Josh was finishing up primary school after seven years of going to the same place. Because of high school transitions and other activities, Josh and his family were out nearly every night and weekend over the last couple of months. Read more…
Johnny and his friends, Max and Ollie, were playing down at the dog park. Johnny was chasing Max and Ollie all over the park, trying to catch them. “I’m going to get you”, barked Johnny, “Yeah, right!” exclaimed Ollie. They Read more…
Isla, Maddy and Sienna were going for a bike ride with school. They were really excited because they were riding along the bike path to Diamond Creek, which was 7km away. They had to carry a snack and some water Read more…
‘This is the biggest game of the year. If you play hard in offence and tough defence, like normal, we can we win,’ encouraged Coach Oar. The girls ran out onto the court, they were pumped, but still nervous. It Read more…
My cousin and I were sprinting along the beach at Sorrento trying to race each other to the ferry going to Queenscliff. It was already there when we arrived at the pier and so we boarded. Half an hour later, Read more…
Hello, my name is Jack. I am a gardener. I have won many prizes for my plants, their perfect stems and their leaves. One day, I saw one or two plants missing then more and more started disappearing into thin Read more…
Once there were two very lonely fishermen who could not catch a thing! They had tried every spot in a one hundred kilometre radius, but nothing would bite. They had tried all of the types of fishing styles out there, Read more…
The Eltham Wildcats were fighting against Doncaster on the court. They had been playing for fifteen minutes and the score was 0:0 even though both teams had been up and down the court. Suddenly, Miller shot the basketball from downtown Read more…
Crunch, crunch, snap! The sticks and leaves crumbled under the horses’ heavy hooves. The leaves overhead rustled in the warm breeze. My best friend, Riley, and I were out on our weekly trail ride near Hector’s Road. It was hotter Read more…
No……. My phone, my phone, it’s dead. It’s exhausted and five seconds ago, it was on 100% charge. So, is my laptop. I went into Mum’s room and asked if I could use her phone, but she said no. I Read more…
We sat there cuddled up, with thin towels around our shoulders. People stared at us. All they thought was, “Homeless people have crowded our streets”. We all had straggly beards and hair. Some asked for money. Some had given up Read more…
We seemed to be on the television. As I watched with my grandson, I remembered the horrors that I witnessed that day. My squad was scared as the bow ramp dropped down and we scrambled for cover on the beach. Read more…
One day we went to a place called Comicon and we waited in an extremely long line which had all these people in dress-ups that were very different, from Marvel to DC. Finally, we got inside, seeing the most extraordinary Read more…
My brother, Jim, and I thought we’d have some fun and so we registered for the Cash Cow on Sunrise. The following week someone knocked on our door and so I took a peak through the window, then ran straight Read more…
We seemed to be on the television. I was doing a few laps around the track at Park Orchards when they announced that they were going to film a ‘Clubbie’ for Channel 10. A Clubbie is when you race for Read more…
Kevin the Koala and Jeff the Jellyfish were at a restaurant next to the jewellery store. They were leaving when they witnessed a crime. Then suddenly, police came and started asking everyone what they had seen. The media arrived and Read more…
‘What do you think of this painting?’ I asked my sister, “I think it’s ugly!” She thought it was wonderful. We were looking at a painting called ‘Shearing the Rams’ by Tom Roberts. It showed men shearing sheep in a Read more…
We seemed to be on the television Because I had a little concussion After a conversation with a politician And his electrician About the extension of their vacation Did I mention that the politician Was also a Russian With ghastly Read more…
Ari and I were excited to be at Etihad Stadium for the first basketball game of the season. We had some of the best seats, right next to the goals. As the half-time whistle blew and the players left the Read more…
A little boy thought his dreams were about to come true. He was about to click and pay for an order on his computer but it was sold out. “No!! The super Spiderman figurines are all gone”. He was devastated, Read more…