PREVIEW Peter Positive Pelican by Wendy Alice Wareing

PETER P. PELICAN

by Wendy Alice Wareing

“I can see the colour

and the light of Noosa”

Peter looks up towards Mt Tinbeerwah.

WOW!

Look at all the colour.

Peter hears a voice.

“I am the colour wheel.

I spin and turn and make things colourful.”

Rosie Rosella can see colourful flowers.

Seeds are growing on the Diamond Sparkle Tree,

on Mt Tinbeerwah.

Her feathers sparkle,

Seeds pop open.

Diamonds fall out,

Shining brightly below.

Peter swims in Noosa River.

It starts to rain.

“WOW!”

“I can see a rainbow.

Look at all the sparkling colours.

RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE, INDIGO

AND VIOLET.”

Candy Cockatoo, “Our Star and Jewel of Noosa”,

Dances with her special head-dress,

In colourful Noosa Forest.

She hops and squawks

And screeches – OH!

So loudly.

“Higher! Higher! Higher!

Look how high we can jump!”

The Dancing Dolphins dance

and jump and splash all day

in the colourful rainbow lights

in Laguna Bay.

“YAH! WHO! LOOK AT ME!

Flying high in the colourful sky.”

Ivy Ibis looks down towards Laguna Bay.

She can see small sandhills and shells.

Thunder crashes!

Lightning flashes!

Wind starts blowing.

Rain starts falling.

Calam Crow is glowing

as he stands on the fence post

in the stormy lights of Noosa.

Jake Jabiru stands in the cool blue water.

Colourful welcome smiles swim towards him.

“WELCOME! WELCOME!

WELCOME TO NOOSA!”

Jake feels happy and smiles with pleasure.

Butterflies flutter.

Colourful fish swim,

Faster and faster!

Rainbow Star sparkles.

Mangrove Monster sharpens tree roots,

With his pencil sharpener nose,

In the oozy black mud,

In Noosa River.

Rainbow Turtle swims in the bright colours

of Noosa River Mouth.

Stars and jewels and bubbles of light

sparkle all around her.

She sings,

“I feeel goood!

I feeel goood!”

Peter can see thunder clouds

Over Noosa River Mouth.

It starts to rain.

WOW!

TWO RAINBOWS!

Colours dance from right to left

And down into the water.

Derek Dugong grazes

in the sea-grass meadows.

TICK! TICK!

Derek sees the bomb

In sparkling, Noosa River light.

He sounds the alarm.

DANGER! DANGER!

The fish swim to safety.

POP! CRACKLE! SNAP!

POP!

Burning hot branches

Light up Noosa Forest.

Kirsty Kangaroo saves her baby, Kurt,

From the burning fire.

Kurt kisses and thanks Kirsty.

“I love you, Mum.”

In the golden colours of the rich earth

on Mt Tinbeerwah we hear sounds.

LISTEN!

DIG! DIG!

SCRATCH! SCRATCH!

LOOK!

It’s Wilma Wombat

Digging for gold.

Sammy Seagull stands

on the colourful rocks

looking towards Noosa Main Beach.

The water looks inviting.

The beach looks exciting.

The bush looks like it has icing.

Magic Seahorse fills our hearts with magic.

Her sparkling crown and jewels create colour

and spells of love.

She sparkles as she swims in the colours

of Noosa River.

“I am the Sparkling Emerald Green Gemstone.

I make the reflections of light in Noosa Everglades

Pure and bright.”

FLASH! FLASH!

SPARKLE! SPARKLE!

“Pearl Platypus now

You are sparkling clean.”

The Orchid People

Smile with love.

They eat the fruit of happiness

That grow beside

Colourful Noosa Waterfall.

They keep smiling

ALL DAY!

Maggie Magpie sings into the purple water

And into the colourful Noosa Rainforest.

The snakes dance and the birds sing,

“Maggie, we love your beautiful song.”

HA! HA!

HA! HA! HA! HA!

King Kookaburra

Laughs out loud

In Noosa Forest.

Bouncing balls of light

Show King the way to catch

A big, juicy worm.

YUM! YUM!

Karla Koala sits

In Noosa Forest.

She looks at the colourful kite

Below her.

“I spin and turn

and make things bright…

Fly my kite!

I am the colour wheel!”

Freddie and Freeda Frog

sing and toe-tap dance

on the colourful lily pads in Noosa.

“See our smiling faces.

