The nest was uncomfortable. I had been in this nest for three days just waiting for my parents to return. I didn’t know what kind of animal I was. I was three days old and I literally had no brain cells. A couple of people have walked past and they say to each other, “watch out for the birds!”

So I think that I am a bird because of what everyone says. There I was, just waiting, when two animals came up to the nest. I didn’t realize they could fly until they were at the nest. Were they intruders? I wasn’t sure.

Hi! I am a tree. I know that I am not an ordinary tree. Ordinary trees don’t get stared at whenever there is somebody around. Ordinary trees aren’t carved into the shape of humans and Ordinary trees aren’t in the middle of roundabouts and they put the driver off. Life as a tree isn’t that bad though. My favorite time of year is when it is summer and I am really dehydrated and then it rains nice and cool rain or when it is winter and the sun is shining on me. I love being a tree and I wouldn’t swap it for anything else in the world.

There I was! Just sitting at the kitchen table. Just minding my own business when my sister came and ruined everything by shoving an avocado into my face. She was trying to act cool because her friends were there. I looked as silly as a purple elephant. My sister and her friend started laughing. They were practicing show and tell and they were bringing in a seahorse. My bones shook. Gee, I was angry. I could’ve torn down a building. I was the angriest I had ever been before. I held my temper back and took three deep breaths.

“I dare you to sit on that swing,” said my best friend confidently, “If you do I will give you my brand new rocket that I just bought yesterday from NASA. I also got launch pads with it!”

I highly doubted that this was true. My friend was one of those people that was always lying at whatever chance he got. I was still going to do it since it wasn’t such a big ask.

I sat on the swing he spun me around.

I should’ve known that he was going to do that.

He stopped it. I got off.

As I turned my head, the world spun.

Dear Reader,

You have been invited to science night at Moonee Ponds Primary School (MPPS). We are celebrating the 50^th year anniversary of the first moon landing.

Our focus is a way for students to investigate past, present and future space programs and operations. We also show missions that are made by N.A.S.A. or any other space administrations that plan to go out of the earth’s atmosphere. It helps us understand how resources that earth own right at this moment will help with our future journeys to the moon or anywhere else outside of earth’s atmosphere.

With this in mind there will be many inquiries, activities and themes. There will be plenty of activities at MPPS this month examining space and its related themes. You can bring your binoculars to try and see the full moon if you insist.

The event will start at 6pm and end at 7pm on the 14^th of August.

We are looking forward to seeing to there.

To Brooklyn,

Great story, I love how at the start you said but this time it was very different. Maybe you could proof read your writing because sometimes there were some grammar mistakes. I loved how you ended it with ‘he forgot that it wasn’t a school day’

From Aiden.

To Iggy,
I really like how you included a lot of board games into the story. It was really entertaining in that way. Maybe you can slow down some moments rather than just rushing ahead and only putting a bit of detail in.
From Aiden.

To Luka,
I really like that story because it was entertaining and funny. Maybe you could think of another word instead of saying ‘then’ all of the time.
From Aiden.

To Adam,
I really liked that story. I think that the idea was great. Maybe sometimes you could make it a bit clearer who was thinking or saying what.
From Aiden.

Here I am! Playing in the world championships for dominoes. It is not the sort of domino game where you match the numbers together. We are trying to make the most dominoes stand up in a row and once they get knocked down, you are out. The person who puts the most dominoes up and then accidentally knocks them down wins. The winner gets a statue of their last two dominoes. It was going to be a tough match because I was up against some pretty good players. I really wanted to win. I prayed. ‘Come on!’ I thought.

I was so nervous! I rode on my scooter excitedly. I had been waiting for this moment for years. I had watched my big brother go and he always seemed excited when he was going so why wouldn’t I be. I picked up a rose as I rode. It made me a bit more excited and a bit less nervous. I glanced a the transparent piece of glass on my wrist which had the time behind it. Now, I was anxious. I might be late on my first day. I really didn’t want to be. I wasn’t sure what the consequences would be there.

Year 3000 had come so quickly and already we were out and exploring planets that weren’t even in our solar system.

Where we were heading was meant to look really weird with a bunch of (what they said looked like) animals. Also apparently they looked like they were covered in seaweed which I think is a bit weird. Therefore I am coming on this trip bounding to see what amazing thing this place can bring to me.

We had already been on this trip for a few years and we were almost there due to the fastest rocket on earth. How could it go wrong?

I was so bored. It was the weekend and I had nothing better to do than watch my brother draw a banana. He drew the shape and started coloring it in. It was exhilarating! Had nobody ever told him that a banana was meant to be yellow?

“But it is the wrong color!” I tried explain to him.

“No it’s not!” He told me angrily. I thought about fighting back, but then, why bother. He will find out soon enough. I watched him draw the rest, and, not trying to be mean or anything but it was not ordinary.