Self-esteem is not just words,
it is the heart of you;
knowing that you’re special,
there’s nothing you can’t do.
It means you have a value,
A very unique worth;
There’s no one else quite like you,
Anywhere on earth.
You are a whole lot stronger
when you have self-esteem.
No challenge will be too big,
you’ll always dare to dream.
Self-esteem is yours to have,
forget what others say!
You have a priceless value
every single day.
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We can’t be happy all the time,
sometimes we’ll be sad.
People aren’t always nice,
sometimes they’ll be bad.
Every day won’t be great,
life doesn’t work that way.
So remember all the good times
and you’ll be okay.
Most of all, don’t forget,
one thing is always true:
No one else will ever be
quite the same as you!
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You know the word
preposterous
rhymes with
rhinoceros?
Now stress the
second syllable
and dial it up
a decibel:
prePOSterous
rhiNOCeros
Say it louder,
say it clear,
so the whole wide world
can hear:
prePOSterous
rhiNOCeros!
Thanks for joining in
our game;
your ears will never be
the same.
Photo from Pexels by Martyn Gomersall
The other day
I got a surprise —
at first I couldn’t
believe my eyes.
It came in a box
tied with string —
the biggest, weirdest
funniest thing.
It was a purple
pizza eater,
eating a
purple pizza!
See the flowers
all pop out.
See the leaves
grow all about.
So much colour
all around,
like a paintbox
upside down.
Delia’s hairpiece?
Oh no, I tell a lie —
it isn’t Delia’s wig,
it’s a butterfly.
Delias harpalyce,
that’s its proper name.
(Harpalyce rhymes with Alice,
so say it once again.)
Their wings look like they’re painted,
and with black they’re lined,
but my complaint is,
they’re very hard to find!
Photo by James Aitchison
Teacher’s note: This butterfly was photographed by Philip Webster in his garden at Wattle Glen. The wingspan of Delias harpalyce reaches about 60–70 millimetres. The upper surfaces of the forewings and hindwings are a whitish with black margins and a row of small whitish spots on the apex of the forewings. In the females the black outer edges of the wings are wider than in males. The undersides of the wings are chequered whitish and black, with a yellow band on the apex of the forewings and a red band on the middle of the hindwings. They are found only in Australia’s eucalyptus forests.
“I’m rising,” said the sea,
“there’s no room for you and me…”
On Tuvalu, people fear
their home soon will disappear.
The Maldives now are on the brink,
and Kiribati too will sink.
Five Solomon islands already lost,
beneath the rising waves were tossed.
Do we ignore the ocean’s drive,
or will we help our friends survive?
One million face uncertainty,
in a global warming catastrophe.
Photo by Asad Photo Maldives
This is my chair,
keep away!
It’s very nice,
so here I’ll stay.
It matches me,
a perfect tone,
so leave me be,
up here alone!
Mervyn McFigg
lost his wig,
it blew off in the breeze.
It came to rest
in a bird’s nest,
in the highest of high gum trees.
Mervyn McFigg,
to retrieve his wig,
climbed up that mighty tree.
But at the top,
a bald bird said, “Stop!
Your wig now belongs to me!”
Yakety-yak, yakety-yak,
is all I hear all day.
Yakety-yak, yakety-yak,
is all people have to say.
Yakety-yak, yakety-yak,
on and on it goes,
yakety-yak, yakety-yak,
see their mouths open and close.
Yakety-yak on the TV,
yakety-yak on my phone,
yakety-yak, yakety-yak,
why don’t they leave me alone!