We croak in tune.

We make you laugh.

RIBIT! RIBIT!”

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THE QUEENSLAND DIAMOND

Peter Positive Pelican is flying above Australia, his creative learning centre.

A giant rainbow appears.

“WOW! A giant rainbow! My favourite colours ....

RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN BLUE INDIGO VIOLET.”

Rainbow rain falls from the dark clouds.

Peter can see a yellow-tailed black cockatoo.

WY-LAAAH! ........ WY-LAAAH!

NO POLLUTION! NO POLLUTION!

“Hello! My name is Dayleigh. I am on a mission.

I fly through Renae’s web on the diamond sparkle tree. Then I fly around

Noosa Biosphere Reserve, wailing my call. This changes the sound waves

in the worldwide web in the sky. The pollution falls out and clings to

my tail. When my tail is full I fly high into the different layers of the

earth’s atmosphere.

Troposphere Stratosphere Mesosphere Thermosphere

ZAP! Gases absorb the pollution. The pink diamond sparkle web disappears.

Then I fly back down. I can see my guiding light, the Queensland Diamond.

Dayleigh giggles and gaggles and continues on his mission higher and

higher. Finally Dayleigh flies back down. He finishes his mission for the day.

“Come fly with me, Peter! I will take you down to visit Mt Tinbeerwah,

the home of the Diamond Sparkle Tree.

WY-LAAAH! ........ WY-LAAAH!

NO POLLUTION! NO POLLUTION!

See the huge cliff of Mt Tinbeerwah below.

Peter, I must go now and have a rest before I start my mission again.”

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Peter lands on the roof on Mt Tinbeerwah.

“Wow! I can see all over Noosa – the lakes, the ocean, the river.”

Peter feels puzzled. Everything is sparkling blue. Peter can hear voices.

“Natter, chatter. Chatter, natter.” Peter looks up.

“I am the Blue Rainbow of Communication. You are special Peter Positive

Pelican. You have blue crystal ball eyes. You are the windows of Australia.

Peter, you carry a V on your back. V is for VISION. You have vision, Peter.”

The blue rainbow glows brighter and brighter.

“Now you have more special powers Peter.

You have a pink pouch under your bill and a gold hook at the end.

Sunshine gold rings are around your blue crystal ball eyes.”

The blue rainbow fades away. (The rainbow becomes invisible for all time.)


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BUZZ! BUZZ! YUM! YUM!

“We are the Sparkle Bees.

Peter Positive Pelican, come and visit our hive on the diamond sparkle tree.”

“We collect sparkle pollen. We make sweet sparkle honey.”

BUZZ! BUZZ! YUM! YUM!

Peter follows. He can smell the sweet sparkle honey.

Peter lands on a branch of the diamond sparkle tree.

“Hello, Peter. I am Queen Bec, the Diamond Sparkle Queen Bee.

This is my land, Queensland. Have some of our sparkle honey.”

GUZZ! GUZZ! YUM! YUM!

“Wow! Thank you. This honey tastes delicious,” Peter says.


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“Hello!” a voice calls out.

“I am Renae, the Diamond Sparkle Spider.

I spin pink diamond sparkle webs with my spinnerets.

Dayleigh flies through my web with his yellow tail feathers fanned out.

My sticky web attaches to his tail. He takes it to the sky.

My sparkle web radiates energy and strength.

It gets rid of pollution in the worldwide web in the sky.

I need to test my web to make sure it is keeping its strength.

Peter, can you help me?”

“Sure can,” says Peter Positive Pelican.


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“Peter, can we help too?” say the Sparkle Bees.

“Yes,” Peter replies.

The sparkle bees fly up and put sparkle honey in Peter Positive Pelican’s

mouth. Peter zips through Renae’s sticky spider web. He grabs it in his mouth.

Then he abseils down the cliff of Mt Tinbeerwah.

“YAH HOOOO!! LOOK AT ME!!

ABSEILING down in the colourful sky.”



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PELICAN BEACH

“YES! I CAN! I can read Australia. I do the best I can. Wendy, thank you

for teaching me how to read,” says Peter Positive Pelican.

LOOK! LISTEN! LEARN!

LOOK through the rectangle shaped doorway into Pelican Beach.

Come through the doorway into READING.

“Hello Australia, Principal Fish. I can see Peter training your diamond

scales.LISTEN scales! You are characters of the English language.”

