artwork you will need to obtain a digital image of your piece of work and submit this image on-line through our website at www. YoungAtArt.com.au. To do this you will be required to sign up in order for you to have the access to submit artwork. If you or your school do not have access to digital imaging, February 2013 you may send a copy of your artwork to Young at Art, PO Box 267, Lara, Victoria 3212. Further information is available online. Contents From the Editor’s Desk .................................. 4 In a Classroom ............................................... 22 Caterpillars ..................................................... 14 Gabrielle Mahon, Methodist Ladies’ College, Kew, Vic. Prisca Ochan, Mansfield State High School, Mansfield, Qld. Toocool Series #5 & Marcy Series #2 ........... 4 I wanna... But I can’t ..................................... 29 The Haunted House ...................................... 15 Aditya Gureja, Crestwood High School, Baulkham Hills, NSW Jessica Zhang, Hurstville Public School, Hurstville, NSW Stop bullies and don’t become one .............. 5 The Loss of Life .............................................. 29 Not an Average Day ...................................... 20 Ghouls, Goblins and Phantasmagoricals ... 9 Sissy-Amelia Austin, Loreto College, Ballarat, Vic. Jamie Creswell, Rouse Hill Anglican College, Rouse Hill, NSW Book Reviews ................................................. 10 The Lay of Týr the Shining .......................... 30 How The Highway Was Invented ............... 22 Matthew Harper-Gomm, Kambrya College, Berwick, Vic. April Speakman, Fahan School, Sandy Bay, Tas. Writing a Fantasy Novel in 12 Easy Steps ... 16 The Lake .......................................................... 33 Lost ................................................................... 33 Dinali Fernando, Oxley Christian College, Chirnside Park, Vic. Ambassadors .................................................. 23 Jessica Zhang, Hurstville Public School, Hurstville, NSW Mike and John’s Quest for Treasure........... 34 Young Aust. Art & Writers’ Awards 2012 ... 24 Playing With Friends .................................... 36 Brenton Cullen, Kingaroy High School, Kingaroy, Qld. Henry Buckley, Prescott College Southern, Morphett Vale, SA AWARDS FOR POETRY The Battle of Ballarat .................................... 37 Instincts........................................................... 38 Lachie Arnold, Caulfield Grammar School, Caulfield, Vic. Samantha Gates, Huntingtower, Mount Waverley, Vic. Country Downpour ........................................ 7 Ella Andersen, Derinya Primary School, Frankston South, Vic. Outer Space Adventure ................................ 44 Women of Arachne ....................................... 41 Olivea Summers, Marian Catholic School, Currajong, Qld. Emma Hartley, Abbotsleigh, Wahroonga, NSW Wings ................................................................. 7 Storm Raven ................................................... 46 Sissy Austin, Loreto College, Ballarat, Vic. I Had a Crush on You ................................... 43 Ben Young, Mount Lilydale Mercy College, Lilydale, Vic. Faaiza Mohammed, Hume Central SC, Broadmeadows, Vic. Snowflake .......................................................... 8 Jessica Zhang, Hurstville Public School, Hurstville, NSW Luna Park ........................................................ 43 James Tang, Overnewton Anglican Community College, Keilor, Vic. Front cover image by Caged Bird ........................................................ 8 Victoria Ho, Sunshine Harvester Primary School, Sunshine, Vic. Life in the Reef ............................................... 45 Marc McBride Kylah O’Brien, Surfers’ Paradise Primary School, Isle of Capri, Qld. Time ................................................................... 8 Hannah Thurlow, North Isis, Qld. AWARDS FOR SHORT STORIES Photo credits – ‘The Grass Isn’t Greener’, p. 6: Clésio DaGama, http://www.sxc.hu/photo/79325. ‘The Eureka Stockade Ballad ............................... 11 The Grass Isn’t Greener .................................. 6 Haunted House’, p. 15: Frédéric Dupont, http://www. Molly Xiao, Huntingtower School, Mount Waverley, Vic. Owen Small, Melville High School, South Kempsey, NSW sxc.hu/photo/712053. ‘Not an Average Day’, p. 20: Wilson Webb, for the movie ‘Gangster Squad’, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., http://gangstersquad. Death’s Scars ................................................... 