The Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year for 2019 has recently been announced. This year, entries showed that the importance of ‘BRAVERY’ has made its way to the forefront of students’ minds, contributing to the way they perceive the world around them. The Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary defines brave as ‘able or ready to face and endure danger or pain’ and bravery as ‘brave conduct’ or ‘a brave nature’.
Your challenge this fortnight is to use the word bravery as inspiration for a short piece of writing. You may like to write about an adventure/escape, trying something new or being brave and supporting others.
To further inspire some creative ideas, here are some brave characters created by children who entered The Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year writing competition:
Princess Nala in her castle
Emma the gymnast
Zack and Tigerina the Food Persons
Mischievous Minnie the Troublesome Terrier
Prince Silly Pants
Luna the Guide Dog
Uglish the Ugly Fruit
The Girl with Rainbow Skin
Sam from Tech Town
Sasha the Skydiver
Cooper the Cow who jumped to the moon
Hattie Headstrong from No-Fun Primary
Terry Tyrannosaurus who likes to play chess
Time-travelling kids
Pet dragons
Click here to read more about the Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year.