YEAR 5 are budding AUTHORS!

For the past six years, Year 5 students across Willoughby have participated in the ‘Our Local Wildlife’ Short Story Competition. The winning stories and artworks have been complied in several published books.

This year, Artarmon Public School Year 5 students have been assigned the Little Forest Bat (Vespadelus vulturnus) as their focus animal. Each story they write needs to try and discuss one or more of the following-an interesting fact about the animal, the place where the animal might live in Willoughby, what could be done to improve its habitat or the special ways in which it protects itself from predators, finds food or attracts mates.

The short stories are aimed at younger readers. 5JM went to visit 2SB to conduct some research and find out what younger students like to read! While we were visiting, we also applied our editorial skills to help the students in 2SB perfect their stories.