The Oxley Oracle

Week 10

Chapter 1. Holden tells us about his parents (they’re touchy as hell), his school (full of crooks) and his good-by.

Your instructions from Mrs Antoniak for your library lesson today.

A Just So Story by Rudyard Kipling explaining how the elephant got such a long trunk.

Mrs Antoniak shares her ideas for the Year 1 library lesson

Lennie was an incredibly inventive boy.

Young Lennie’s love for Ginger Mick grows, as the pony helps him to get to school and do work.

Life for young Lennie changes when he meets his horse, Ginger Mick

A time before TV and electricity when men had no jobs and children worked hard on the farm.

Lennie’s dad returns home from the war to work on their busy dairy farm and their four horses.

Lennie’s father is a soldier at Gallipoli in World War 1. He receives medals from the British king for his bravery.

The birth of Lennie and the goal called “Ginger Mick”.