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Ten numerals

A B C D E F G

Seven musical notes

LEARN! You are unique but you are a part of my team. You communicate.

You connect letters into words. Numbers, I can count with you.

Notes, you can help me to make songs.

Connect VISION with VOICE.

Now breathe in, breathe out.

Ebb and flow like the tide.

Characters, let’s play ‘Pelican Beach’.

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NEWS

Colour Wheel spins to the left and spins to the right.

Primary and secondary colours

Mixing and matching

Creating colourful opposites

Complementary

I am a Colour Wheel Round-about Clock.

Which direction do you want to go?

N NORTH

E EAST

W WEST

S SOUTH

Tick, tock, look at m-e-e-e!!!!!

“I am a Colour Wheel Round-about Clock.”

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SIGNS

How many shapes can you see in the water?

F is for a flower to smell.

C is for a cake to taste.

H is for a heart to love.

S is for a star to see.

“LISTEN!” Rosie Rosella says,

“Squawk! Squawk!

I can balance on the number 8.”


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BRIEANNE MIRROR MERMAID

Brieanne says,

“What can I see reflecting down there?

Hey, Principal Fish.

You have lost your diamond scales.

Did you lose a six or did you lose a nine?”

Colour Wheel always says,

“Circle at the bottom 6

circle at the top 9.”


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EVERGLADES NOOSA

“Boats turn off your outboard motors please.”

F L O A T !

LOOK! LISTEN! LEARN!

Read the environment.

“SHH! Quiet please.”

5 Colour Wheel babies are growing.

5 Rainbow Star mothers are knowing.


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RAINBOW SAIL CLUB

I CAN SAIL

7 SPINNAKER RAINBOW SAILS

Club Rule Book

Peter Pelican says, “Read Out Your Great Book In Voice.”

RED ORANGE YELLOW GREEN BLUE INDIGO VIOLET

They are racing!

LIKE INDIGO! GO! GO! GO!



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FIREWORKS

Symphonies in the night sky

People on Noosa Ferry

Look and see

Fireworks!!

BANG! POP! FIZZ!

YIPPEE!

WOW!

Colour Wheel says,

“HOOT! HOOT!

TOOT! TOOT!”

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NOOSA REGIONAL GALLERY

Peter Positive Pelican stands on his light pole.

He looks at the rainbow roofs of Noosa Regional Gallery.

My favourite gallery! No 9 Pelican St,

Tewantin.

Peter changes the capital T in Te-want-in to capital W.

He says,

“We want in!”


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TEEWAH COLOURED SANDS

Layers of sand - red, black and gold

This makes Teewah Coloured Sands.

Dragonflies have two pairs of wings.

They hover over Passion Pony.

“ I f-e-e-el g-o-o-o-d!” says Passion Pony.

“I can prance.”

“I can dance.”


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NIK NIK ECHIDNA

Nik Nik loves ants .... antonyms.

They are opposites.

Kin Kin backwards spells Nik Nik.

He is a sharp character.


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LAGUNA BAY

Smiley Kites jump into the colourful sky.

Peter surfs Laguna Bay on his squid surfboard.

He practises musical alphabet notes on his golden guitar.

A B C D E F G

“This is FUN! FUN! FUN!

In the SUN! SUN! SUN!”



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WARTY TOAD

The MAGENTA PINK Diamond Sparkle Butterflies pollinate love hearts.

“Love is all around us,” they sing.

Grumpy, lumpy, Warty Toad is sad and mad.

“I don’t want to be a warty toad.

No one likes me.”

“I want to be a green frog. Everyone likes green frogs.

I feel so miserable,” says Warty Toad.

Rainbow Star sparkles and says,

“Warty Toad, act like a frog and you will become a star act. Look at your

upside down reflection bouncing off the mirror shell.”

Warty Toad can see a sunny smile in the water.

His eyes light up sunshine yellow.

His warty, lumpy skin lights up sparkling MAGENTA PINK.

ACT VALUABLE!

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FRUITS OF IMAGINATION

The Big Pelican is sitting beside Noosa River. “I feel sad.

I want to fly with Peter Positive Pelican.”

Wise Owl listens and says, “Tyronne Turkey, pick one of the ripe fruits of

imagination. Put it in Big Pelican’s mouth.”

Tyronne does as Wise Owl instructs.

“YUM! YUM! This fruit is juicy,” says Big Pelican.

