Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Soccer (Agnes)

Agnes was introduced to soccer by her sister and now has plenty of reasons to love it.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Swimming (Mary)

Mermaid in the making, Mary, writes of how she’s been swimming since she was just one year old and now loves swimming in the open water at Torquay.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Sharks (Eamon)

Eamon’s passion is both ferocious and magnificent. And scary!

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Electronic Dance Music (Joe C)

Future producer, Joe Coleman, is totally into EDM.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: The Gorillaz (Joe MP)

Joe MP is passionate about the Gorillaz, a band which has quite an effect on him.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Why I Love Dogs (Zoe)

Zoe pays tribute to her old friend George in this moving explanation of why she loves dogs.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: NRL (Asher)

Asher’s passion is rugby league, especially following the Storm. The game also reminds Asher of his wonderful great grandad Carl.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Soccer (Anna)

Anna was a reluctant soccer player but now that she’s playing every Saturday she loves it.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Why I love tennis (Viggo)

Viggo was introduced to tennis by his grandfather, his brother and by watching Wimbledon. He now loves it, along with lots of other sports including athletics.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Why I love music (Mia S)

Mia has been learning the piano for a few years now. She is passionate about music.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Rock Climbing (Mia F)

Mia F writes about her rock climbing adventures, and about having the courage to face your fears.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Western Bulldogs (Isaiah)

Isaiah tells us the reasons behind his unwavering support for the Bulldogs.

Merri Creek Primary School – My Passion: Netball (Anika)

Anika loves netball. Here’s how she got into it.

Almanac Junior Footy Under 12 Grand Final – Wests Bulldogs v Sherwood: Win as a team or die as individuals

Congratulations to Brisbane’s Wests Bulldogs U12’s on their Premiership win. Harry Lennon’s proud dad Sasha reports.

Junior Almanac Basketball: Down to the wire (Carey)

Hayden Armstrong, from Carey Grammar, plays for Hawthorn Titans. He tells the story of a hard-fought scrap which showed how players put their heart and soul into a match.

Junior Almanac Cricket – Jake Reed: “Training with a purpose”

Gil Roseby has written about Victorian cricketer Jake Reed and his difficult journey to get to where he is today

Junior Almanac: My first footy season

Jasmine Conrad, who we are so lucky to have on the cover of The Women’s Footy Almanac 2017, tells the story of how she started playing footy and of her first game – where her team received some special encouragement via video.

When a young footy star can dress up as herself for Book Week

Jasmine Conrad has come up with a great idea for Book Week.

Brunswick East Primary School – My memory: My holiday (by Saskia) and Monty (by Emily)

It’s Art and Literacy week at Brunswick East Primary – so some Grade 456 students wrote briefly about a memory. Here Saskia is off to Queensland and Emily remembers a dear pet.

Brunswick East Primary School – My memory: Gymnastics display day (by Kyla)

It’s Art and Literacy week at Brunswick East Primary – so some Grade 456 students wrote briefly about a memory. Here Kyla describes performing gymnastics in front of a crowd.