Good News Only: Activity from The Good Times of Pelican Rise #1: Save the Joeys by Samone Amba

Good News Only: Activity from The Good Times of Pelican Rise #1: Save the Joeys by Samone Amba

Ever wished that the news wasn’t so gloomy? Get inspired by The Good Times of Pelican Rise and design your own newspaper front page dedicated to good news only.

You will need:

  • Newspaper template (download below)
  • Some good news stories (real or imagined)

Step 1: Think of a cool name for your newspaper. Write it up the top in fun font! It could be anything you like, but make it cheerful! Here are some suggestions: THE SUNSHINE DAILY, the THE HAPPINESS HERALD or THE GOOD TIMES (just like in The Good Times of Pelican Rise!)

Step 2: Fill in today’s date, the weather forecast and the cost of your newspaper. Remember, it’s all about good news! Does your newspaper cost one trillion dollars? Is it free? Maybe it is somewhere in between one zillion dollars and free – you decide!

Step 3: Decide on your good news headline and make that your main story! Write it in big letters. Did a lost cat get found? Is the local ice-cream shop giving away free ice-cream? The good news can be real or made up! There are so many good news stories out there.

Step 4: Write the good news story to go with your good news headline!

Step 5: Draw a picture to accompany the good news story – don’t forget the caption!

Step 6: Decide on another good news headline and make that your second story! Write it in big letters, too.

Step 7: Repeat step 5!

PHEW! Good job on your good news newspaper!

Download the printable good news template here…

Reviews

Read our Q&A with Samone Amba, Debut Author of The Good Times of Pelican Rise

Review | Author Related | News

16 August 2021

Read our Q&A with Samone Amba, Debut Author of The Good Times of Pelican Rise

Educate and Inspire: Teacher’s Notes of The Good Times of Pelican Rise #1: Save the Joeys by Samone Amba

Review | Book Life | News

13 August 2021

Educate and Inspire: Teacher’s Notes of The Good Times of Pelican Rise #1: Save the Joeys by Samone Amba

Calling All Wildlife Lovers! Read our Review of The Good Times of Pelican Rise #1: Save the Joeys by Samone Amba

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9 August 2021

Calling All Wildlife Lovers! Read our Review of The Good Times of Pelican Rise #1: Save the Joeys by Samone Amba

Publisher details

The Good Times of Pelican Rise: Save the Joeys
Author
Samone Amba
Publisher
Affirm Press
Genre
Children’s Fiction
Released
27 July, 2021
ISBN
9781922419217

Synopsis

Grade sixers Sunday Moon and her besties Ockie, Kirra and Lottie are MAROONED in after-school care at Club Koala with the karaoke-loving grade twos and nit-infested preppies for company. It’s not exactly the way these legends thought they’d be ending their time at Pelican Rise Primary! But after the worst summer of bushfires ever, Sunday is determined to use her last year at Club Koala to make a difference: OUT with the headstand competitions and IN with knitting pouches for injured wildlife! And when Mr Guclu tells the grade sixers to build a legacy project for their final year of primary, Sunday and her friends decide to keep the good times rolling with a website that will spread the word about their pouch project. With the help of her friends, a radio station, a whole bunch of wool from the op shop, a LOT of animal memes and their legacy project, The Good Times, Sunday is going to save as many joeys as she can. Welcome to The Good Times of Pelican Rise … a fun series that explores growing up, finding community spirit, and using your voice to Be the Change.
Samone Amba
About the author

Samone Amba

After many years working as an editor in children’s publishing, Samone Amba is thrilled to debut her middle-grade fiction series, The Good Times of Pelican Rise. The idea for this series came to Samone while she was shelving books in the middle-grade section of Beaumaris Library. Her creative license wants to add that a book fell on her head, like Henny Penny’s acorn or Isaac Newton’s apple, but that is simply untrue. Samone is now a pre-service early learning and primary school teacher and will one day be teaching middle grade as well as writing it!

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