Suddenly, Big Pelican’s eyes light up, sparkling blue crystal balls.

“WOW! Now I can go on adventures with Peter in my imagination.

Oh, what fun!”


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DIAMONDS IN THE SAND

Peter Positive Pelican hooks the diamond scales with his gold hook and puts them into

his pouched bill.

“We are going on a great journey of discovery across Australia.” Peter says to the

Diamond Scales.

“My mission is to develop you into sparkling diamonds.”

Peter collects sparkle honey, pink diamond sparkle web and I CAN SPARKLE from the

Diamond Sparkle Tree to take on their journey.

He flies up high into the sky.

“Diamond Scales, I will guide you onto the pink diamond sparkle web with some I CAN

SPARKLE for courage, and some sticky sparkle honey so you don’t fall. You can enjoy

the colourful landscape of Australia.” Peter says.

The wind blows Peter and the Diamond Scales from the Pacific Ocean in the east. They

fly faster and faster and they glide over the beautiful, red centre of Australia.

Peter calls out, “M-O-N-O-L-I-T-H characters climb out onto the sparkle web.”

In front of them is a huge monolith sticking out of the clouds. “Now you know why I

have brought you this way.’

The wind blows them further across the sky to the west coast of Australia.

Peter lands on a post at Coogee Beach.

“Hello!” a voice calls out, “My name is Cecily Pen-Fairy Penguin. I compose written

language. Jiggle, jaggle, juggle-jump up, giggle, reach up to the sky.”

Cecily gives the diamond scales magical powers with her special blue crystal ball. They

now have a voice. They can change their individual identity from UPPER to lower case.

Cecily gives Peter a magic voice at the end of his pouched bill. The Fremantle Doctor

Howling Winds create the diamond vowel sounds in the sand.

As the sun sets into the Indian Ocean, Cecily tells Peter, “On the other side of the

J jetty, you will find Wade Oystercatcher. He can unlock the diamonds in the sand.

Now you can write because you will find the vowel sounds.”

Wade puts his beak into the diamonds in the sand. They glow sunshine yellow.

POP! POP! POP! POP! POP! Out popped the vowel sounds a e i o u

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As he flies over the monolith in Central Australia, Peter explains to the

diamond scales what a monolith means. It is a large single block of stone.

“It is beautiful like you,” Peter says. “Writing starts with you, fantastic

letters growing into words, forming sentences and making fabulous

stories.”


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Connecting letters together with diamond vowel sounds

a e i o u

produces a beautiful language. This language is called English.

We create sentences out of special words, called nouns, verbs and

adjectives. Punctuation helps the sentence to make sense.


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Writing is one of the pinnacles of education. Writing starts at the top of

the page and goes to the bottom. We write from the left side to the right

side of the page.

left ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ to ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ right


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Let’s build creative writing structure into sentences with creative stories.



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KALGOORLIE

Peter Positive Pelican tells the diamond scales, “Water is as precious as

gold. I am going to take you on a journey to discover gold.”

The golden pipeline carries water from Perth to Kalgoorlie 600kms away.

It goes from left to right. Peter flies up into the sky over Perth, Western

Australia and follows the pipeline east to Kalgoorlie.

“WOW! We can see two rainbows Peter,” say the Diamond Scales.

“Look at all those beautiful rainbow colours.


VIOLET INDIGO BLUE GREEN YELLOW ORANGE RED

Rainbow colours going forwards and backwards in a sequence.”

Peter says, “This is a special, magical rainbow - a double rainbow. When

the violet colour connects with the other violet, they join together to

unlock the pot of gold. The gold flows out into Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie.”

Sparkling gold starts flowing out from the middle of the rainbows,

into the landscape.

Peter says, “Tap into the liquid gold from the golden pipeline.”

Peter calls out, “G-O-L-D characters, climb out onto the sparkle web!”

They disappear inside the magical, double rainbow where a new adventure

awaits.

2 gold coins X 2 gold coins = 4 gold coins

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RUDY QUOKKA

Rudy Quokka loves radio operator language.

He practices writing.

Sign A - Alpha

Sign B - Bravo

Sign C - Charlie

Sign D - Delta

Beacons

In the

Lighthouse light

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WAVE ROCK

Rainbow Stars wave

Hands full of alphabet letters

Communicating

Wave Rock sign language

Hey! Hey!


