Palmerston IB Learner Profile LibGuide: Balanced

Summary: Tiny Timmys hard work has paid off. He's starring for his school team and now the rep coach is keen to recruit him! But its a big step up...the kids are faster and stronger and the standard is better than what hes used to. Tim will have to keep training hard and if he gets a chance, hell need to take it! (From back cover)

Even before all this happened I had never been like the other kids. I tried not to be seen. If I climbed a tree or hid among the bins, no one could find me. 'Where's What's His Name?' they'd say. Then, one weekend, I got what I wanted. First, I blended in with things. But on the second day I changed. I mean, really changed.

Learn about the importance of fairness and find out how you can be
a fairer person.

One day, Mr. Keene called all the students and teachers together and said, "This is a fine, fine school! From now on, let's have school on Saturdays too."And then there was more.School all weekend.School on the holidays.School in the SUMMER!What was next . . . SCHOOL AT NIGHT?So it's up to Tillie to show her well-intentioned principal, Mr. Keene, that even though his fine, fine school is a wonderful place, it's not fine, fine to be there all the time.

Franklin's room is in a terrible mess. Trampling through mess, Franklin accidentally breaks the sword and realises that it pays to be neat!

In rhyming text, a little girl expresses confidence and joy in her uniqueness, no matter her outward appearance.

Teacher resource - When I say 'balanced', what do you think of? Learn how children can enjoy a balanced lifestyle, promoting intellectual, physical, and emotional well-being. This book will help children understand the value of being balanced as well as the value in helping others to be balanced as well.