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.