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BRAILLE BLUE WHALE SHARK

Diamond dot scales

Raised dots

Shut your eyes

TOUCH FEEL DOTS

Alphabet system of communicating English Language

Feeling, touching, naming words


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BROOME BLUE PEARL

Precious bubble gems filled with blue light,

Full of punctuation ! ! !

Precious marks used to separate sentences and make meaning clear

. full stop

, comma

? question mark

! exclamation mark

( ) brackets


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GEMMA BUNGLE BUNGLE BEE

old english text

Gemmaedwardian script

Gemmaartistamp

Creates domes full of magic letters.

Decorative hand writing

CALLIGRAPHY

WIND TURBINE

Wind Energy

Sounds flowing through the air

Blowing, growing, knowing

Whole note semibreve LAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Half note minim LAAAAAAA

Quarter note crotchet LAAA

One-eighth note quaver LA

ONE WHOLE

1/2

1/4

1/8

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ELANDA EMU

Elanda Emu listens to

Vibrations in the colourful landscape.

High notes A•B•C•D•E•F•G play UP HIGHERMusical notes – THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC

Low notes A•B•C•D•E•F•G play DOWN LOWER.


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WYNONNA HONEY POSSUM

A Tongue Twister Poem

My name is Wynonna.

I love to play amongst the sticky blossoms.

My long sticky tongue twists

To taste the sticky sweet nectar.

With my tail I sail

From blossom to blossom.

I blossom like a possum.

I am a sweet honey possum.


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WHEAT NEAT GEOMETRY

Harvest lines, curves and points

WHEAT NEAT SILOS

Writing Sighting Shapes

Let’s play

Noughts and Crosses


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CLEO GALAH

Flourish Nourish

Cone shaped flowers

Sparkle Cleo’s imagination

Big Medium Small

BLUE COMMUNICATION STAR TOWERS

Humming summing sounds

Radiating conversations

Writing sequences

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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0 zero

1 one

2 two

3 three

4 four

5 five

6 six

7 seven

8 eight

9 nine

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SHELL BEACH

Scribbling fossil stories in the sand,

Seahorse shells play

Show and Tell on Shell Beach.

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Alvin Seal

Character Profile

I live on Kangaroo Island.

I make conversation with my flippers.

I slap and I clap my flippers together.

I always look for the seal of approval.

Seals are excellent swimmers because they have streamlined bodies.

They are mammals and give birth to their young on land.

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Josh Frilly Lizard

Character Profile

Gosh Josh

Am I daring?

With my frill around my neck,

I hiss loudly and show my long claws.

I can make big and fierce conversation.

Frilly lizards hiss loudly and spread out their enormous caped

frills to protect themselves.


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Jesse Lyre Bird

Character Profile

I am an expressive male performer.

I mimic sounds with my clever voice.

I can play any role.

I bob my head forward and spread my tail like a fan.

I can make conversation by copying your conversation.

Ha! Ha! HA!

The lyrebird has a tail shaped like a lyre, an ancient stringed musical harp.

It produces an amazing variety of sounds including everyday sounds.


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Marjorie Clam

Character Profile

I try to talk. My words won’t come out.

I am a shy performer.

I clam up inside my shell.

I am a sparkly, beautiful character inside.

If only I was a pearl, I could come out of my shell and make conversation.

A clam is a bi-valve shell. The shell is made up of two parts called valves.

A clam uses an organ called a foot to burrow in mud or sand.


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ALEXANDER BILBY

Character Profile

I am a marsupial.

My family is the bandicoot family.

I burrow with my strong claws.

I have long rabbit-like ears

and a pointy, pinkish nose.

My tail is long and I like to hold it up like a flag.

I am the Easter rabbit for Australian children

because I have big ears

and I’m very cute.

I am an omnivore.

I eat insects and their larvae, seeds,

spiders, fruit, and very small animals.

But foxes like to eat me -

That is why I’m nearly extinct.

The Bilby is a marsupial with a back facing pouch. This stops it from being

filled with sand or dirt. They are nocturnal and have great hearing. They do

not drink water because they find enough moisture from

the animals they eat.

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SYLVIA CASSOWARY

Character Profile

I am a bird.

I talk eloquently.

I express myself with style.

I walk like a model on the catwalk.

The cassowary has a blue neck with a bony helmet called a casque on its head.

It is a flightless bird with a deep booming chug-chug voice.


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MATT CROCODILE

Character Profile

I look like a log in the water.

I have lots of sharp pointed teeth.

