Resources for Schools: The Final Year

Fill a page with doodles of things that are important to you, write a rhyming poem to describe yourself and make a pair of feather wings - plus many more fun things to do!

The Final Year is a powerful and lyrical story about finding your place in the world and the people that matter within it. It’s the last year of primary school and there is a lot going on with tests and all the preparation for moving to high school. But Nathan has more challenges to face when his best friend befriends the school bully and his little brother gets rushed to hospital unexpectedly.

Read the book and download these activities which can be done in the classroom or at home.

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