Ship's Captain
Ship's Captain is the story of two boys learning how to live off the land and sea.
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Series: School Journal Level 3 June 2018
Reading year level: 6
Category: Fiction
Topics: bushcraft, camping, childhood, culture, family, grandparents, holidays, identity, kaimoana, knowledge, life skills, Māori, managing self, memoir, memories, rongoā, whānau
Ship's Captain
Words by Fraser Smith
Illustrations by Daron Parton
Nan is a larger-than-life character, steeped in knowledge of bush lore and rongoā (Māori medicine).
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School Journal Level 3 June 2018
Inside this School Journal are three stories (The Force; Plenty of Room; Ship's Captain), one poem (River Swimming), and three articles (Balancing Act; Sharks; Talking to the River).
1 of 7The Force
Egged on by his brother, Harper works through his fears of jumping off the bridge into the water. "Do or do not. There is no try."
2 of 7Plenty of Room
The story of a girl adjusting to life with a new sibling.
3 of 7River Swimming
“River Swimming” is a beautiful poem that captures the imaginative, make-believe world that children inhabit.
4 of 7Balancing Act (Article)
For the past four years, Stavros Kyriakides has created sculptures along Wellington’s wild and windy south coast.
5 of 7Sharks
This article provides information on sharks, focusing particularly on sharks found in New Zealand waters such as great white, rig, and deep-sea sharks.
6 of 7Talking to the River
Talking to the River tells the story of a farmer and a group of engineering and computing students from Victoria University of Wellington who collaborate to gather data about river pollution and publicise it.
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