I am a cunning hunter.

I wait patiently.

Crocodiles are one of the largest reptiles. They hide their eggs in a nest of

leaves or sand. The female often guards the nest and when she hears the young

reptiles grunting, she digs them out of the nest.


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JACK MALLEE-FOWL

Character Profile

I am a mound builder.

I live in the dry scrub and under small eucalyptus trees.

My voice is loud and booming.

I have one mate for life.

The Mallee-fowl lays about 24 eggs in a mound of dirt and rotting leaves.

The warmth of the decaying vegetation incubates the eggs.


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DAVID PORT LINCOLN PARROT

Character Profile

I am a Parrot.

I live in woodland.

My voice calls out “weeh-eck”.

When I am scared, I call out quickly “chut”, “chut”, “chut”.

The Port Lincoln Parrot is called disyllabic because its call has two syllables.

(weeh-eck) When it is alarmed, it has a monosyllabic call with only

one syllable. (chut)


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KYE WATER BUFFALO

Character Profile

I am strong and handsome.

My curved horns are very sharp.

They are nearly two metres long.

I live in Australia.

But I didn’t always live here.

People brought me here to work

and for food.

I was lucky and I escaped

and now there are lots of me

in Western Australia.

I destroy the environment.

I love to wallow in the billabong

in the cool, cool, water.

Buffalo are now cross-bred with riverine buffalo and are often used for milk

production. Large adult salt water crocodiles are their only natural predators

with whom they share the swamps and billabongs.



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LOCKIE SAND GOANNA

Character Profile

I am a monitor.

I can move very fast.

I run on my short, powerful back legs.

My tail has a whip-like end.

In Australia, monitors are called goannas. They lay eggs and climb well.


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RILEY SPOONBILL

Character Profile

I wade in the water with my long legs.

I use my long spoon shaped bill to scoop food.

I grunt.

I clap like castanets with my spoonbill.

The Spoonbill is a wading bird which looks like an ibis. It has an

unusual shaped bill which it swings in the water to catch shellfish,

water insects and crabs.


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MARK THORNY DEVIL

Character Profile

I am a smart dragon.

I have long spiny spikes on my skin.

I like to bluff.

My armour looks impenetrable.

I move slowly and I am a nice guy.

The Thorny Devil is also called the Thorny Dragon.

It has a false head on its neck to camouflage itself.


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BRUCE MAJOR MITCHELL

Character Profile

I am a unique type of bird.

I am a pink cockatoo.

I have a beautiful pink crown or crest.

I live in dry inland areas of Australia.

I have a yodelling cry.

This cockatoo was named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell who was

an early explorer of Australia. Unlike other cockatoos, the Major Mitchell

Cockatoo does not nest near other birds.


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PAUL BUDGIE

Character Profile

I am a parrot.

I have a small hooked beak.

I use my strong wings to fly rapidly

As I search for food.

I live in the wild,

but I also make a great pet.

My owners often teach me to talk.

I will repeat their words back to them.

I like to perform tricks in my cage.

I am many colours at the pet shop.

In the bush I like to live in nomadic flocks.

I am green in the wild.

I seek out seeding grasses to eat

in my arid habitat.

I breed in holes after it has rained.

Budgerigars in the wild are smaller than those bred in captivity. This species

of bird has survived in the harsh dry Australian outback for five million years.

Their plumage may fluoresce under ultraviolet light.



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SUE TERN

Character Profile

I am related to the gull family.

I wear a crescent between my eyes and the nape of my neck.

I have a short sharp call - “tsii-chee-chi-chip”.

My voice is expressive.

I live in the coastal areas of Australia.

Terns are also called sea swallows because they have a swift graceful flight.


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Nature’s Design

Metamorphosis is the change in form from baby to adult.

The Queen bee lays the eggs.

The Drone looks after her.

The working bees collect the nectar.

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Nature’s Design


The caterpillar hatches out of the egg.

The caterpillar eats lots of leaves.

When the butterfly hatches out,

it cannot fly until it unfolds and dries its wings.

This takes between one to three hours.

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Nature’s Design


Ladybirds lay hundreds of eggs in spring or summer.

The pupa has thicker skin.

When it first emerges, the shells of the adult change from yellow

to red and the spots appear while the wings are drying.

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CANBERRA

Peter Positive Pelican flies to Canberra, the capital of Australia.