21 Dream Reel ..................................................... 12 warnerbros.com/ ‘The Lake’, p. 33: Frank Jones, Adrian Harper-Gomm, Kambrya College, Berwick, Vic. Emma Hartley, Abbotsleigh School, Wahroonga, NSW Desktop Dynamics, Geelong. Published by: The Selection Committee: Fund Committee: ..........Gail Woods CPA Australian Children’s Literary Board Managing Editor: ..........Carol Dick Paul Warburton CPA (an initiative of the Children’s Charity Network) Editors: .........................Rachael Hinga, Rob Leonard ABN 58 109 336 245 Bronwyn Jarman Directors:.......................Prof. Margot Hillel OAM (Chair) Phone: (03) 5282 8950 Publisher: ......................Robin Leonard Prof. Peter Blamey Fax: (03) 5282 8950 Finals Judge: ................Professor Margot Hillel OAM Dr. Elaine Saunders 170 Forest Road, Lara, Victoria 3212 Australian Catholic University Gail Woods CPA Postal Address: Marketing Manager: .....Christi Valentine Rob Leonard (Executive) PO Box 267, Lara, Victoria 3212 Sponsorship Manager: ..Ernest Bland Layout/Pre-press: ..........Desktop Dynamics, Geelong Advertising Manager:....Trevor St John Website Production: ......The Media Warehouse www.mediawarehouse.com.au February 2013 3 FROM THE BOOK Toocool Series #5 EDITOR’S DESK & Marcy Series #2 Phil Kettle • Susan Halliday Welcome back as we start a new school REVIEW year. Let’s make it the best yet. Just watch the smaller humans scramble Marcy Series #2: Susan Halliday While our on-line entry site is easy, some for the shelves when they see these arrive! ISBN: Quiz Champs: 9781921665721 (pbk.) students have become lazy with their All those eager little readers who are ISBN: Award Winners: 9781921665752 (pbk.) entries. Many entries are cut and pasted beginning their ‘chapter’ book journeys ISBN: Thirteen Dolphins: 9781921665738 (pbk.) from Word where punctuation has been just eat up these fun and exciting stories ISBN: Netball Challenge: 9781921665714 copied with the text, but some seem to and bask in their success in doing so. A ISBN: Lost Dogs: 9781921665745 (pbk.) be typed in the on-line entry form. When perfect addition to any school or home ISBN Box Set: 9781921665882 doing this there are no paragraphs or library, and available singly or as a boxed ‘capital letters’ used after a ‘full stop’. We set (both series). As the characters in Publication date: March 2013 cannot accept entries that do not have both series are the same, both boys and Extent: 55 pages Price: AUD$9.95 ea. format. Please use Word to create your girls can relate to them and share the Category: Adventure entries and please check it for punctuation laughter which inevitably results from Format: B format paperback and spelling. following their exploits. Boxed set with Toocool: $89.95 Over the last three years I have seen Toocool Series #5: Phil Kettle After the success of the first series of a change in the content in the entries ISBN: The Big Bash: 9781921665783 (pbk.) the Marcy books, Susan Halliday has received. We still have the mythical ISBN: Round ‘Em Up: 9781921665769 (pbk.) provided us with a whole new set of magical storylines and those about war ISBN: Pirates: 9781921665790 (pbk.) Marcy stories to entertain and delight but what I am seeing is more entries about ISBN: The Race: 9781921665776 (pbk.) young readers, particularly girls. While pain. Descriptions of fighting and death ISBN: The Interview: 9781921665806 (pbk.) Marcy has her fair share of foibles, she or dying. But now we have a storyline of ISBN Box Set: 9781921665882 is a girl who is ready to have a go at concern – BULLYING. anything, invariably with great gusto. Publication date: March 2013 Marcy’s positive attitude and her self With easy access to victims via the internet, Extent: 55 pages Price: AUD$9.95 ea. confidence (sometimes a tad TOO much bullies have a ‘party’ at your expense. Category: Adventure confidence!) make her an endearing STOP the access and you can prevent some Format: B format paperback character and the reader is immensely of the bullying. Boxed set with Marcy: $89.95 pleased to read about the success and unexpected rewards of her ventures. I see students ‘friend’ people they hardly Once again Toocool makes readers This series has a commendable thread know or don’t know at all. Keep your laugh and groan as he retells