“Diamond Scales, I have taken you on a journey of discovery all over Australia.

My mission to develop you into sparkling diamonds is nearly over.

You have one more performance.

The Parliament of I CAN Pelicans are waiting for you on Lake Burley Griffin.

Diamond Scales get ready to create your lessons. There are seven rainbow

coloured tulip displays in the Floriade flower show. You need to stand next to

the colour I give you.

Please line up in the correct rainbow colour sequence as I call out your

number and letter.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

R O Y G B I V

Peter Positive Pelican says, ‘Read Out Your Great Book In Voice.”


That’s great, Diamond Scales! You are right. You listened well.”

The Diamond Scales also perform the names Capital Hill and A.C.T.

“Jump up on the dais and perform your final test,” Peter calls out.

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The Diamond Scales stand up tall and are proud of what they have become.

“Wonderful! Fantastic! What a great performance.

You are now Sparkling Diamonds.”

Peter Positive Pelican says, “Build a winning team with like-minded I cans!”

COLOUR WHEEL is flying his plane in the sky

and he hangs out a sign saying, I can.

I C A N I C A N I C A N I C A N I C A N I C A N I C A N I C A N

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ARBOUR

INTERWOVEN DESIGN

Landmarks!

Sydney Harbour Bridge

and

The Opera House

Creating an Arbour

Of communication

in

S y d n e y H a r b o u r

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PHYSICAL REGIONS

MAPPING DESIGN

Maps show where something is located, the area or position.

A Cartographer is a person who designs maps.

Cartography is the science or practice of drawing maps.

Geography is the study of the physical features of the earth

and of human activity.

Topography is the arrangement of the physical features of an area.

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METAMORPHIC ROCK

ROCK DESIGN

GEOLOGY

is the study of rocks, minerals, earthquakes and volcanoes.

IGNEOUS rocks are formed from lava.

SEDIMENTARY rocks are formed by wind, and water.

METAMORPHIC rocks are changed by heat or pressure.

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AUSTRALIAN STATES AND CAPITALS

COUNTRY DESIGN

ACT Australian Capital Territory CANBERRA

NSW New South Wales SYDNEY

NT Northern Territory DARWIN

SA South Australia ADELAIDE

WA Western Australia PERTH

QLD Queensland BRISBANE

VIC Victoria MELBOURNE

TAS Tasmania HOBART

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MAUREEN BOO BOOK OWL

WISE NUMBER 1 DESIGN

Maureen has a thirst for first.

Winner one stands out.

She has seen one scrumptious slithering snake.

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THE BLUE MOUNTAINS

EROSION DESIGN

Mountains

And

Colourful Aeroplanes

Gradually being destroyed

By the wind and rain

Crumbling

Into the blue atmosphere


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GREGORY EAGLE

FIVE DESIGN

From up high

I can spy

Three yummy snakes

and two more make

F I V EHow good are my eyes?

3 + 2 = 5

0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9

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CLAIRE MIRROR GLIDER

SIX DESIGN

Claire glides through the air

With not a care.

She is the mistress of six.

Adding and taking are her favourite tricks.

6 + 0 = 6

5 + 1 = 6

4 + 2 = 6

3 + 3 = 6

2 + 4 = 6

1 + 5 = 6

0 + 6 = 6

6 - 0 = 6

6 - 1 = 5

6 - 2 = 4

6 - 3 = 3

6 - 4 = 2

6 - 5 = 1

6 - 0 = 6

9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5

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CONNOR CORMORANT

NINE DESIGN

Connor Cormorant likes 9.

He dreams of

N I N E1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 9

4 + 5 = 9

He hopes to catch nine fish.

1 O N E 2 T W O 3 T H R E E 4 F O U R 5 F I V E 6 S I X 7 S E V E N 8 E I G H T 9 N I N E

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TWELVE APOSTLES

TWELVE DESIGN

Once there were twelve.

Now there are seven.

Twelve take five is seven.

How many have fallen into the sea?

12 - 5 = 7

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CLOUDS

CREATIVE SKY DESIGN

What can you see?

Different shapes blowing in the breeze

Masses of condensed water vapour, floating in the atmosphere

We identify a cloud by its shape and height above ground.

Watch Out!

Watch Out!

A storm is about.


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MELISSA QUOLL

QUOLL CLOCK PICTURE DESIGN

Melissa loves the time.

A clock face is a picture sign.

It tells you the time.

It is ten past nine.

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